Watch Polaris Prize winner Lido Pimienta in an a cappella session
29 March 2018, 09:33
| Written by
Sebastien Dehesdin
Lido Pimienta won the Polaris Music Prize last year for her second album La Papessa, a personal account of womanhood, independence, and individuality set to experimental electronics inspired by her own musical roots.
Doing away with the electronics and intense percussive section of her live shows, the Canadian singer treated us to an a cappella version of new track "Para Transcribir" in Reykjavik, in between her shows at Iceland Airwaves.
Lido Pimienta is touring Europe in June after a string of shows in the US:
- 30.03.2018 SAN FRANCISCO, CA (Rickshaw Stop)
- 31.03.2018 SAN DIEGO, CA (Casbah)
- 02.04.2018 LOS ANGELES, CA (Moroccan Lounge)
- 27.04.2018 BROOKLYN, NY (BRIC Open Festival)
- 04.05.2018 SARNIA, ON (Empty Fest)
- 27.05.2018 BRADLEY, CA (Lightning in a Bottle)
- 01.06.2018 DÜDINGEN, CH (Kilbi Festival)
- 02.06.2018 OFFENBACH, DE (Hafen 2)
- 04.06.2018 PARIS, FR (Le Pop-Up du Label)
- 06.06.2018 LONDON, UK (DIY Space for London)
- 08.06.2018 ANTWERPEN, BE (Swim With The Current @ De Singel)
- 09.06.2018 HILVARENBEEK, NL (Best Kept Secret Festival)
- 10.06.2018 BERLIN, DE (Torstraßen Festival)
- 19.06.2018 WINNIPEG, MB (Winnipeg Jazz Festival)
- 21.06.2018 CALGARY, AB (Sled Island Festival)
- 24.06.2018 KINGSTON, ON (Skeleton Park Arts Festival)
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