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  • Concert in San Francisco, CA – Aug. 8, 2011

    Concert in San Francisco, CA – Aug. 8, 2011

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    Amigos! Let’s warm up those foggy San Francisco nights!

  • Update! – Concert in Washington, DC

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    We just confirmed a concert at the Argentine Embassy in Washington DC on July 8… just in time to celebrate Argentine Independence Day. Maria Volonte: Blue Tango Tour Embassy of Argentina 1600 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington, DC 20009 Friday, July 8 2011 Doors: 6:00 PM Set: 6:30 PM Tickets: Free Concert An intimate concert…

  • Derek Sivers likes Maria Volonte

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    Derek Sivers has been a guiding light for me in the music business. So I was surprised and pleased to get an email from Derek a few months ago saying that of all the thousands of musicians he met while starting and building CD Baby into the success it is today, Maria Volonte was one…

  • New CD: “9 Vidas”

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    “9 Vidas” is out. The new Maria Volonte CD features the 9 Vidas Band: Maria Volonte – vocals and guitar Jorge Rabito – electric bass Fabian “Sapo” Miodownik – percussion Joaquin Sellan – piano y teclados Kevin Carrel Footer – harmonica. The cd features five original songs, including three composed by Maria and Kevin.

  • Concert Review: Vibrato / Los Angeles

    Concert Review: Vibrato / Los Angeles

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    Here is a review of our concert at Vibrato by Los Angeles Times jazz critic Don Heckman. It was a great night at this Bel Air club and we really enjoyed ourselves. Live World Music: Maria Volonte at Vibrato By Don Heckman Published February 17, 2010 in the International Review of Music Maria Volonte’s name…

  • Last Argentine concerts

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    We are wrapping up our performances in Argentina this week with two concerts on Thursday, November 26: a free concert at the Colegio de Escribanos at 19:30hs and then the final concert of our two-month run at the Jazz Voyeur Club, starting at 21hs. (Yes, we’ll be running from one venue to the next on…

  • A year in Chalk

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    Last year, on this day, we created the world’s largest chalk drawing on the tarmac of the Alameda Naval Air Station in Alameda, CA. Today, I have finished the documentary. Wow. So much can happen in a year.

  • Concert in Allentown, PA

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    I will be performing a duo concert with Maria Volonte in Allentown, PA on June 20. If you are in the area, I hope you’ll come out to the show. Concert details are: “Maria Volonte: Intima” (one woman show with guest artist Kevin Carrel Footer, harmonica) Saturday, June 20th, 8:00 pm Symphony Community Room 23…

  • San Francisco Jazz Festival

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    I performed with the Maria Volonte Tango Jazz Ensemble at the SF Jazz Festival on May 31. Lately, Maria and I have been experimenting with fusing her Argentine music with my blues harmonica — and it works. After all, it makes sense. As Maria says, both tango and blues started in the same place: brothels.…