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ckéennes de Belfort
July 23 - Zaragoza (SPAIN) - Lagata
Reggae festival
July 29 - Sélestat
(FRANCE) - Summer
Vibration Reggae
festival
August 6 - Olargues (FRANCE) Festibaloche
Flamingo
August 7 - Bordeaux (FRANCE) Reggae Sun Ska
Mellow Mood
Lavinia Siardi decided to call her own solo
project Flamingo: an ep of four songs, just to
start, with alternation of very soft moments and most warlike ideas. “When I thought
about what name to give to my new musical
path, I immediately thought of a flamingo.
Pink, fragile, suspended between water and
air, often depicted in a dark jungle. It seemed like a good metaphor of my years living
between Milan and Norway, those in which I
wrote the ep songs. Chances is the first track
of the ep, providing a soft entrance to the
work, essential in features, although after the
soft opening notes of the piece, held together
by the voice of Lavinia, it shows traits more
determined. Goodnight, far away takes up
the argument on soft issues, which this time
remain constant from beginning to end of the
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song. A simple route but not without harshness. Bergen refers to the Norwegian town
where Lavinia lived: folk roots for a sound
and lively song, in which the vocal qualities of
singer emerge in full. It closes with Animals,
a duet with An Harbor (Federico Pagani):
chiaroscuro and contrast are center of the
workpiece, which is somehow threatening.
Excellent starting for Flamingo/Lavinia, able
to invent a coherent and well-built world, in
terms of sounds, singing and lyrics. Skills are
all there.
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“Flamingo”
Verdena
May 1 - Centuripe (EN) - first of may
festival
May 12, Barcelona - Razzmataz Sala
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June 4 - México D.F. (MEXICO) - Reggae Live Festival
May 14, Paris - La Bellevilloise
May 18, Köln - Blue Shell
June 5 - Bogotà (COLOMBIA) - Jamming Festival
May 19, London - The Garage London
June 11 - Santiago (CHILE) - Siempre
Vivo Reggae
May 21, München - Orangehouse
June 19 - Boonville, CA (USA) - Sierra
Nevada World Music Festival
May 25, Frankfurt - DAS BETT
June 29 - Rouen (FRANCE) - Rouen
Reggae Town
May 26, Berlin - Bi Nuu
May 27, Hamburg - Nochtspeicher
July 2 - Belfort (FRANCE) - Les Euro-
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