30/9/10
EL SUEÑO DE SHARON CORR's dream
28/9/10
ANA TORROJA: VIDEO-ENTREVISTAS PROMOCIONALES / Promotional video-interviews (9)
Video entrevista/interview Ana Torroja Del 40 al 1:
27/9/10
ANA TORROJA: ENTREVISTAS PROMOCIONALES / Promotional interviews (8)
Todavía nuevas entrevistas a Ana Torroja: "20 minutos", "El Faro Digital"
Even other newAna Torroja's interviews: "20 minutos", "El Faro Digital"
Ana Torroja: "Nunca hemos cerrado la puerta a un regreso de Mecano"
("20 Minutos". Dani Cabezas, 27-09-2010)
¿En qué ha invertido los últimos años de su vida?
Sonrisa es un disco muy positivo. ¿Está viviendo un momento particularmente feliz?
Para este disco ha contado con compositores tan dispares como Miguel Bosé o Nena Daconte. ¿Cómo se le da unidad a cosas tan diferentes?
Cuénteme su secreto para estar igual que hace 20 años.
¿Nada de cirugía?
¿Qué hubiera sido de Ana Torroja si hubiera terminado la carrera de Económicas?
¿Lo consiguió?
¿Y la música? ¿Qué echa de menos de aquellos años?
Pese a la fama, siempre fue discreta. ¿Cómo se consigue pasar desapercibida cuando su voz ha llegado a 25 millones de hogares?
¿Cansada de que le pregunten por una posible vuelta de Mecano?
BIO
Nació en Madrid en 1959. En 1980 formó Mecano junto a Nacho y José María Cano, con los que vendió 25 millones de discos. Ha publicado cinco álbumes en solitario.
SHARLEEN SPITERI: ENTREVISTA "THE GUARDIAN" Interview
El pasado lunes 20 de septiembre, el periódico británico "The Guardian" publicó una entrevista con Sharleen Spiteri. Aquí está íntegra en inglés.
Last Monday, September 20th, British newspaper "The Guardian" published interview with Sharleen Spiteri. We include it here today.
Portrait of the artist: Sharleen Spiteri, musician
Laura Barnett, The Guardian 20-09-2010
The week before my 18th birthday, I was DJing in a club in Glasgow. A guy I vaguely knew came over and said, "I hear you can sing." With that terrible arrogance of youth, I said, "Yeah, and?" His name was Jerry [McElhone]; I started writing songs with him and his brother Johnny –– that was the start of Texas.
What was your big breakthrough?
We put out our first single, I Don't Want a Lover, in 1989; it was a hit record, and that was it. Before that, our record company hadn't really noticed Texas –– they were too busy looking after Tears for Fears. Then they heard our song on the radio, and it was like, "Who is this band? Oh, they're on our label."
Is it harder for women to succeed in the music business?
Yes, absolutely. Female artists keep the industry afloat, but it's still a boys' club. I've come under pressure to be "sexy": you go into a photo session, and they always want you lying back on the sofa, showing a bit of leg, a bit of tit. For me, that's not sexy. Mystery is sexy.
Name a song you wish you'd written.
Back to Black [by Amy Winehouse]. Its lyrics make it one of the all-time greats.
What's the greatest threat to music?
The labels. They don't understand that music isn't a science; they see that someone's successful, and want to make a record that sounds exactly the same. But the point is to give the public something they don't yet know they want.
What's the worst thing anyone ever said about you?
Somebody once wrote that my vocal "was more numbing than Novocaine". I thought it wasn't a bad bit of writing for a music journalist.
What have you sacrificed for your art?
Nothing. You work your backside off, you miss friends' weddings and funerals and get-togethers. Some people might see that as sacrifice, but not me. I've had an absolute ball and I continue to do so.
What's the best advice anyone ever gave you?
When I was a teenager, my mum sat me down to give me the sex education talk. She said: "Just remember, it's yours to give, and it's something very, very special." That has served me in every aspect of my life.
What's your favourite film?
Doctor Zhivago. It has everything: beauty, heartache, war, tension, terror, tenderness.
