Blondie releasing EP to accompany new Havana concert film [View all]
"It is a dream-like portrait of this legendary band’s first experience in Havana"
By
Elizabeth Aubrey
22nd May 2021
Blondie are set to release a Cuba-inspired EP to accompany a film about their 2019 performance in Havana, Cuba.
The six-soundtrack EP, ‘Blondie: Vivir En La Habana’ will be released on July 16 ahead of the film’s premiere which will take place at Sheffield Doc/Fest later this year. Directed by Rob Roth, the short film documents their 2019 live debut in Cuba.
The EP will see feature special guests Carlos Alfonso, Ele Valdés and María del Carmen Ávila of Cuba’s Síntesis and includes performances of ‘Heart Of Glass’, ‘Rapture’ as well as ‘The Tide is High’ and ‘Wipe Off My Sweat’.
Speaking about the EP, Blondie’s Debbie Harry said: “We had wonderful Cuban musicians join us for the performances – vocalists, percussionists, horn players – they added a terrific level of excitement to our songs. On ‘The Tide Is High’, Síntesis vocalists Ele Valdés and Maria del Carmen Avila sang with me and did the original harmonies that John Holt had put on the song, it was incredibly beautiful.”
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https://www.nme.com/news/music/blondie-to-release-cuba-inspired-ep-for-upcoming-film-2946219
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