December 3, 2009

Zeep with Vieux Farka Touré - "O Ronco da Cuica"

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Live at Heatwave Tour UK November 2007. Film by Chris and Steve Franck.

Zeep , a UK duo , Nina Miranda and Chris Franck were founding members of Smoke City and Da Lata.

They have collaborated with world-renowned artists such as Tony Allen, Baaba Maal, Ernest Ranglin, Sly and Robbie, Vieux Farka Touré, Nitin Sawhney, Jah Wobble, Femi Kuti, Bebel Gilberto and more. Their first album as Zeep came out in 2007 (on Far Out Records).

Nina Miranda is both a singer and songwriter who was part of the English group, Smoke City, and more recently, Shrift.

Nina Miranda's father is Brazilian visual artist Luiz Aquila, her mother is English and she was born in Brazil, and educated in Brazil, England and France. She wanted to be an opera singer when she was younger, and then studied art.

Vieux Farka Touré is Ali Farka Touré's son from Mali.
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