Complete this sentence: At heart I'm just a frustrated . . .
Film-maker.
In short
Born: Glasgow, 1967.
Career: Has made six Texas albums and two solo records. She performs in Rendez-vous Chez Nino Rota at the Cadogan Hall, London (020-7730 4500), on 3 October.
High point: "The fact that I put my first record out in 1989, and I'm still making music now."
Low point: "The whole 'Madchester' scene in the early 90s. Suddenly, Texas couldn't get arrested in the UK."
26/9/10
ALISON MOYET: UNA ENTREVISTA-BIOGRÁFICA / A biographical-interview (2009)
Hace unas semanas, encontré en la red una entrevista a Alison Moyet. La concedió hace casi un año, pero creo que vale la pena incluirla ya que es un repaso a su vida, carrera musical y además nos presenta un nuevo look de Alison, mucho más delgada y muy guapa. La entrevista la concedía por la edición de un nuevo disco recopilatorio que salía el año pasado en Gran Bretaña. Incluimos las fotos y la entrevista íntegra en inglés.
'There’s a lot to be said for saying NO': Alison Moyet talks about her self-imposed exile from music
By Maureen Patton. (Daily Mail.co.uk. October, 2nd, 2009)
At 48, the honey-blonde who was once operatic-sized now looks so amazingly slinky that she wonders, rather endearingly, whether she has been guilty of ‘‘smouldering’’ too much in our photo shoot.
‘‘My fans would be offended if I posed in a provocative way –– where’s the feminist stance in that? I don’’t want to betray myself,’’ laughs the artist formerly known (in her crop-haired punk days) as Alf.
It’s hard to believe that a quarter century has elapsed since Genevieve Alison Jane Moyet went solo. Once a shop assistant by day and a singer in various pub-rock and blues bands by night, this college dropout became an accidental pop star at the age of 21 after forming the electronic pop duo Yazoo with Vince Clarke, and having an unexpectedly massive hit with her yearning interpretation of his ballad ‘‘Only You’’.
Although the overnight success freaked her out, it led to a solo career as a soul queen with a thrilling contralto voice that has deepened and ripened with age. Alison turned songwriter herself with such top-ten successes as ‘‘All Cried Out’’, ‘‘Love Resurrection’’ and ‘‘Is This Love?’’, sold 25 million records worldwide, won a clutch of Brit awards and confirmed her place in the pop constellation by performing at Live Aid in 1985.
Like all great soul singers, she wears her heart on her sleeve, and she went on to live the blues that she sings, struggling with broken relationships (she has three children by three different men), single motherhood on the road with her eldest child when he was still a toddler, and a fall-out with her record label that prevented her from recording any studio albums for eight years (she changed company after that).
Bouts of manic depression led to a paranoid agoraphobia that turned Alison into a semi-recluse who avoided show-business parties and hid in cupboards whenever a stranger knocked on the front door – until the love of a good man (we’ll get to that later) helped her to face down her fears.
She made a triumphant public comeback in 2001 as the prison wardress Mama Morton in the West End musical Chicago, then in 2002 released the album Hometime, with a sleeve that showed off her square-jawed, big-eyed, Sophie Dahl-style beauty. And she received some of the best reviews of her career for her most recent studio album, 2007’s The Turn, which confirmed her as a survivor who thrives on challenge.
Not bad for the girl from an Essex council estate who categorises herself as ‘‘an aggressive French peasant’’, the youngest child of a working-class French printer and his English wife, who grew up listening to her father’’s collection of Gallic chansons in Basildon, of all places. No wonder she didn’’t know how to fit in. She is the only one of her family to become a professional musician: her brother Clifford runs a specialist beer-importing business in Southend and her sister Jeanne works in agricultural marketing.
‘‘I never burned myself out or damaged the voice in a way that lots of people did. My neurosis saved me’’
There was a time when Alison needed a few slugs of brandy to calm her nerves before going on stage. She says, ‘‘I do a bit less cognac in the wings than I did, because now I feel anticipation as opposed to absolute fear. I feel quite comfortable on stage because it’’s one of the few places, outside my home, where I know what’’s expected of me.’’
