Ancienne Belgique

Bai Kamara Jr & Lura: a double-bill with charisma and allure! Bai Kamara Jr is that Afro-Brussels singer from the likes of Downtown St.Josse! He was recently Dani Klein's 'special guest' and De Mo...

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Bai Kamara Jr & Lura: a double-bill with charisma and allure!

Bai Kamara Jr is that Afro-Brussels singer from the likes of Downtown St.Josse! He was recently Dani Klein's 'special guest' and De Morgen wrote: 'A genuine revelation. "Your voice reminds me of Sting, which is a compliment to Sting, not to you", was even how it matter-of-factly sounded out of the mouth of Luc Janssen, who chatted together the Radio 1 Session ... already well-known for a while in Wallonia and France. What on earth is standing in the way of a triumphant Flemish tour?' His new CD 'Disposable Society' is, in every sense, ready and waiting at Bang!/Pias.

Lura is that Portuguese beauty, of Cape Verdean descent, who has been releasing radiant songs upon us for three CDs long already. The latest CD is entitled 'Eclipse' (on the Lusafrica label) and it again offers that wonderful mix of sensitive ballades and sparkling world-pop. With recordings in Brussels, Lissabon, Paris, and Naples but, as ever, bursting with 'sodade' and far removed from her first 'zouk'carrière: more mature, richer and more refined, thus with even more coladera or funana...