Toto track on free CD from Stern Grove
Live! From Stern Grove Festival 2009 is the first CD from Stern Grove where Toto played last summer and features a previously unreleased live track from that show "Aronde Me Meto Yo". It’s only being made available to donors who give $50 or more to support Stern Grove Festival’s admission-free concerts. Spread the word and for more info go to http://www.sterngrove.org/livecd.html
Our first No 1!
Congratulations to Toto (and us!) on her first Number One. Maxima FM in Spain has announced that the Michel Cleis/Totó la Momposina remix has made the top of their chart.
L'Homme De Chevet
New french film L'Homme De Chevet starring Christopher Lambert and Sophie Marceau features a song by Toto La Momposina. You can buy the soundtrack at itunes.apple.com/fr/album/lhomme-chevet-bande-originale/id338249199 or www.virginmega.fr/musique/album/l-homme-de-chevet-l-homme-de-chevet-bof--107510304,page1.htm
Bodega Independent Album Of The Week
La Bodega has just been awarded "Album Of The Week" in the Independent newspaper.
La Bodega reviews positive
Toto La Momposina's latest album is being universally loved by the press. Songlines magazine will be making it a "Top Of The World" CD with a track on the covermount. The Times have given it a 4 star review as well as Jungle Drums... see below. Reviews are coming in all the time now but one thing is clear... La Momposina is back!
Toto Interview on Voz Latina
There is a full article (in spanish) on Toto in the latest issue of Voz Latina. The interview was done during Toto's whirlwind trip to London last month.
You can see it online with some pictures at http://vozlatinanews.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/entrevista-a-toto-la-momposina/
Toto La Momposina UK Dates
Toto Will be playing two intimate family shows to launch the new album in the UK this month.
First is at The Great Hall Dartington on the 10th September and then on to Cargo in London on the 16th September.
Tickets are on sale now.
La Bodega CD: US release date
La Bodega, the new CD by Toto La Momposina will be released in the US on Nov 11th. The CD is already availale for download via the shop.
Release dates for Europe and the UK are to be confirmed.
Toto La Momposina new album now available online!
Just click on the tracks below to hear excerpts and you can click on a download site to buy!
Ministry Of Sound Compilation
Pete Tong Presents Wonderland 2009 (2CD)
Toto features on this new compilation CD with the track by Michel Cleis called La Mezcla. This will be the biggest club track of the year and has already become a fixture on Radio 1's club shows.
You can buy the compilation at: http://www.cdwow.com/CD/VARIOUS-MINISTRY-OF-SOUND-COMPILATION-Pete-Tong/product/view/9043153
La Mezcla
A review of the new tune featuring Toto. This from "Shazam". To see the full site click here. Although the opening parties to Ibiza's clubs have barely finished Swiss producer Michel Cleis is already staking a serious claim for dance track of the summer with his Latin dance epic, 'La Mezcla'. Like his Swiss compatriot Samim, who had a massive crossover hit in 2007 with 'Heater', Cleis mixes traditional Columbian music with modern techno and house elements to create a dizzying dancefloor brew. 'La Mezcla' first came to prominence over a year ago when top underground DJ's such as Ricardo Villalobos and Luciano began making it the centrepiece of their sets. Unusually, only a small run of unlabeled 12" vinyl were initially commissioned meaning that copies of 'La Mezcla' where impossible to get hold of digitally - legally or otherwise. This gave 'La Mezcla' an almost unique scarcity value as bedroom DJ's scratched their heads trying to get hold of a copy while the track simultaneously became the theme tune to underground clubs in London, Ibiza and Berlin. Featuring rattle snake style shakers that flit around layer upon layer of deep Latin percussion, 'La Mezcla' is 13minutes of hypnotic energy that is driven by an infectious Amazonian pan flute melody. The record builds slowly but purposefully till it reaches a crescendo of congas and the record climaxes with a haunting folk vocal from traditional Columbian singer Toto La Momposina. Digital promo copies put out by the achingly hip German label Candenza have already been causing mayhem amongst the DJ community with Pete Tong recently making the record the 'Essential New Tune' on his Radio 1 show. Now with 'La Mezcla' signed to the hugely influential Strictly Rhythm label it looks as though Michel Cleis could be looking to experience some unexpected mainstream success to add to his all encompassing triumph on the dance scene.~Stephen Titmus. Copyright (c) Shazam Entertainment Limited 2009. All rights reserved
New Toto la Momposina Tour Dates
Totó la Momposina returns to the USA in August for some high-profile performances:
Aug 7 – New York Queens Theatre in the Park
Aug 9 – San Francisco Stern Grove
Aug 11 - 14 –Los Angeles Grandperformances
http://www.grandperformances.org
Aug 15 Orange county Great Park
Aug 21 James L Knight Center Miami www.jlkc.com
Toto La Momposina concert DVD now available
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Totó's new concert DVD of here performance at WOMAD a few years ago along with some footage of her in Colombia is now available in the US and also from this site. Go to the "Shop" to order |