Her fanbase ranges from 16-year-olds to 70-somethings, and from straight to gay; she seems to appeal to everyone who appreciates a great, glorious outpouring of emotion served up in that tough-but-vulnerable voice. And with an 80s revival upon us, the time seems right for the release of a greatest hits retrospective and a UK tour this autumn.
As for her surprising new look, I’ve been tipped off beforehand that she has shed a lot of weight. She doesn’t want to go into details because her weight was once a media obsession among the body-fascist diet police, but the 5ft 10in Alison looks so relaxed that she’s clearly happy with her current size.
Although she’’s not saying, she looks to me like a very fit and healthy 12 or 14. Although she had a breast reduction (from G cup to D) back in 1989, she says she is unlikely to succumb to further cosmetic surgery. Instead she looks forward to "the invisibility of age. Women become more interesting as they get older, because they can put everything in context and have a greater compassion’’.
She says that the decision to shed the pounds was nothing to do with vanity but everything to do with preparing for old age. ‘‘I have lost and put on big batches of weight in my life many, many times,’’ she admits. ‘‘But what concerns me is the idea of being an obese old woman, because I don’’t like the idea of being physically incapable in someone else’’s hands.
I have smoked and eaten too much rubbish in my time, but the catalyst for me to do something about it was not wanting to be incapacitated. It goes back to my need for privacy.’’
Alison had no mentor to help her cope with the pressures of overnight stardom for which winners of X Factor-style shows now get professional support. She had to learn for herself and make mistakes along the way. Like a lot of people who have been through therapy, she still seems addicted to it, with a tendency to over-analyse herself and occasionally talk in metaphor. Yet she also makes a great deal of sense, having now achieved a work-life balance that eluded her for years.
‘‘I felt like a square peg in a round hole in the music industry’’
When I first interviewed her two years ago, she said that becoming a mother had been a turning point which ‘‘stopped me from being the centre of my world’’. Her son Joe, now 24 (by her brief first marriage to hairdresser Malcolm Lee), was followed by daughters Alex, 21 (after a short-lived relationship with tour manager Kim McCarthy, which ended before Alex was born), and Caitlin, 13, with her second husband, David Ballard.
‘‘It annoyed my record company when I first become pregnant: a lot of swearing went on,’’ she admits. ‘‘I was 23 and I still think that’’s too young to have children – Joe would have benefited more from having an older mother. But you deal with the cards you’re given,’’ she adds with a philosophical shrug.
After Joe’s birth in 1985, she found herself dragging him around with a bag of toys from one hotel room to another, and still not seeing much of him. ‘‘I realised that this was the height of selfishness, so I stopped touring. It’’s not a child’s environment; it doesn’t suit their needs, so I’m surprised when people say they take their kids everywhere with them.
'But since I’ve been in a solid relationship with David, I’ve been able to work much more. Before, as a single mother, I had one nanny, who worked weekdays for ten years. When she went, I didn’t replace her, because I didn’t want a succession of au pairs and nannies.’’
She met David – a 46-year-old teaching assistant and former social worker for adults with special needs – 20 years ago at the house of her oldest girlfriend, one of the few places where she felt safe during her agoraphobic days. (‘‘I never socialised in the industry –– the only people I would see were my schoolfriends or early band friends from before I became famous.’’)
Another long-standing confidante who gave her a sense of security was comedienne Dawn French, whom Alison has known since she was 21 (and with whom she performed in the West End play Smaller in 2006). As she explains, ‘‘Dawn is someone who is able to work a friendship and put in an effort to the point that we became really connected.
‘‘I was always an odd girl: I had managed to alienate lots of people and wasn’t very employable. So I felt like a square peg in a round hole in the music industry and created a lot of neurosis for myself. And people allowed me to sink further into self-pity by indulging me. 'Meeting David was a life-changing moment because he doesn’’t indulge me at all – which means we live an exceptionally normal life,’’ says Alison, who is now based in semi-rural Hertfordshire, and even keeps chickens.
It was David who finally cured her agoraphobia by dragging her out to football matches (they’re Southend United supporters). ‘‘I found them so joyous –– I just loved the community of being a face in the crowd,’’ she beams.
