The Backpackers Hostel Blog

Fri 19 Sep

12hrs at Sala Razzmatazz (Almogavers, 122) 12 – 15€ Buy tickets

Lykke Li is a Swedish indie singer. She moved to New York for three months when she was 19, where she recorded her album, before returning to Sweden.

She released her first album, Youth Novels on LL Recordings in the Nordic region on February 4, 2008 and it received a wider European release in June, 2008. It was released in the United States on 6 May 2008. The album was released in the Republic of Ireland on June 6, 2008 and June 9 in the UK.

On April 22, 2008, Lykke Li and two band members performed “I’m Good, I’m Gone” in the back of a black cab in London for the Black Cab Sessions website. (Taken from www.wikipedia.org).

Wed 17 Sep 08

9:30pm at Palau Sant Jordi 25-60€ Buy tickets

Gloria Estefan is a Cuban American singer and songwriter. she is in the top 100 of best selling music artists with over 90 million albums sold worldwide, with 15.5 million of those alone in the United States. She has won five Grammy Awards becoming among the most successful crossover performers in Latin music to date.

She will be awarded by the Latin Grammy Award Recording Association as the “Person of the Year” in the ceremony to be aired on November 2008, the award will be given to her for her long career of more than 20 years and her worldwide success, she’s also the first female singer to receive this prestigious award.

Gloria will be presenting her new album “90 Millas”. Some of the legendary artists joining her on this album include Carlos Santana, José Feliciano, Arturo Sandoval, Andy Garcia, Chocolate, India, Cachao, Papo Lucca, Johnny Pacheco, Generoso, and many more…

(Taken from www.wikipedia.org, www.actualidadmusical.com & www.90millas.com)