{"id":12274,"date":"2012-07-11T00:26:40","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T22:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/07\/interview-gilberto-gil-safricas-voice-premiere-viramundo\/"},"modified":"2012-07-11T00:26:40","modified_gmt":"2012-07-10T22:26:40","slug":"interview-gilberto-gil-safricas-voice-premiere-viramundo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/interview-gilberto-gil-safricas-voice-premiere-viramundo\/","title":{"rendered":"INTERVIEW-Gilberto Gil, SAfrica’s "Voice" premiere Viramundo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Stephanie Nebehay<\/span><\/p>\n

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MONTREUX, Switzerland, July 10<\/span> (Reuters) – Brazil’s Gilberto
\nGil showcased joyful African-inspired music despite being tinged
\nwith themes of poverty, slavery and painful reconciliation at
\nthe Montreux Jazz Festival on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

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Teaming up with South African folk star Vusi Mahlasela also
\non guitar, Gil’s “Viramundo” concert offered a sneak preview of
\nan upcoming documentary on his road trip rich in cross-cultural
\ncollaboration.<\/p>\n

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South African Paul Hanmer was on piano, along with
\nBrazilians Gustavo Di Dalva on drums and guitarist Sergio
\nChiavazzoli, for the nearly two-hour set in Miles Davis Hall,
\nwhich was backed by a Swiss orchestra, the Lausanne Sinfonietta.<\/p>\n

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“We are Africans in Brazil, especially when it comes to
\nmusic. We are very African already in Brazil,” Gil told Reuters
\nin an interview in the chalet of festival founder Claude Nobs
\nhours before the show.<\/p>\n

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“What we sing about, our subjects, we have lots of things in
\ncommon like the apartheid situation, hunger, poverty,
\nsubmission, humiliation and exploitation – all of that. The
\nblack slaves in Brazil went through the same thing that tribes
\nhad to go through when they worked in the gold mines in South
\nAfrica.”<\/p>\n

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“Ba Kae”, “Lamento Sertanejo” and “Raca Humana” were among
\nthe tracks performed by the duo, who opened for American
\nchanteuse Melody Gardot.<\/p>\n

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Gil arrived a few days early in Switzerland for his 10th
\nappearance at one of Europe’s most prestigious music festivals.<\/p>\n

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Last weekend in a Swiss studio, he recorded 10 songs for the
\nsoundtrack of “Viramundo – a Journey with Gilberto Gil,” which
\nfollows him on a musical tour of the southern hemisphere, via
\nBrazil, South Africa and Australia, while examining racial
\nissues.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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