Prepare to be stunned as you listen to Viva's lastest musical offering. At last you will find a woman who loves to play face-melting guitar solos! With her you will also find beautiful melancholic modern love dramas, hard-hitting grooves, a ballad that might just break your heart, powerful lyrics which delight as their subtle turns sneak their way into your mind and even a light-hearted country-western commentary on the state of these modern times. Fans have described her music as rock, disco, folk, poetic and healing. It has a timeless quality which makes it sound modern and familiar at the same time. Her influences range from Johnny Cash to Bjork and her shows are fresh, inspired and thrilling with an extraordinarily successful combination of youthful energy and experience. Her voice is big and intense like Robert Plant's but womanly like Christina Aguilera's. Her songwriting skills are innovative and solid and she has the spirit and chops of a true rock-and-roll guitar goddess. Viva is destined to make musical history for many years to come and her show is not to be missed.
"Blues guitar...with pinpoint timing" - The New York Times
"Viva Deconcini, the group's guitarist, really gets her Carlos on and the results would make Santana proud." - Brad Faberman, JamBands.com.
"The standout amongst the crew was Viva DeConcini, who occasionally swapped percussive duties for ukulele and guitar, leading the group in an encore rendition of Led Zeppelin's Immigrant Song." - Eric Hill, Exclaim.com.
Viva has performed at some of the finest venues America and the World have to offer including:
The Kennedy Center, Central Park Summerstage, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Radio City Music Hall, Bonnaroo, The Guggenheim Museum, The Chicago Museum of Art, The Fillmore, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Tipitina's, The Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, Tonic, The Jazz Gallery, The Knitting Factory, The Carre and The Bimhuis (Amsterdam), Festival d'Agadir (Morrocco) Sons d'Hiver (Paris) and hundreds more...
Viva has shared stages with Neil Young, James Brown, Sonic Youth, Emmylou Harris, Dr. John, Baaba Maal, Lucinda Williams, The Dead, The Allman Brothers, The Rebirth Brass Band, Eek-a-Mouse, Bela Fleck, Liz Phair, Buddy Guy, The Flaming Lips, Widespread Panic to name a few...
In addition to her solo project, she currently performs with: Cyro Baptista¹s Beat The Donkey, Peter Apfelbaum¹s Hieroglyphics and the all-female dance band Paprika.
She has also performed with Trey Anastasio and Paige McConnell of Phish, Particle, Antibalas, Yolanda, Josh Roseman, Dafnis Prieto etc... Viva has appeared on tv in WGBH's Emmy-Award winning show, La Plaza Viva has been on the radio with Sabrina Artel's Trailer Talk (NPR)
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