Music Television is pleased to present Gaby Moreno, the fabulous international recording artist and the Latin Grammy winner in the Best New Artist category, Gaby Moreno. At the time of this writing, she has a new album titled Ilúsion coming out soon. She is performing two "Ilúsion Record Preview" shows, one at Resident in Los Angeles on June 14th 2016 (click here for tickets), and another in New York at Joe's Pub on June 16th, 2016 (click here for tickets). A definite to do!.(NOTE: Since this article was originally posted, Ilusion has been released. See videos here)
Don't let the Latin Grammy win pigeonhole her as a strictly Latin artist. She has a very broad English and Spanish repertoire that crosses genres and eras. She is a wonderful blues, rock and soul artist.
Whilst none of the new material from the Ilúsion album has been released as of yet, just below are some handpicked videos and live performances from previous years.
The first video below is from NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series and it's lovely! She performs three of her songs titled No Regrets, Ave Que Emigra and Sing Me Life. She is accompanied by Adam Levy.
Gaby Moreno - Live on NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series
Just in case you missed Gaby Moreno's third album titled Postales, which proceeded her Christmas album, just below are the four official films from that record, one being an animation, which led up to her winning the Latin Grammy for Best New Artist. Gaby is not really new to me. I felt that she was the best new artist around about seven years earlier than the academy, but they got the Best Artist part right.
She has been at it for quite a while, in a way worthy of respect for her ethic and determination. She has paid her dues the old fashioned way.
Whilst these four songs featured below are all in Spanish, and might make you want to learn the language if you don't already know it, do not pigeon hole Gaby Moreno as a strictly Latin or Spanish singing artist.
Much of her earliest material was in English, and it is fantastic with a timeless quality. She has made some real serious English language ethereal rock, such as with a earlier song of hers titled Bella. And, then she went on to write and record a vast body of blues/rock songs, which were in mostly in English. She will no doubt release more English speaking music as she has done in the past.
It would restore my faith in the music industry if Gaby were to win traditional English language Grammys in the future. Regardless of awards, Gaby Moreno is one of the most grounded, authentic, uncontrived international artists of substance out there who needs no pomp, pump, slick tricks or smoke & mirrors to make her point.
Please click the play button on the first video, choose
the high-resolution & fullscreen option, sit back and enjoy. The
2nd, 3rd and 4th videos as well as other tasty handpicked music
videos will continue playing automatically. Enjoy!
Gaby Moreno - Valle de Magnolias (track #6 on Postales)
Gaby Moreno - Qué Voy a Hacer (track #8 on Postales)
Gaby Moreno - Juegos y Miedos (track #7 on Postales)
Gaby Moreno - No Estoy Tan Mal (track #1 on Postales)
