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Daniel Moreno played at the Apollo Music Cafe with Marc Cary and Awa Sangho the golden voice of Mali. Amazing night, fellas!



Marc Cary is a four-time Grammy® nominated musical linguist who is fluent in multiple instruments, including the cello, trumpet, drums, and piano. With Cosmic Indigenous, Cary brings the sweet nectar of jazz reinterpreted with Awa Sangho, Daniel Moreno, Sameer Gupta, Mark Whitfield, Ron Sutton and Ahmad Cary..

Awa Sangho is a singer and a songwriter from Mali. Her lyrics are socially conscious. All with music that percolates with the rhythms and resonance of Africa with the influence of ears that have world-wide exposure.

Les Go - Dan Gna from Spiritual Life Music features Daniel Moreno on the drums and percussion and Awa on the vocals - the hit was released 10 years ago and shows the versatility of Daniel's work. Take your shoes off and dance to these sound waves, To remember is to revive ...

 Daniel Moreno just finished playing percussion on several tracks of Queen Rose's upcoming "Building Bridges" album. On this short and personal  interview, Daniel talks about his musical journey and his mentor late Don Alias.

Check out Queen Rose Music website and the Building Bridges Project.

Daniel Moreno and Hervé Samb performing "Kharit"
Live at The Pyramind Club in NYC on October 20th 2011
for the release party of Kharit



KHARIT (meaning friendship in wolof) is a magical improvisational encounter of two spiritual friends Daniel Moreno, an American percussionist of Mexican descent, based in NYC and Hervé Samb, a Senegalese master guitar player living in Paris.

Click here to LISTEN AND BUY KHARIT NOW

The album is flavored by West African, Brazilian and many others multi cultural instruments. While the listener effortlessly surf on KHARIT's organic sound waves - elaborate melodic, yet fluid arrangements follow the superb jam trance the duo achieve.

Album available on CD and 2xColor Vinyls.

 Click here to LISTEN AND BUY KHARIT NOW

Daniel Moreno's latest album KHARIT will be featured on the "2nd Rio de Janeiro's Vinyl Fair" happening Sunday, Oct 10th@ The Clube Israelita-Brasileiro (Barata Ribeiro St. corner with Anita Garibaldi St.) - Rio de Janeiro BRAZIL !

Participants will have a chance to win KHARIT cds  during the  funky  "Vinyl to the People" raffle , organized by Migrating Media & Productions to promote selected independent artists and lables.  

"For this special promo, we were looking to represent artist independence, métissage, broad world influences and surprising music   - that's why we chose KHARIT (Spiritual Life Music/ Marnico Music)  - independent world jazz album fresh from NYC,  AFRIKYA (album by DUB INC.  indie french/world reggae band, DJ Spooky   - HH/world drum'n bass culture, and Joe Claussell (Spiritual Life Music/ Body & Soul) representing post- house music" - says Ana Lourdes Alvarenga from MM&P, the event liason in NYC .


Once the 1st fair attracted more than 1,500 people - for it's 2nd round the producer Marcos (Spacecake Records) is expecting more than 2,000 vinyl lovers among DJs, musicians,  independent produces, collectors of all ages, shapes and sizes. For complete info, visit:www.feiradevinilrj.com .

We are curious to hear what Brazilians have to say about KHARIT - Daniel Moreno and Hervé Samb would love to tour the tropics and feed from  the Brazilian Vibe for future projects ! 

To introduce  KHARIT to Brazil, is to cross-pollinaze fresh - spiritual - organic & improvisational world jazz and neo Brazilian music movements. We can't wait to see the results. Stay tuned !