06/29 - Casa da Música - Porto - Portugal
07/01 - Roskilde Festival - Copenhagen - Denmark
07/02 - Jazz Baltica Festival - Salzau - Germany
07/03 - TFF Rudolstadt - Rudolstadt - Germany
07/04 - TFF Rudolstadt - Rudolstadt - Germany
07/07 - New Morning - Paris - France
07/08 - Valencia - Spain
07/09 - Tenerife - Spain
07/10 - Las Palmas - Spain
07/12 - Cartagena - Spain
07/15 - Hackney Empire - London - England
07/16 - Munich - Germany
07/17 - Brazilian Nights at Strobels - Dortmund - Germany
07/19 - Schloss Elmau - Elamau - Germany
07/20 - Sommerperlen Festival - Darmastadt - Germany
07/21 - St Moritz Jazz Festival - St Moritz - Switzerland
07/22 - Zeltival - Karlsruhe - Germany
07/24 - Sani Festival - Thessalonique - Grece
07/25 - Kultuzelt Kassel - Kassel - Germany
07/27 - Festival Ciné-Cité - Pau - France
07/28 - Festival Musicas do Mundo - Sines - Portugal
07/30 - Festival Fantasia - Annemasse - France
08/01 - Sfinks Festival - Boechout - Belgium

**APRIL**

12/13
Tripple Door
Seattle, WA
USA

14
Alladin Theatre
Portland, OR
USA

16
Coachella Music Festival
Indio, CA
USA

18
The Independent
San Francisco, CA
USA

21/22
Dakota Jazz Club
Minneapolis, MN

23
Green Dolphin
Chicago, IL
USA

25
Highline Ballroom
New York, NYC
USA

**DECEMBER**

12/03/2009
CÉU
Teatro Amazonas, Manaus, AM, Brazil, 22h
R. Tapajós, 5 - Centro
Tel: 92 3622-2420

12/04/2009
CURUMIN
John Bull Music Hall, Curitiba, PR, Brazil, 22h
R. Engenheiro Rebouças, 1645
Tel: 41 3026 5050

12/05/2009
CÉU
Teatro Gasômetro, Belém, PA, Brazil, 21h
Av. Gov Magalhães Barata, s/n
Tel: 91 4009-8715

12/09/2009
CÉU
Teatro das Artes - Shopping Eldorado, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 21h
Av. Rebouças, 3.970 – Pinheiros
Tel: (11) 4003-2330

12/18/2009
TV Live - Tribute to Jorge Ben
CURUMIN
SOM BRASIL JORGE BEN
Globo TV, 22h

21 oct Monaco - Moods
23 oct Paris - La Maroquinerie
25 oct Koln - Stadtgarten
26 oct Hambourg - Fabrik
27 oct Berlin - Lido
29 oct Frankfurt - Brotfabrik
30 oct Zurich - Moods
31 oct Munich - Muffatwerk
03 nov Madrid - Sala Clamores
04 nov Barcelona - Bikini
05 nov Genève - Salle des fêtes de Onex
06 nov Londres - ULU

Quality of sound of the video..bad..bad..bad..

Fonte: Devon Wendell

In the headliner role, critically acclaimed, Latin Grammy winning Céu’s return to the States after an entire year away was the most anticipated moment of the evening. After the success of her debut album and her new CD Vagarosa, this 29 year-old Sao Paulo native was ready to take no prisoners in a fashion that cannot be experienced when simply hearing her songs in a local Starbucks.

Where Laquidara had a more youthful sensuality, Cèu pranced on the stage in a wildly seductive and wickedly confident manner, wearing a flowered hat and a short, tight black dress barely covering her shapely figure. Guilherme Ribeiro’s sinister, post-60’s, Sly Stone funk-drenched keyboard work cued the band and complemented Ceu’s predatory, snake-like moves. The rest of her band — Guilherme Ribeiro playing keyboards, accordion, guitar, and backing vocals, DJ Marco on scratches and samples, Lucas Martins on bass, and Samuel Fraga on drums – easily covered the wide stylistic range of Céu’s music.

