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Artists overview

Las Lloronas

When World music meets Slam poetry

Only 5 years ago, the trio Las Lloronas were working on their first album, Soaked. Since then, the group has released a second album, Out of the Blue, and played hundreds of concerts in Europe and beyond. The group even won the award for ‘Outstanding live performance’ at the Belgian Worldwide Music Awards 2024. With Sura Solomon having decided to take time out to develop other projects, the trio has evolved into a duo. Marieke Werner and Amber in ‘t Veld carry on with the typical ingredients of Las lloronas: beautiful polyphonic voices, influences from many musical traditions and poetic, powerful multilingual lyrics.

 Las Lloronas’ performance is often described as highly original, yet their music also has a timeless quality: it goes under your skin, it is emotionally raw and ravishing, something to be found in many folk traditions, such as Klezmer, Flamenco or Blues. Still accompanied by guitar and clarinet, they create a unique musical universe far from genre codes. Inspired by musicians such as Lhasa de Sela, Akua Naru, Giora Feidman, Chavela Vargas and Rodrigo Amarante, they create a delicious polyphonic symbiosis that can only be described as « Las Lloronas ».

Musicians
  • Amber in ‘t Veld – vocals, guitare (ES/NL)
  • Marieke Werner – clarinet, vocals (DE)

Albums

Videos

Press

Las Lloronas is a Brussels-based duo that merges world music with slam poetry. Two voices assert their intimate lyrics, they soak in harmonies and melancholic melodies. In their performance, Las Lloronas share a moment of powerful vulnerability, on the verge of lament, daydream and battle cry.

Amber in ‘t Veld (ES/NL) and Marieke Werner (DE) meet years earlier, sharing a passion for sociology, activism and art. This passion now translates and transforms into music. Reflecting their experiences and origins, their work merges world music and slam, giving birth to multilingual and intimate feminist poetry. Harmonies happen effortlessly, provoking a musical crush between the three voices. This is what drives them to pursue the project professionally.

 

 

FINANCIAL TIMES (UK)
20/03/2024
David Honigmann

“The 40 minutes of Out of the Blue swerve from flamenco to jazz to klezmer to chanson and spoken-word poetry, sometimes within the same track.”

Mixed World Music (NL)
11/03/2024
Ton Maas

“Given the consistently high level of the performance, it is difficult to pinpoint a peak moment.”

Le Monde (FR)
08/03/2024
Patrick Labesse

“The freshness and delicacy of the melodies, the interweaving of voices, the harmonious musicality of the instruments, the subtlety of the arrangements: the charm works once again.”

Folk: Muziek met Traditie (BE)
23/01/2024
Bart Vanoutrive

“A timeless universality therefore creeps into their
repertoire.”

Gaesteliste (DE)
25/11/2023
Ullrich Maurer

“This mix is quite unique – but at the same time so multi-layered and complex.”

MAZ (DE)
24/11/2023
Ralf Thürsam

“They sing so enchantingly, fragile and warm-heartedly.”

Jazz Thing & Blue Rhythm (DE)
22/11/2023
Ralf Deckert & Stefan Franzen

“On Out of the Blue, the Brussels trio creates a dream world.”

NEW FOLK SOUNDS (NL)
21/11/2023
Bart Vanoutrive

“The poetry they perform in their songs is quite sharp, sometimes a bit dark and raw, with a touch of humour and absurdity, but mostly full of tenderness and to the point.”

ROCKTIMES (DE)
15/11/2023
Ulli Heiser

“The three ladies take an unconventional approach and when I say vocal acrobatics, that’s only half the truth. Vocal eroticism is a better word, and I mean that absolutely seriously. The way the vocals break into the ear canals, sonorous and full, like a mighty wave, is amazing.”

Around the World
12/11/2023
Davy Sims

“Keep and eye – and an ear – out for Las Lloronas second album.”

Fatea Magazine (UK)
10/11/2023
Adam Jenkins

“Out of the Blue is full of vibrancy and colour, while never failing to acknowledge the lurking darkness. It’s an emotional experience you’ll want to relive again and again.”

LA 2 - RTVE (ES)
08/11/2023

Live session of Las Lloronas in “Los Conciertos de la Radio 3” on Spanish national TV channel La 2.

BLOGFOOLK (IT)
26/10/2023
Carla Visca

“In an uncensored flow, the inner world of emotions is portrayed and, with an original and unconventional research, a vital flow takes shape.”

