Russian Red with special guest Tulsa

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Russian Red New Album "Home tonight" Spring 2011 After a successful tour in 2008-2009 followed by a year off the stage, Russian Red is back with her eagerly anticipated second album. Russian Red has quickly become one of Spain's biggest artists. Starting in small clubs of her native Madrid, she quickly moved to theaters and clubs all around the world. Singer Lourdes Hernández owns an exceptional voice and a natural ability to transmit and connect with her audience. Her first album " I love your glasses", sold more than 40.000 copies to become a gold record. Her music and live shows have reached places like Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, the US, Mexico, Costa Rica, and Belgium among others. From April 2008 to December 2009 Russian Red played over 200 concerts, including at some of the most important festivals in Spain and Europe (FIB, Primavera Sound, Jazzaldia, Eurosonic). She has been recognized with such awards as Pop Eye's Best Debut Album (2008) and Best Female Artist (2009), as well as received three nominations for the Spanish National Music Awards. Her music has also permeated the worlds of film, television and advertising, featuring prominently in campaigns for such companies as Häagen Dazs. Recently, her song "Loving Strangers" from Julio Medem's film _Room in Rome_ received a Goya nomination for Best Song. Russian Red can also be found singing a duet of "Love Me Tender" with Elvis Presley as part of the special Spanish edition of the album "Viva Elvis". Currently, Russian Red is holed up in Glasgow recording her second album with producer Tony Doogan (Belle & Sebastian, David Byrne, Mogwai), to be released Spring 2011.

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Tulsa is the world´s capital of petroleum but it is also the world´s capital of the lack of love and/or affection. Tha band, having as front woman Miren Iza proved with their previous album "Solo me has rozado" (Subterfuge 2007) how you can extract musical gold from the well of disillusion and discourage. Now after being nominated to the Grammy awards in 2008 with this album, they come back again to demonstrate it with their new album "Espera la Pálida", and still with a better and bigger eloquence.