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Curumin's caravan visited the last 20 days NYC, Quebec, Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Boston, Chicago, Miwaukee, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Brooklyn.

the tropical wave that looks like there is water on your screen is from Alexandre Matias' blog

http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/summer-in-nyc/74723/the-best-outdoor-concerts-in-nyc

july 8st - CURUMIN W/Juana Molina
Summerstage - NYC - USA
Central Park SummerStage - 8 PM

july 11st - CURUMIN
Ottawa Blues Fest - Ottawa - Canada
Blacksheep Stage - 7:45 PM

july 14st & 15st - CEU
Triple Door - Seattle - USA - 8 PM

july 15st - CURUMIN w/Sergent Garcia
SOB's - NYC- USA - 9 PM

july 17st - CURUMIN
Stonefly Brewery - Milwaukee - USA - 10 PM

july 17st - CEU
Roxy - Los Angeles - USA - 8 PM

july 18st - CEU
Herbst Theater - San Francisco - USA - 8 PM

july 19st - CURUMIN w/Sergent Garcia
Stern's groove - San Francisco - USA - 2 PM

july 21st - CEU
Highline Ballroom - NYC - USA - 8 PM

july 23rd - CURUMIN
Mississipi Studio - Portland - USA - 7 PM

july 25st - CURUMIN
Grand Performances - Los Angeles - USA - 8PM

Source: Play B-Sides

By Mike Roeder

On Monday, January 26th Sherry and I went to see the Curumin show at CSPS. I was pretty interested to see this show. Curumin is part of the next generation of artists on on the seminal Bay Area Hip-Hop label Quannum. The first generation were primarily Hip Hop acts: DJ Shadow, Lyrics Born, Lateef and Blackalicious, and while the label still signs Rap and Hip Hop acts they have also signed artists who don’t neatly fit into that category: ApSci is closer to an electro act and Honeycut is damn near a synth pop band. One of the labels latest signings Curumin brings a fusion of hip hop, funk, soul and Brazilian styles playing equally the parts of producer and performer.
Lucas, Curumin & Marcelo

The show was one of the more spirited shows I’ve seen at CSPS– certainly a departure from regular diet of stripped-down folk-singer songwriter shows I usually attend there. This was also the first show I’d seen that used the actual stage at CSPS. Usually the small acts are on a set of risers on the floor in front of the stage. This fact alone invited some folks to actually get out and “express themselves physically” in Mel Andringa’s words from his funny introduction to the group.

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It has been almost 15 days, 5 airports, vans, 8 different cities in 7 states, 8 different hotels, wake up, play, pack, off to the next gig…

NYC was our last stop. I was already used to share the room with our good looking snorer Tour Manager but I was happy just for the fact of being able to stay at the same place for more than one night.

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Source: Thinking Thing

I had an opportunity to watch Curumin perform with “special guests Tommy Guerro, Blackalicious, Lateef and Money Mark” at Slims in SF on January 22, 2009.

The opening band (didn’t catch the name, but think baby Manu Chao) had just finished and the stage was set. Curumin, a thin, jerky man in his early to mid 30s, with a shaved head, turn-of-the-century presidential sideburns framing his long face, baggy pants, and boldly striped polo shirt, took the stage with his reticent bassist, and drummer/percussionist (who resembled a lither version of Seth Rogan). Guest stars Money Mark (keys), Tommy Guerrero (guitar) and Lateef the Truthspeaker (MC) and Chief Xcel (DJ) would also join in throughout the evening (Gift of Gab was absent). Curumin’s music, categorically placed under the broad genre Música Popular Brasileira (categorically only), was a melding of funky electro and acoustic sampling (a nod to the legends of Bossa Nova and Samba), groovy bass lines, tight creative percussion and dancehall/hip-hop rhythms. Curamin and his posse were technically very good, and the music was very, very good.

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