‘‘David is the great, stable guy in my life. It doesn’t mean that you have this wonderful flawless relationship, because there are still times when you want to poke each other’s eyes out with a big stick,’’ she adds, laughing. ‘‘He is a real fitness fanatic and took me hill-walking for our tenth wedding anniversary a couple of years ago, which was a pain in the a***. But commitment is a choice that you make, it’s not something that falls down like manna from heaven. And he made that commitment.’’
When their daughter Caitlin was born, David volunteered to take on the childcare. ‘‘His relationship with our daughter is fantastic as a consequence,’’ says Alison. ‘‘David is secure in his own masculinity; there’’s no element of him that’s emasculated by being a househusband. And Alex was only a year old when we got together, so David is very much her father as well.’’
‘‘I have lost and put on big batches of weight in my life many, many times’’
The children have done well: Alex and Joe – who was just four when his mother met David – have both gone to Cambridge University, and the science-minded Joe starts a master’s degree in natural computing this autumn. Meanwhile, 13-year-old Caitlin shows an extraordinary memory for lyrics that suggests she may follow her mother into the music business.
Looking back at all her personal problems, Alison believes things worked out for the best in the end. ‘‘The agoraphobia made me stay away from the industry, so I never burned myself out or damaged the voice in a way that lots of people did when they really caned it. I never overstayed my welcome. There’s a lot to be said for saying no. I refused to do things because of my neurosis, but that in a way saved me. I’’m more at peace with myself now. I still have tormented times but they are few and far between. Nothing really scares me any more, other than something going badly for my children.’’
Alison and Vince Clarke briefly met up again for a Yazoo reunion tour last year, and she’’ planning more electronic-pop work with other collaborators, as well as ‘‘a very dirty blues album. Those were my roots, and I wouldn’t mind getting that testosterone voice out again a bit. Like Beth Ditto, I can put a bit of male in my voice – I like that in a woman,’’ she grins.
‘‘To be honest, I’ve enjoyed the career lulls as much as I’ve enjoyed the highs,’’ she adds. ‘‘You reconnect with your family and friends, you live a normal life; it grounds you. Fame and adulation are transient – you should only sing if you’re desperate to sing, because that’s what should drive you.’’
25/9/10
MURIÓ ANA KIRO died
Yesterday, Ana Kiro, one of Galicia's most famous singers, died in her house in Mera (Oleiros, A Coruña). This is how the news was on today's newspaper "El País".
Muere Ana Kiro, la voz que llegó a todos los hogares
Con el nombre japonizado y botas blancas altas, la cantante fue una de las pioneras del pop, grabó discos y frecuentó platós como el de Galas del sábado con Joaquín Prats y Laura Valenzuela, pero el fenómeno Ana Kiro nació a raíz de otra muestra de carácter. En 1974 le planteó a la entonces potente discográfica Belter grabar en gallego y, pese a las negativas iniciales, no cejó hasta conseguirlo. Aquella primera canción, "Galicia, terra meiga", fue un hit que vendió 100.000 discos y estuvo varios meses en las listas españolas de superventas. Sus canciones en gallego arrasaban en las repletas colonias de emigrantes, haciendo llorar a miles de personas en México o en Ginebra, cantando temas como "Lonxe da terriña". Llegó a grabar una treintena de discos, y sus casetes reinaban en las guanteras del parque automovilístico gallego.
En 1980 volvió a Galicia, se instaló en Oleiros y, al tiempo que cantaba, inició otro reinado como presentadora en TVG. Declararse como seguidora de Manuel Fraga en los noventa no le impidió ser una de las convocantes del manifiesto por la convivencia lingüística que promovió en 2008 A Mesa.
