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NEW BLUES FROM THE OLD SCHOOL
KIKO
&
THE BLUES REFUGEES
"GHOSTS"
KIKO & THE BLUES REFUGEES
"GHOSTS"
KARADEMAU RECORDS - 2024
RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
(PORTUGAL)
Musicians:
Kiko Pereira - vocals
António Mão de Ferro - guitar
Jorge Filipe Santos - keyboards
Carl Minnemann - bass
João Cunha - drums
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BJ Cole - pedal steel guitar AG Weinberger - guitar
Eduardo Cardinho - vibraphon
Telmo Marques - piano
Patrícia Silveira, Patrícia Antunes - backing vocals
Tracklist:
01 Lockdown 05:48 02 Not my enemy 04:29 03 Ghosts 04:08 04 Cheap shot 04:58
05 Trash (Intro) 04:48 06 Trask can heart 04:00 07 Wise old man 02:52 08 Solitary life 05:39 09 I miss you all 05:00
Listen to samples - Kiko & The Blues Refugees
Listen to samples : Lockdown - Not My Enemy - Cheap Shot - Wise Old Man - Solitary Life - I Miss You All
IN 2021 KIKO & THE BLUES REFUGEES RELEASED "THREADBARE", A DEBUT ALBUM IN WHICH THEY ALREADY SHOWED THEMSELVES AS A SOLID BAND WITH PERSPECTIVES THAT ALREADY PRESUMED GOOD VIBS FOR THE THE FUTURE. THREE YEARS LATER AND THE BAND HAS NOT ONLY CONFIRMED THEIR SOLIDITY ON THE EUROPEAN BLUES CIRCUIT BUT WITH THEIR SECOND ALBUM "GHOSTS" THEY HAVE SHOWN THAT THEY ARE ONE OF THE MOST VIGOROUS, SOLVENT AND SCRUPULOUS PROPOSALS CURRENTLY ON THE CONTINENT. KIKO PEREIRA TAKES OVER THE SONGWRITING OF THE SONGS AND IT'S ONE OF THE MAXIMUM INCENTIVES WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THE BAND, ADVANCED STRUCTURES THAT TAKE CLASSIC R&B, EXPERIENCED BLUES ROCK AND SOUL TO A NEW LEVEL OF SURVIVAL AND LYRICS IN WHICH PEREIRA AWAKENS REFLECTION ON THE VITAL CONTEXT IN WHICH WE ARE ALL LIVING. "GHOSTS" IS MUSIC AND INSTINCT, A JOURNEY THAT INVITES YOU TO LISTEN TO A HANDFUL OF GOOD SONGS, PENETRATING GUITARS, AND SHAKES THE LISTENER WITH EMOTION, NOT ONLY FOR THE BLUES LOVER TO BE SATISFIED, LISTENER CAN ALSO PERCEIVE THE WILL TO PERSUADE AN EMULSION OF SENSATIONS RANDOMLY EMERGED. KIKO & THE BLUES REFUGEES FROM PORTO (PORTUGAL) ARE THE PRESENT OF THE BLUES, GUYS WHO DO NOT ALTER THE ESSENTIAL BUT THEY TAKE THE RISK TO MAKE IT CONTEMPORARY.
"Ghosts"
Lyrics
Ghosts in my pocket
Diamonds in my soul
When the world feels like it’s falling apart
I’ll check out your old feed
A place I like to go
When I’m In times of need.
I hope you’ll always be there
Like an old coat in the lost and found
people used to pay attention
Now, we come to a time when it’s the other way around
Ghosts in my pocket
Diamonds in my soul
And it seems our memories start
The day our phones became smart
All else is faded imagery
That no cloud can take away from me
I browse those Frozen landscapes
And I’m lost in those distant flashes
tokens of a life once well lived
Like Pompei after the ashes!
Ghosts in my pocket
Diamonds in my sou
Trash can heart
Lyrics
This one goes to your trash can heart
And all the lessons that it taught
A loner like me
All your life you just threw love away
And pretty soon found out that noone would stay
I guess you realized way to late
That this could be your fate
Why won’t you just opened your eyes
Ooohh, your trash can heart
It’s lost it’s spark
And now it’s darkness all around
Cause you filled up your trash can heart
This one goes to your trash can heart
and the hope you so long forgot
Don’t you see that you have to let it go
Of the fears of being hurt, of being teared apart
Ooohh, your trash can heart
You tried to play it smart
But you fooled yourself instead
Cause you filled up your trash can heart
Don’t be afraid to mend it
As improbable as it may seem
Even a broken bucket
Can be filled with moonbeams
Like your trash can heart
Ooohh, your trash can heart
Made you feel like a star
But you can’t shine alone
Cause you filled up your trash can heart
Don’t you know it’s about time
you take out your trash
Listen to the song
Listen to the song
PREVIOUS RECORDINGS
Album
"Threadbare"
2021
Single
"Doktor Doom"
2023
KIKO AND THE BOYS
A BLUES BAND ON TOP
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