Join us on April 26th for an amazing night of music and dancing. This will be Aline’s first gig with the band since giving birth to twins earlier this year!

Think of this edition as the thaw when we come out of the cold and bathe in our hotsprings of music, dance, community and artistry. Uma Nota, a combination dance party, multimedia live show and cultural happening, is about the shared experience more than it is about any one artist. It’s a “no spectators, no pretensions” event, at which the dancers in the crowd help create the positive, unified vibe as much as the live and DJ music that keeps everyone moving.

Uma Nota: Hot Spring edition

Friday April 26

Great Hall, 1087 Queen St. W. at Dovercourt

Doors 10 p.m.

Advance tickets $12 online only via Eventbrite.

$15 at the door

Join us at the Mercury Lounge on Nov 30th and help celebrate the club’s 16th year anniversary. This is our first time back at the Mercury Lounge since JunoFest in March. Here’s a clip from our last show there:

Join Aline this Friday (Sept 28th) in celebrating the 3-year anniversary of Baque de Bamba. Led by Aline Morales, this percussion troupe specializes in the thundering rhythms of Maracatu and other folkloric song styles from the northeastern region of Brazil (Ciranda,Coco, Ijexa and more). Featuring an all-star lineup of guests and collaborators, this party’s going late, people!

We’re really excited to be sharing the bill with the Polaris-nominated Sandro Perri at the Theatre Centre on August 16th as part of the Summerworks Festival music series. Also featuring DJ Tons. This is going to be a great show – so get your tickets now!

Buy your tickets at Soundscapes and Rotate This or online at http://summerworks.ca/2012/

Join us at Expressions Of Brazil! This weekend! 9:30 pm on Sat July 7 at the West Jet Stage.

An amazing weekend full of music art food and many more! BrUno CapinAn, Maria Bonita, Mar Aberto, Salviano Pessoa, Batucada Carioca, Baque de Bamba, Tio Chorinho, Betty Santos e Roda de samba, Ze Fua, Maninho Costa, Pedro Quental… uffffff!!! and Many More!!!!!!

Thanks Barbara de la Fuente, and everybody who made this possible!!!!

Read more at The Toronto Sun: Fusions of Brazil

Some memories from Juno Weekend – March 30 to April 1, 2012…

Performing Friday night to a packed crowd at the Mercury Lounge in Ottawa:

Pictured below: album producer David Arcus, executive producer Greg da Silva and Aline Morales after the Juno Gala dinner, and maybe a bit too much wine….

This picture of Aline and producer David Arcus (below) was taken moments before Aline sent the whole backdrop crashing to the ground. Man I wish we had a shot of that!

We’re thrilled to announce that Flores, Tambores e Amores was nominated for a Juno award for World Music Album of the Year! The nominations were announced on Tuesday and we couldn’t be more honoured to be listed among such incredible Canadian acts. When we hunkered down in our basement studio with some of our talented and wonderful friends to record this album, we couldn’t have imagined that it would bring us here. Thanks so much to everyone who’s enjoyed the album, and everyone who’s supported us along the way. More to come!