A World in London, Borough, London, UK
19th June 2019
Lighting up the universe, superb singer
and composer Luzmira Zerpa on this A World
in
London! Click: https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/a-world-in-london-19th-june-2019/
You know that expression, ‘the light
& soul of the party’? Well when Family Atlantica were on the
scene their performance was exactly like one big party, with lead
vocalist Luzmira Zerpa as its shining star. The group
may be resting but its charismatic and vivacious Venezuelan
co-founder Luzmira is still electric, focusing her creative
rays into a solo album that promises an abundance of energy. Luzmira
Electrica, as it’s called, sees this superwoman in a more
introspective mood, ‘music is silence as well’, she says quite
rightly. She’s working on a collection of traditional Amazonian
songs that were taught to her by an adoring uncle, who inadvertently
also taught her not to sing out of tune the way he did! These songs
are rooted in the earth, and held up by the sky – unshakeable,
natural, and organic – the same qualities reflected
in Luzmira’s uniquely brilliant & powerful voice. Her
lyrical content is that much more poignant in this shifting, changing
world we often find ourselves in, and it’s like we’re now hearing
from an artist that has had to grow up and face down numerous
personal challenges which she candidly shares about in this very
personal AWIL interview. Luzmira, which means ‘light’ was named by
her beloved father who always believed in her outstanding talent.
‘Hope is born out of darkness’ she says, and when referring to
her creative powers, she explains that ‘desire has its own
intelligence’. Sample a sneak preview of Luzmira Electrica on
this AWIL, and be swathed in the light of hope.
19/6/19 – AWIL
215. Online: https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/a-world-in-london-19th-june-2019/ Production
& pics by Norman Druker, Sophie Darling, Lucas Keen, artist Alban
Low. Also this week Juliana Yazbeck at SOAS Radio,
click:https://www.mixcloud.com/SOASradio/awil-305-juliana-yazbeck/ Next
week global music at SOAS Radio and Chocolate Hills
(Alex Paterson – The Orb & Paul Conboy) at Resonance.
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