UN DISCO AL DIA (ES)
25/10/2023
Fernando Neira

“One of the most beautiful recent expressions of singer-songwriter song. (…) Las Lloronas are funny, witty and not without mystery. Attractive and disturbing at the same time, intensely seductive in their radical determination to resemble only themselves.”

RADIO 3 - RTVE (ES)
24/10/2023
Alex Garcia

Interview on “Generación ya” with Alex Garcia on Radio 3, Spain’s national radio station (from 01:25:40)

RADIO 3 - RTVE (ES)
24/10/2023
Santi Alcanda

Interview on “Como lo yes” with Santi Alcanda on Radio 3, Spain’s national radio station (from 00:43:35)

JAZZMANIA (BE)
20/10/2023
Claudy Jalet

“Here we are, embarking on a beautiful journey full of images, encountering various folklores (Spanish, klezmer…). The atmosphere is soft, subtle, poetic and sensitive.”

RADIO ALMA (ES)
18/10/2023

Interview with Las Lloronas on the Mechinal programme on Spanish station Radio Alma.

EXPERPENTO (ES)
18/10/2023
Reyes Muñoz

“They give the feeling that they trust in the capacity of art to change the world.”

BX1 (BE)
14/10/2023
Sébastien Van Mulders

“Out of the Blue is like a surprise package. It’s a multilingual album: there’s French, English, German, Hebrew and Spanish. There’s slam, there’s singing, sometimes it’s more instrumental. Every time you press ‘play’ you’re surprised, and that doesn’t happen very often when you listen to an album.” – Sébastien Van Mulders interviews Las Lloronas on BX1’s ‘En Stoemelings’ programme.

KEYS AND CHORDS (NL)
13/10/2023
Marino Serdons 

“Very mature folk music with storytelling and emotional polyphonic songs.  A relief in these turbulent days.”

RADIO 1 - VRT (BE)
06/10/2023

Interview in “Time Out” on Radio 1

LA PREMIERE - RTBF (BE)
03/10/2023
Didier Melon

Interview and live session in “Le Monde est un Village” on La Première, with Didier Melon.

KLARA (BE)
27/09/2023
Cara Van Der Auwera

Interview on the “Music Matters” programme on Belgian radio station Klara (from 1:13:00)

INOUT VIAJES (ES)
21/09/2023
Catuxa Salom

“In live performance, Las Lloronas share moments of powerful vulnerability. Transiting between authenticity, fun and indignation.”

LARSEN (BE)
12/09/2023

“Backed by a stylish video, superbly directed by Maria Lorente Becerra, this new single questions the passage of time with a fine dose of poetry and a beating chorus.”

TRAF MAGAZINE (ES)
12/09/2023

“For this second album Out of the Blue, Las Lloronas have embarked on an exciting audiovisual collaboration. In this project, Maria has created an intimate documentary that explores the behind-the-scenes lives of these artists as they composed the songs for the album, bringing to life the title Inside Las Lloronas.”

DP MAGAZINE (ES)
11/09/2023

Run stands out for its originality, its absurd and endearing approach, and its singular aesthetic that evokes the essence of a short film.”

Vpro (NL)
06/03/2022

Live session – From the Duvelhok in Tilburg

Le Monde (FR)
10/01/2022
Patrick Labesse

“Bringing together with ease polyphonies and slam, they sign an album of a radiant delicacy”

KLOF magazine (UK)
22/12/2021
Richard Hollingham

Cool, jazzy and with great harmonies, it is a perfect listen at any time of the day.” – Richard Hollingham’s Top 10 Albums of 2021

RTBF (BE)
12/08/2021
Brigitte Mahaux

“Accompanied by accordion, guitar, ukulele and clarinet, their voices fuse intimate lyrics with melancholic harmonies, for a simple, beautiful, strong and touching result. Voices impregnated, gorged with their XXIst century, with their fears, their sorrows and their joys… “

Klara (BE)
03/06/2021

“In their music, voices, clarinet, guitar, accordion and ukulele form a powerful vulnerability. The ability to express pure and deep emotions is central. This results in pure, raw music that speaks from the gut.”

RNR Magazine (UK)
01/05/2021

“That the meaning is open to discussion is at the heart of what makes Soaked intriguing, whilst their musical virtuosity entertains.”

Deutschlandfunk (DE)
02/04/2021
Grit Friedrich

“It is not perfection that counts, but the story of a song.”

Blogfoolk (IT)
25/03/2021
Carla Visca

“Las Lloronas look at the world through an original and dreamy vision, revealing subtle emotions that make Soaked an authentic and refined work.”

