PROGRAMME CHANGE * Eneida Marta Replaces Staff Benda Bilili

Sad news! Staff Benda Bilili (Congo-Kinshasa)
won't perform at WOMEX due to visa problems. Here
is their video trailer worth seeing:

Their Showcase on Thursday 22:15, Plaza de España: Pavilion 1, will be replaced by

Eneida Marta (Guinea-Bissau/Portugal)
Contact: AlgarPalcos | Label: Iris Music

Born in Guinea-Bissau, Eneida Marta moved to Portugal at an early age where she was surrounded by the multiple musical possibilities of the Lusophonic traditions. Her father's Cape Verde background heightened her love for the island's mornas and coladeiras. Together with the gumbe and tina music of the land of her birth, these are the foundation of her fresh and exciting contemporary Afropean mix. Cutting her young teeth in song contests and competitions, her talent led to the highly creative collaboration with producer and composer Juca Delgado resulting in three albums, the most recent of which, Lope Kai, was her first international solo release. Singing in a range of languages, she is ably supported on stage by her multitalented pocket orchestra who follow her swinging lusophonia with great groove.

• article submitted by: Anna Pötzsch, piranha womex AG (expo)

Links

• WOMEX 08 Showcase Programme