24/9/10
ANA TORROJA: LAS CANCIONES QUE COMPUSO EN SU NUEVO DISCO / The songs she wrote for her new album [ESTRENO / Premiere]
ANA TORROJA: ENTREVISTA PROMOCIONAL / Promotional interview (7)
22/9/10
KIM FANLO: EXPLICA LA DISOLUCIÓN DE NENA DACONTE / Explains Nena Daconte's breakup
21/9/10
ANA TORROJA: ENTREVISTAS PROMOCIONALES / Promotional interviews (6)
20/9/10
FRIDA: ENTREVISTA SOBRE SU ÚLTIMA GRABACIÓN Y MÁS / Interview about her latest recording & more
LAS ÚLTIMAS NOVEDADES SOBRE ABBA / Abba's latest news
Se regresa así a las cintas maestras originales para cada uno de los álbumes, como se prepararon originalmente por ellos y sus socios. Los álbumes incluídos en la caja ABBA: THE VINYLS has sido remasterizados para vinilo especialmente para esta edición. Las canciones incluidas en cada álbum son las de las ediciones originales suecas, como fueron originalmente planeados y concebidos por Abba. De forma similar, los ocho álbumes de estudio se presentan con las cubiertas y el diseño y fotos originales, exactamente igual que como aparecían en las tiendas en los 70 y 80.
El DVD también incluirá bonus en forma de comparativas "antes-y-después" en pantallas partidas de cinco de los videos y la versión remasterizada de los mismos. El nuevo DVD de ABBA Gold DVD incluye un archivo descubierto recientemente: la versión animada de 'Money, Money, Money', filmada alrededor de 1977. Este clip de 'Money, Money, Money' fue realizado por la compañía australiana Reg Grundy's, pero sólo se visionó durante el apogeo del éxito de Abba y no se ha vuelto a ver entero desde entonces.
ABBA Gold Special Edition incluye también textos de Elisabeth Vincentelli, autora de los libros aABBA Gold y ABBA Treasures.
ABBA Gold CD/DVD Special Edition tiene fecha de edición el 29 de noviembre de 2010, aunque las fechas pueden variar según países.
La pareja formaba una mitad del supergrupo sueco que consiguó nueve números uno sólo en las listas británicas. Se han reunido para grabar una serie de entrevistas reveladoras de su época de éxitos para un show de la ITV británica y también quieren que sus fans voten por su mejor canción para formar parte de un ranking del programa.
Frida ha dicho "Comentando sobre nuestro singles fue divertido. Hay muchos recuerdos -sobre componerlos, grabarlos, promocionarlos y cantarlos."
El programa se verá en el Reino Unido este año 2010.
Un museo dedicado a ABBA puede ser realidad el año que viene después de que el ayuntamiento de Estocolmo lo discutiese.
"Esperamos conseguir el permiso de obra este otoño y esperamos abrirlo el próximo año," según Magnus Danielsson.
El edificio tendrá la forma de una tienda de campaña alargada y tendrá un permiso de cinco años prorrogable por otros cinco. El museo estará en la fachada marítima de Estocolmo y podrá ser accesible por ferry.
Going back to the analogue master tapes for each individual album, as originally prepared by ABBA and their associates, the albums in the ABBA: THE VINYLS box set have been remastered for vinyl especially for this release. The track listings of the albums mirror the original Swedish releases, as originally planned and conceived by ABBA. Similarly, the eight studio albums are presented in replica covers featuring the original art work and inner sleeves –– exactly as they looked when they first hit record shops back in the '70s and early '80s.
2) ABBA's greatest hits album ABBA Gold, which to date has sold more than 28 million copies worldwide, will be re-released in a brand new ABBA Gold CD/DVD Special Edition on November 29, 2010. The CD features the latest remastered version of the album, while the DVD features newly remastered versions of all the video clips featured on the original DVD.
The DVD will also include bonus selections in the shape of "before-and-after" split-screen comparisons of five original film clips and the remastered versions of those clips. The new ABBA Gold DVD also features a recently discovered archive find: a cartoon version of 'Money, Money, Money', made circa 1977. This very rare clip of 'Money, Money, Money' was made by the Australian production company Reg Grundy's, but was only ever screened briefly during ABBA's heyday and has never been seen in complete form since.
The remastering of the ABBA Gold video clips has been made by Cutting Room in Stockholm, Sweden, taking full advantage of the progress in digital technology since the clips were last remastered in 2002. You have never seen them like this before!
