USA/ITALY: |TEMA|Lionel Loueke Trio on tour. February 23 - March 3, 2018
LIONEL LOUEKE ON TOUR
Dates available: April 1-25, Summer 2016
At the end of 2016 Blue Note released GAÏA, the remarkable rock-infused new album from acclaimed Beninese guitarist Lionel Loueke. On GAÏA,
Loueke reunited with his longtime trio featuring bassist Massimo
Biolcati and drummer Ferenc Nemeth for a session produced by
GRAMMY-winning producer and Blue Note president Don Was that was
recorded live in the studio with an intimate audience in attendance.“I
always wanted to record this trio live” says Loueke of the sessions,
which were captured at Sear Sound in New York City. “We were all in the
same room with a small audience, no headphones, no isolation and no
overdubs of course. It has a real live feel. It was a very special
event.” The musical dialogue on GAÏA pertains to the
nature of the Earth and man's effect on it, an urgent message at a time
when the warning signs of global warming have become undeniable. In
Greek mythology, Gaïa is the personification of the Earth, the mother
goddess who birthed the planet and the entire universe. "She would be
angry,” Loueke states bluntly. “We have not taken good care of her
child.”
