Playing Agua de Estrellas, a song for mother earth with Galician musician, Belen.

The last month I’ve been travelling through mainland Spain and had the privilege to work with some great musicians and even record a new song in the Galician woods.

Wa…. well its been a long time since Ive updated my site! For many years it has been a dream of mine to go to Cuba and in January I arrived in Havana ready to absorb whatever came my way. What a journey its been since then. From Cuba to Mexico, Guatemala to El Salvador and into Colombia. Here are a few moments to share with you:

In Santiago de Cuba with friends I met that I can now call family.

In La Habana, Cuba

With director of ‘Los Guanches!’ in Santiago de Cuba

Recording a new song in Medellin, Colombia with Canarian musician Nestor

Staying with a lovely family in Medellin, Colombia

Cartegena de los Indios dancing with famous Salsa artsit Joe Arroyo!

Bogota, Colombia

The border of El Salvador

 

 

Travelling from Pais Vasco to Barcelona I stopped near a medeival town called Olite to do some clips for a new music video with photographer Benjamin Muir. The journey through Nevarra and Aragon took us through some amazing landscapes, and all of them seemed to be full of castles! 

 

From Galicia the tour continued into along the coast with a busy line up of gigs from Asturias and finishing in Bilbao. Thanks everyone for for such a warm welcome in Spain! Here´s a few photos from the gigs!

Performing in Santander at La Nave Que Late, Revuelta Hoz

Concert in La Perdiz Jazz Cafe, Photo by Benjamin Robert Muir

Gig at Torrelavega and Cds and artwork for sale.

Gig in A Coruna at  Grand Cru Cafe

Exploring the Picos de Europa en route!

 

Its been an amazing tour so far. Each gig has been really special and we’ve met some incredible people and seen some beautiful places along the way. Here are some photos from Portugal into Spain.

Peneda Geres National Park Performing in Porto, Portugal

Gig in Vigo, Galica. Fantastic gig but we arrived the day of the fires in North Portugal and Galicia and left the gig driving through a smoke filled Vigo with forrest fires on every mountainside on the road to Ourence.

Rio Sacra, Galicia. A few days between gigs with my friend Elena in the Rio Sacra, a beautiful part of Galica, inland from Ourence.

 

 

Portugal has been wonderful so far! The first show was in Fabrica Braco de Prata, an amazing venue that was once a weapons factory and now an art and music centre in the port of Lisboa. Thanks Luis Reis for the photo!

 

 

 

 

 

 

After exploring Lisbon we have taken to the road to make the most of the countryside before the next show. The majestic Sintra castles a train/ride away from Lisbon, the stunning coastline of beautiful beaches and fishing villages of Ericeira, huge waves of Nazare, medieval town of Obidos and mountains of Parque National Penedes Geres. Here are some photos of the journey so far!

 

 

 

 

Sintra from the Moorish Castle

 

 

 

 

Lisbon Alfama at sunset

 

 

 

 

Lisbon artwork!

 

 

 

 

 

Painting in the park, Lisbon

 

 

 

 

 

Fishing village of Ericeira

 

 

 

 

Looking out from the medieval castle of Obidos

 

 

 

Looking out over Nazare

 

The beautiful Rio Cavado that flows through Parque National PenedaGeres

The closer we return to nature, the closer we become to ourselves. To stop for a moment, to breathe, to see all our preoccupations in perspective, to embrace solitude and still feel part of everything, to feel free.