People Project brings the divergent influences of blues and Latin together in a dynamic fusion of folk, funk and roots music. Brazilian rhythms meet the harmonic language of blues and jazz, featuring bossa style guitar, funk bass, and overlaid with sax, flute and blues-tinged vocals in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
With People Project the expression ‘without borders’ takes on full meaning. Based simultaneously in Ottawa and Mexico, the group works in two cells—Philippe Lafrenière (2006 OCFF Songwriter Award Winner – Best Political Song and Best French Song) and Steven Patterson up north; Gabriel Bronfman and Maria Emilia Martinez down south. The group is often joined by 2006 Latin Grammy Award Winner Natalia Lafourcade. Each cell recruits new musicians locally and performs in Canada and Mexico. Both of them compose Afro-Brazilian music with lyrics that are sung in four languages. Airplanes, the Internet and ubiquity do the rest!
15 Oct 2008 21:00 El Zinco Jazz Club Mexico city, Distrito Federal
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