Here is a video of the first track of the album. The project continues moving forward, Album release date not set yet, but getting closer

We have finished the mixing process, now working on ‘everything else’ hoping for a release this Fall. 

Each song includes some snippets of the interviews that gave birth to its lyrics. In the last song, all stories are heard in full by the women interviewed.

Here’s one of the tracks. 

Here’s a little collage of the songs we recorded for this project. Included are a few clips of the immigrant women’s voices that will be part of the final product, and some session chat and Fernando’s wonderful count-offs.

There’s nothing like recording all musicians playing at the same time. You’ll hear what a fine group is the Lorena Guillén Tango Ensemble (nowadays crossing-over from tango to all directions)

Notice: the tracks have not been mixed or edited yet, so this is pretty much the raw sound; congrats Evan Richey at Ovation Sounds, in Winston Salem, NC.

Jacqui Carrasco at the recording session at Ovation Sound in Winston Salem, NC

Adam Ricci at the piano during the recording session at Ovation Sound in Winston Salem, NC

Images taken by Felipe Troncoso from the recording session at Ovation Sound in Winston Salem, NC.

(Fernando Martinez with Jacqui Carrasco)

The first session booked for November 13 at Ovation Sound  Studios, in Winston Salem. http://www.ovationsound.com/

After deciding to record together, as chamber music, and not separate to a click track, we embarked on a series of performances around the region, performing at Wake Forest University in Winston Salem, NC,  Georgia Southern University, Blowing Rock, NC, and sound checking at Guilford College in Greensboro, NC.