‘Luminous vocalist’ – San Jose Mercury News
March 12th, 2009 by Lucia Comnes“In addition to the Black Brothers… the San Francisco Irish Festival presents the luminous vocalist Lucia Comnes at Maggie McGarry’s Irish Pub in San Francisco on Sunday…”
San Jose Mercury News, March 12, 2009
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http://www.mercurynews.com/music/ci_11887642?nclick_check=1
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‘Ethnomusicologist songbirds’ – The Pacific Sun
October 10th, 2008 by Lucia ComnesThis week in world beats brings the LUCIA COMNES COMBO & TAMARIND to San Geronimo, just 10 minutes northwest of San Rafael. The Lucia Comnes Combo is a musical melting pot of Irish melodies, Turkish rhythms, Indian tabla, Bulgarian vocals, Motown and jazz grooves that create a great, big, sweet and spicy euro-roots stew. Formerly of the Bulgarian vocal ensemble Kitka, Marin-raised Comnes holds a B.A. in ethnomusicology from Long Island University, and will be releasing her album On the Way at the event.
– Samantha Campos, The Pacific Sun, San Rafael, California
October 10, 2008
http://www.pacificsun.com/story.php?story_id=2473
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Feature Article by Paul Liberatore, Lifestyles, Marin IJ
October 9th, 2008 by Lucia ComnesPaul Liberatore: World music, Marin style
Lucia Comnes and Tamarind Jones. The names have a nice ring when you say them together, a rhythm, an alliteration, as if they were meant to be linked in some way – not as a law firm or comedy team, but as two young Marin musicians (Comnes is 25, Jones 32) exploring new territory in world music. Read the rest of this entry »
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