Blondie has shared a new clip from their upcoming short film, Blondie: Vivir En La Habana, which chronicles the band’s 2019 trip to Cuba.
The clip, premiering at Rolling Stone, teases the unique style of the short film, which was directed by Rob Roth and boasts an old school style with bursts of vibrant animation. In it, band member Clem Burke discusses the challenge of trying to put together a set for a new audience, while Debbie Harry reflects on Cuba’s wholly unique culture. There’s also footage of...
The clip, premiering at Rolling Stone, teases the unique style of the short film, which was directed by Rob Roth and boasts an old school style with bursts of vibrant animation. In it, band member Clem Burke discusses the challenge of trying to put together a set for a new audience, while Debbie Harry reflects on Cuba’s wholly unique culture. There’s also footage of...
- 6/15/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Careyes, Mexico, a strip of bohemian, palm tree-laden paradise perched along a remote strip of the Pacific coast, is the sort of place creative types dream about, with balmy ocean breezes, bright blue skies and a network of surrounding villages lined with cobblestone walkways and the sound of tropical birds chirping overhead. Arte Careyes, a film and arts festival designed to blend in with the area’s emphasis on nature, ecotourism and a laid-back Latin American vibe, kicks off its 9th year March 20-24, luring a crowd of some 250 filmmakers, photographers and musicians with a desire to slow things down and luxuriate in the town’s unique mystical and awe-inspiring qualities.
“Arte Careyes is a celebration of Mexico and that is always what has been for us the most important thing,” says fest founder Fillipo Brignone, whose father, Italian banker Gian Franco Brignone, spotted Careyes while flying overhead in 1968 and...
“Arte Careyes is a celebration of Mexico and that is always what has been for us the most important thing,” says fest founder Fillipo Brignone, whose father, Italian banker Gian Franco Brignone, spotted Careyes while flying overhead in 1968 and...
- 3/20/2019
- by Malina Saval
- Variety Film + TV
“If you look at the first five years of CBGBs and Cuba, there might be an analogy to be drawn,” Blondie guitarist Chris Stein tells Rolling Stone. “Both were very isolated. One of the strong points of the Cbgb scene and the New York rock scene was that it was so isolated.”
“I feel the same way,” says singer Deborah Harry. “I like to draw my own conclusions about things. Chris and I both came up through the hippie era, and Che Guevara and Fidel Castro are fascinating, enigmatic political...
“I feel the same way,” says singer Deborah Harry. “I like to draw my own conclusions about things. Chris and I both came up through the hippie era, and Che Guevara and Fidel Castro are fascinating, enigmatic political...
- 2/4/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Blondie will host an eclectic “cultural exchange” during “Blondie in Havana,” a four-day event set for March 14th through 18th, 2019. Tickets will include two career-spanning sets from the New Wave band, along with museum visits, photography and architecture tours, meals, five-star hotel accommodations, meet-and-greet and photo opportunities and performances from Cuban artists and musicians.
The sextet will perform two unique sets at Havana’s Teatro Mella venue, recruiting Cuban musicians and bands like Alain Perez, David Torrens and Afro-Cuban progressive rock act Sintesis. Prominent local visual artists will also offer...
The sextet will perform two unique sets at Havana’s Teatro Mella venue, recruiting Cuban musicians and bands like Alain Perez, David Torrens and Afro-Cuban progressive rock act Sintesis. Prominent local visual artists will also offer...
- 9/24/2018
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
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