ABBA Gold Special Edition also features a brand new essay on the album by Elisabeth Vincentelli, author of the books ABBA Gold and ABBA Treasures.
The ABBA Gold CD/DVD Special Edition will be released in a so-called flip-tray with a slip case. The worldwide release date is November 29, 2010, although dates may vary from territory to territory.
3) Bjorn and Frida are appealing to fans to vote for their favourite ABBA song as part of an upcoming UK TV tribute - which will see them reveal all about their time in the band.
The pair formed one half of the Swedish supergroup and achieved nine number one hit singles in Britain alone.
They've teamed up to record a series of revealing interviews about their heyday for a forthcoming show on British network ITV - and they also want Abba fans to vote for their most beloved track to form part of a countdown on the programme.
Lyngstad says, "Discussing all of our singles was great fun. There are many fond memories - memories about writing the songs, recording and promoting and performing them."
Ulvaeus adds, "We're all curious and excited to see which songs appear where in the countdown. The British people took us to their hearts, completely... and made us their own, which we are very proud of. It's very nice to come to England because it's like going home."
The show will air in the U.K. later this year (2010). See the ITV link below for voting details.
A museum dedicated to former Swedish pop group ABBA may become reality next year after a Stockholm city arts council approved the envisaged museum site, reports said Friday.
"We expect to get a building permit this autumn and aim to open next year," Magnus Danielsson, head of the company that is organising a touring exhibition of ABBA memorabilia, told the Dagens Nyheter daily.
The building will be shaped like a long tent and given a five-year permit that can be extended a further five years, the report said.The museum will be on the Stockholm waterfront and can be accessed also by ferry.The touring exhibition - currently in Melbourne, Australia - features music, original costumes, instruments, photos and other memorabilia.
19/9/10
"SOME KIND OF TROUBLE": LO NUEVO DE JAMES BLUNT's new album [ESTRENO/Premiere]
ANA TORROJA, "TENGO UN CORAZÓN" ("SONRISA" Bonus-track) ESTRENO / Premiere
17/9/10
ANA TORROJA & DAVID VILLA: CANTAN JUNTOS X MALI / Sing together for Mali
Ana Torroja ha cantado con el futbolista David Villa en un proyecto solidario por Mali. Incluimos la noticia y un extracto de la grabación en video.
"Trabajar con David Villa ha sido un lujo"
(Onda Cero)
Por Ana Torroja no pasan los años, acaba de sacar su quinto disco en solitario, un trabajo lleno de vida y de buen rollo que ya es número uno en i-tunes.
Durante el videoencuentro Ana nos cuenta que su disco es un canto a la vida, a vivir el presente y a ponerle al mal tiempo buena cara. Enéél ha habido grandes colaboraciones de artistas como Miguel Bosé y Mai Meneses (Nena Daconte).
Además también ha colaborado junto al jugador de fútbol David Villa para un proyecto solidario Vocesx1fin: Juntos por Mali, versionando la canción "Insurrección" de El Último de la Fila. En Mali también grabaron el videoclip de "Sonrisa" el single que da nombre al disco.
Afirma que su reencuentro con Miguel Bosé ha sido algo virtual ya que no han podido verse en persona pero que ha sido fenomenal. Y que con David Villa ha sido todo un lujo trabajar con él.
La cantante confiesa que se lleva fatal con las nuevas tecnologías, que tiene de todo, es decir, facebook, twitter, pero que no se maneja muy bien, aunque tras enterarse que era número uno en i-tunes ha querido agradecérselo personalmente a los fans.
Declara que es fan de Peter Gabriel, Lenny Kravitz y Madonna. Y de artistas españñoles como: Miguel Bosé, Alejandro Sanz, Nena Daconte, Fito y los Fitipaldis y muchos más afirmando que en la variedad está el gusto.
Por último la artista señala que todavía no hay fechas para sus próximos conciertos pero que empezará la gira en primavera.
La canción forma parte de 'Vocesx1fin: juntos por Mali', que se pondrá a la venta el próximo 23 de noviembre. El Guaje participa cantando en el tema "Insurrección" junto a Ana Torroja, ex vocalista del grupo Mecano.
