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Roxana Amed singer-songwriter, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is recognized by audiences and critics alike as one of the most amazing and soulful voices in Argentine music.
Her expertise writing shows a lyrical and musical language that follows the tradition of musicians such as Luis Alberto Spinetta, emblematic figure of the avant garde rock in Argentina, and Joni Mitchell, considering the jazz, folk and rock genres in committed combination with poetic lyrics capable to cross any cultural gap.
Through this unusual and particular mix of such unavoidable qualities as an author and a performer, she became an icon of new music.
After a celebrated career in Argentine jazz, awards winner and nominations as songwriter, with a solid education in Literature and Filmmaking, she built her singular figure to finally deliver her two powerful works, Limbo (2004) -by EMI in its first edition and Sony BMG on its second, November 2007- and Entremundos (Sony BMG 2006), defying the structured rules...

Roxana Amed singer-songwriter, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is recognized by audiences and critics alike as one of the most amazing and soulful voices in Argentine music.
Her expertise writing shows a lyrical and musical language that follows the tradition of musicians such as Luis Alberto Spinetta, emblematic figure of the avant garde rock in Argentina, and Joni Mitchell, considering the jazz, folk and rock genres in committed combination with poetic lyrics capable to cross any cultural gap.
Through this unusual and particular mix of such unavoidable qualities as an author and a performer, she became an icon of new music.
After a celebrated career in Argentine jazz, awards winner and nominations as songwriter, with a solid education in Literature and Filmmaking, she built her singular figure to finally deliver her two powerful works, Limbo (2004) -by EMI in its first edition and Sony BMG on its second, November 2007- and Entremundos (Sony BMG 2006), defying the structured rules of a limited market, providing her work international perspectives through the talented artists she worked with, such as Pedro Aznar (ex Pat Metheny Group), with whom she produced her two albums.
Entremundos, considered by Rolling Stone magazine among the 5 top Argentine jazz albums in 2006, also shows Amed recording her own Spanish translated version of Tom Waits´ and Kathleen Brennan´s Georgia Lee, in duo with León Gieco (legendary Argentine artist of Latin America folk/rock music, one of the very first musicians to be produced by Gustavo Santaolalla). With Georgia Lee, and Joni Mitchell´s Amelia, in duo with Pedro Aznar and included on her first album, Amed became the first Spanish spoken artist to record celebrated versions in this language, receiving enthusiastic comments from Mitchell herself for Amelia exquisite rendition.
This original and independent artist, role model for the younger generations claming for new and alternative ways of making music and even to her own contemporary colleagues, changed the concept of the singer songwriter and expanded the borders of jazz songs in her country. Roxana Amed always goes beyond her own limits through her confessional and testimonial lyrics, sustained by her overwhelming musical performances and is destined to represent the best of Argentine music tradition.

Después de recorrer escenarios en nuestro país y ser invitada a participar en festivales internacionales, ROXANA AMED da a conocer su segundo trabajo discográfico, ENTREMUNDOS. Este álbum describe el panorama inquietante, violento, diferente o esperanzador que AMED descubre mas allá del limbo y está relatado desde el umbral donde los mundos diferentes conviven. Sus canciones, esta vez no tan autobiográficas, muestran estas escenas del mundo caótico, doloroso o iluminado que la inspira.
Nuevamente AMED produce este disco junto con PEDRO AZNAR y el mismo cuenta con 11 tracks, 8 inéditos de AMED, también citando el jazz y géneros cercanos, incluyendo por primera vez un clásico del jazz, Strange Fruit y un clásico de LED ZEPPELIN, Friends. AMED invita a otra figura legendaria de la música argentina, LEÓN GIECO, para cantar a duo una canción de TOM WAITS & KATHLEEN BRENNAN , Georgia Lee, cuya versión al español les pertenece a AMED / AZNAR .
Este álbum, además de contar con las notables participaciones de Pedro como músico y de una orquesta de cuerdas encabezada por el maestro Suárez Paz para Friends, contó con la banda que acompaño a AMED estos años, integrada por Claudio Iuliano y Alejandro Ridilenir en guitarras, Fernando Galimany en contrabajo y Mario Gusso en percusión. Pero también da cita a músicos celebrados de nuestro jazz como Adrián Iaies, Pepi Taveira, Juan Cruz de Urquiza, o de otros géneros como Santiago Vázquez, Facundo Guevara, Alejandro Oliva, Andrés Beeuwsaert, Cristian Judurcha, y Fernando Kabusacki.
ENTREMUNDOS entrega una sonoridad más extrovertida, con más improvisación, ensambles más arriesgados, la convivencia de mundos paralelos, combinaciones del jazz y el rock que vuelven a mostrar la originalidad de esta artista que ofrece una nueva voz en nuestra música.
Roxana Amed ha sido reconocida en su país, con un premio Martín Fierro por la cortina de Vulnerables. Un premio Gardel a la mejor ingeniería de sonido por LIMBO, su primer disco. Nominada a los Premios Clarín como Revelación del jazz en el 2003 y ha ocupado un lugar indiscutible en la crítica especializada, su trayectoria en el jazz derivó en LIMBO, un disco de obras propias, ecléctico, confesional, editado en el 2004 por EMI y relanzado en Noviembre de 2007 en su segunda edición por Sony BMG. ENTREMUNDOS su segundo álbum ha sido editadto en octubre de 2006 por Sony BMG. ENTREMUNDOS ha sido nominado con dos Premios Gardel a la Música 2007 como Mejor Álbum Artista Canción Testimonial y Mejor Ingeniería de Grabación.