"Simply Kenia" to be featured on "The Best of Brazil"
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terrific Brazilian music who may not be familiar with her yet:
Brazilian music radio host Randy Morse has a wonderful weekly
Brazilian music radio show broadcast on NPR (and that also streams on
the web) on KZUM in Lincoln, NE. He recently told me that soon he
will feature Kenia's wonderful 2007 CD called "Simply Kenia" on his
August 26th show. You can see this listed under "Highlights of coming
shows" on his playlist at http://www.kzum.org/brazil#coming.
I thought I'd post this info as this CD by Kenia is a recent favorite
of mine, and I was surprised to find out that some of my knowledgeable
Brazilian music friends had not heard of her. Kenia is from Rio but
has been living in PA for a number of years, and is well established
in PA as a musician and music educator. Many of you know of Kenia
from her excellent music made in the 80s and 90s. Her 2007 CD "Simply
Kenia" was her first new recording in 10 years, and it's great. You
can find out more about Kenia on her site is www.kenialive.com, and
you can sample clips from this CD on the site's "main" page. You can
also hear several complete songs from this CD on her Myspace page
http://www.myspace.com/keniabrazil
Gerrit
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> FYI for fans of US based Brazilian vocalist Kenia or for fans of
> terrific Brazilian music who may not be familiar with her yet:
> Brazilian music radio host Randy Morse has a wonderful weekly
> Brazilian music radio show broadcast on NPR (and that also streams on
> the web) on KZUM in Lincoln, NE. He recently told me that soon he
> will feature Kenia's wonderful 2007 CD called "Simply Kenia" on his
> August 26th show. You can see this listed under "Highlights of coming
>
> I thought I'd post this info as this CD by Kenia is a recent favorite
> of mine, and I was surprised to find out that some of my knowledgeable
> Brazilian music friends had not heard of her. Kenia is from Rio but
> has been living in PA for a number of years, and is well established
> in PA as a musician and music educator. Many of you know of Kenia
> from her excellent music made in the 80s and 90s. Her 2007 CD "Simply
> Kenia" was her first new recording in 10 years, and it's great. You
> you can sample clips from this CD on the site's "main" page. You can
> also hear several complete songs from this CD on her Myspace pagehttp://www.myspace.com/keniabrazil
>
> Gerrit
To find out more about Kenia here's a great link:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08200/897705-42.stm
Also a review of "Simply Kenia" from the All About Jazz website:
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=28957
As mentioned earlier in addtion to her website www.kenialive.com,
Kenia has a Myspace page where several complete songs from the "Simply
Kenia" CD can be heard http://www.myspace. com/keniabrazil. And a
reminder DJ Randy Morse plans to feature "Simply Kenia" on his radio
program/live webcast Wed 8/26 1-3 Central Time. (As it turns out that
also happens to be Kenia's birthday!) Seee Highlights of Coming Shows
on his program info page http://www.kzum.org/brazil.
Gerrit