Con esta iniciativa, la imagen y la voz de Villa servirán para contribuir en la construcción de una escuela de arte y formación para niñños que actualmente no están escolarizados.
David Villa ha expresado en su página web que "la canción de El Último de la Fila nos gustaba tanto a Ana como a mí. Espero que consigamos que la gente se involucre y compre el disco, porque es una forma muy bonita y sencilla de ayudar a personas que no disponen de las mismas oportunidades que nosotros. Los futbolistas somos un referente para lo sociedad y debemos estar cada vez más dispuestos a involucrarnos en este tipo de proyecto".
Villa pasa de este modo a formar parte de un proyecto donde confluirán referentes de la múúsica españñola como Sidonie, Antonio Orozco, Dani Martín, Hombres G, Melendi o Pignoise, acompañados de personajes relevantes de la sociedad como el propio David, el cocinero Sergi Arola, la actriz Mónica Cruz, los presentadores Andreu Buenafuente y Berto Romero o el periodista Manel Fuentes.
Todos ellos se unirán el dos de diciembre en un concierto que tendráá lugar en la Farga de l’Hospitalet, cuyas entradas ya pueden adquirirse por 20 euros en http://www.ticketmaster.es/ y http://www.serviticket.com/.
ANA TORROJA: ENTREVISTAS PROMOCIONALES / Promotional interviews (5)
"La piratería exige una solución drástica"
Con más de treinta años de carrera musical, la madrileña Ana Torroja no precisa mayor carta de presentación. Junto a Nacho y a José María Cano, demostró ser la voz más dulce de España. Su carrera en solitario comenzó, apenas disuelto Mecano, en el año 1997 con «Puntos cardinales». Trece años, cuatro discos, y varios recopilatorios después, Ana Torroja regresa al mercado musical con un álbum lleno de vitalidad, «Sonrisa».
Optimismo necesario tras el brutal accidente que la cantante sufrió en Cádiz en 2008, y que le ha hecho replantearse muchas cosas como persona y como artista.
——Han pasado siete años desde su último trabajo... ¿En qué ha cambiado en todo este tiempo?
——Cuando uno va cumpliendo años, se va dando cuenta de que hay que simplificar, de que nos complicamos demasiado la existencia. Cada vez necesito menos cosas. He aprendido a vivir el minuto, y a no hacer ningún plan, ni siquiera a corto plazo, porque no sabes lo que puede pasar.
——Supongo que en esta reflexión tiene mucho que ver el accidente.
——Con la experiencia que te da la vida, es una tontería hacer planes, porque en cinco minutos todo puede cambiar. Después del accidente, me he dado cuenta de que el destino está marcado y que no puedes quedarte sentado esperando.
——Su nuevo álbum se llama «Sonrisa». Desde un primer momento, parece que destila alegría y optimismo. ¿Es lo que ha pretendido?
——Es así como me siento. Con muchísima energía, como si fuera un niño que acaba de nacer... los niños no tienen problemas, no se ponen tristes y tienen una energía arrolladora, y eso es lo que quiero transmitir. Creo que el mundo está de capa caída y hay que poner al mal tiempo buena cara.
——¿Qué aporta este disco con respecto a los anteriores?
——Aporta sorpresas, y es algo que tiene su riesgo. Para primavera estamos pensando en la gira…… tengo más o menos el concepto estético, todo esto lleva su tiempo pero tengo mucha ilusión. Creo que va a dar mucho juego musicalmente.
——En el disco hay una cancióón que se llama «Ana». ¿Escoge canciones que reflejan su personalidad?
——En este disco era fundamental. A lo mejor es un poco pretencioso, pero la gente que ha compuesto las canciones me conoce muy bien, y si no me conocen son gente a la que admiro... en cierta manera tienen algo que ver conmigo. Era muy importante el contenido pero también el envoltorio.
——Una de esas personas que colabora con este disco es Miguel Bosé. ¿Para cuándo otra gira conjunta como la que realizaron en 1999, Gira2?
