U.S. musician Peter More to perform in Havana

U.S. singer-songwriter Peter More will offer two concerts in the Cuban capital, along with his band and Havana Friends, a group made up of Havana-based musicians, on February 23 and 24.

The first concert will take place at the theater of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes at 7:00 p.m., while the second will be at the Fábrica de Arte Cubano (F.A.C.) at 10:00 p.m.

He will be accompanied by José Poyatos, Lee Falco & Olivia Mills, with musical direction by Pepe Gavilondo.

Peter More is an American musician based in Texas. He got his start in Texas, where he joined Spanish flamenco guitarist José Juan Poyatos, Mexican bassist Diego Noyola and French-American drummer Adrien Faunce in San Miguel de Allende. Their debut album, Beautiful Disrepairand a follow-up EP entitled Shoulder were produced by American musician and composer Donald Fagen.

After two years of national and international touring, More announced the release of two new singles with former Fugees collaborator and Grammy-nominated American producer John Forté.

In this production Peter has unified two musical themes of very different origins, Instead and Chan ChanThe latter was written by Cuban musician Compay Segundo and popularized by the Buena Vista Social Club.

The site also indicates that the singer-songwriter is back in the studio with Forté, who is also producing his next EP.

The magazine Rolling Stone has defined Peter More's music as "more modern material that ranges from ballad folk to the country and to soul-rock quiet".

With this visit to the island, Peter More joins the list of American artists who have performed on Cuban stages in recent months, among them Thrombon Shorty and Big Freedia.