——Estamos los dos coqueteando con esa idea. Aunque en aquel momento dijimos que no se repetiría, ahora nos echamos de menos... Nos lo pasamos tan bien que nos gustaría volver a probar eso. No tengo ni idea de si saldrá o no, pero nos apetece.
——El primer videoclip de este álbum lo ha grabado en Mali. ¿Cómo ha sido esa experiencia?
——Estamos perdiendo la esencia de las cosas. Estamos rodeados de cosas que no nos dejan ver la pureza de la realidad. Es algo que aprendes allí: lo que te da esa gente sólo con una sonrisa no tiene precio. Viven al máximo a pesar de todas sus carencias y son felices.
——Incluso ahora, tantos años después, parece inevitable unir su nombre con el de Mecano...
——¡Es que es parte de mi vida! Y de mi historia y de mi carrera. No me molesta en absoluto, estoy muy orgullosa de venir de donde vengo. No es fácil que tantas canciones transciendan, y que generación tras generación sigan vivas, y como están tan presentes yo las canto y lo hago como si fuera la primera vez, me sigo emocionando con ellas y lo que cuentan me sigue pareciendo igual de actual... y eso es difícil de conseguir.
——Podría decirse que están más de moda ahora que en su momento.
——Es algo que veo con mis sobrinos y con mi hija. No puedo ponerle otra cosa que no sea Mecano... Es importante tener un bagaje y hay canciones que no mueren nunca. Mi hija sólo escucha Mecano y este último trabajo, «Sonrisa». Lo que he hecho en medio me dice que es muy aburrido (risas). Creo que es buena señal.
——Después de tantos años sobre los escenarios, tantos discos…… ¿qué le queda por hacer?
——En este disco he hecho cosas que nunca pensé que haría y me han gustado mucho, como son la fotografía y escribir. En la edición especial hay un diario de viaje, con la experiencia de Mali, y las fotografías también son mías, aparte de las de Rubén Martín.
——¿Con quién le gustaría hacer un dúo?
——Con Peter Gabriel. Es uno de mis ídolos desde que teníía 14 años, nunca me defrauda, tiene una de las voces más personales y que más transmiten, por lo que escribe……
——¿Cómo ve el panorama musical actual?
——No entiendo por qué no se pone una solución drástica al problema. Ni entiendo por qué la gente no se conciencia de que vender discos es el medio de vida no sólo del artista sino de una cadena de gente. Algo que no te cuesta lo valoras menos.
——En este sentido, Internet es el enemigo, pero también un aliado a la hora de explorar nuevos caminos……
——Por supuesto. Yo compro en iTunes. Cada vez hay más aparatos y menos discos.
OMD: ESCUCHA TODO SU NUEVO DISCO EN SU MYSPACE / Listen to their complete new album on their Myspace
OMD ha estrenado en su página de Myspace su nuevo álbum "HISTORY OF MODERN" ("Historia de lo moderno"). El nuevo disco, producido por la misma banda, sale a la venta el próximo lunes dia 20 de septiembre, pero el grupo inglés nos ha sorprendido colgando integramente todas las canciones que componen su nuevo lanzamiento, y que pueden ser escuchadas de forma gratuita con tan solo visitar su Myspace.
OMD has premiered on their Myspace page their new album "HISTORY OF MODERN". Their new record, produced by the band, is released next Monday September 20th, but the British group has suprised posting all the complete songs which belong to the new album, and which can be listened to free only by visiting their Myspace.
Estas son las nuevas canciones de OMD/This is the complete OMD tracklist:
1. "New Babies: New Toys" 2. "If You Want It" 3. "History Of Modern (part I)" 4. "History Of Modern (part II)" 5. "Sometimes" 6. "RFWK" 7. "New Holy Ground" 8. "The Future, The Past, and Forever After" 9. "Sister Mary Says" 10. "Pulse" 11. "The Night" 12. "Bondage Of Fate" 13. "The Right Side?"
16/9/10
ANA TORROJA EN "FAMA-REVOLUTION": SU ACTUACIÓN / Her performance
Video Ana Torroja en "Fama Revolution" de Cuatro (16-09-2010):