Melodiva (DE)
21/03/2021

“Their beautiful, interwoven voices, the warm timbres of guitar, ukulele and accordion, various speech melodies (English, French and Spanish) and spoken word passages make the album an irresistible listening pleasure.”

Songlines (UK)
10/03/2021
Mark Sampson

Soaked is a memorable emotional ride from melancholia to euphoria and back again.”

New Folk Sounds (NL)
27/02/2021
Bart Vanoutrive

“It elevates their music to a deeply human experience that provokes both catharsis and festivity.”

Folk Radio (UK)
22/02/2021

“Las Lloronas bring light and comment to our new world, a world of mixed languages and mixed emotions.”

Podwireless Radio Show (UK)
22/02/2021

Ian Anderson (former news editor of fRoots) has played the song “Me Confio” in his broadcast.

Sunday Times Culture Magazine (UK)
21/02/2021

“Soaked” review by Clive Davisin the Sunday Times Culture Magazine, 21th February.

BBC Radio 3 (UK)
06/02/2021

Lopa Kothari has played « Bukra » in his broadcast Music Planet on BBC Radio 3, saturday 6th of February.

La Touche belge (BE)
19/01/2021

“Las Lloronas, Trio voix, instruments pour leur Nouvel Album “SOAKED” avec Muziekpublique”

Tonart (DE)
14/01/2021

Album review & interview on German radio Deutschlandfunk Kultur, ‘Tonart’

MDR Kultur 'Folk und Wet' (DE)
06/01/2021

Album review & interview on German radio MDR KULTUR, ‘Folk und Welt’

Musiczine (BE)
31/12/2020

Album review on musiczine.net

Songlines (UK)
10/03/2021

Best new albums – april 2021

ORF 1 - Spielräume (AT)
29/12/2020

Album review on Austrian radio ORF 1, ‘Spielräume’

Larsen (BE)
04/12/2020

« Un projet frais et original qui suscite la réflexion. »

DE SUBJECTIVISTEN (NL)
01/12/2020

« Het is een afwisselend, breekbaar doch krachtig en moedig album geworden vol oprechte, voelbare emoties, maar ook één van een intense, overrompelende pracht. »

DJIBOUTIK (BE)
24/11/2020

« Leur musique est hybride et défie tous les classements, sauf ceux du rêve et de l’enchantement. « 

 

LE COURRIER RECOMMANDÉ (BE)
20/11/2020

Sura Solomon was the guest of the “Courrier Recommandé” on BX1.

ROOTSTIME (BE)
20/11/2020

« Nu, dat is gigantisch: waar je op de ep nog een trio hoorde, dat een beetje naar een eigen plaatsje op zoek was, hoor je nu een ensemble dat behoorlijk zelfverzekerd aan het werk is en dat totaal niet bang is door te dringen tot de kern van de emoties waar ze over zingen « 

L'avenir (BE)
16/11/2020

« Elles sont trois, jeunes et enthousiastes. De là à passer de la rue au studio, elles n’y pensaient pas trop »

MUSIC MATTERS (BE)
05/11/2020

Amber in ‘t Veld had the opportunity to talk about the release of SOAKED on Klara “Music Matters”.

Le Monde est un Village (BE)
11/06/2020

LIVE| Entre musiques du monde et slam, l’univers sensible et engagé de Las Lloronas

Le Monde est un Village (BE)
25/02/2019

« A Prayer » – Las Lloronas

BRUZZ
21/11/2018

Buskers: ‘Mix van muziek met onderliggende eministische toets’

 

Upcoming concerts

12/04/25 Budapest RITMO (Budapest, HU)
09/05/25 FolkClub (Torino, IT)
21/06/25 Fête de la Musique (Brussels, BE)
07/12/25 Palais du Coudenberg (Brussels, BE)

Past concerts

10/12/24 Théâtre Marni (Brussels, BE)
22/11/24 Espace culturel Saint-Clément (Craon, FR)
07/09/24 Manifiesta Festival (Ostende, BE)
06/09/24 Pas Festival (Maastricht , NL)
04/08/24 Siberian Summer Festival (Trogen, CH)
02/08/24 Waldstock (Steinhausen, CH)
25/07/24 Parapandafolk Íllora (Grenada, ES)
05/07/24 KLEIN Kbh (Copenhagen , DK)
23/06/24 Ethno Port Festival (Poznań , PL)
21/06/24 PANDA platforma (Berlin , DE)
18/05/24 Jam’in Jette (Brussels , BE)
05/05/24 Dots (Göttingen, DE)
02/05/24 Jockel Event Hall (Berlin , DE)
30/04/24 Gedok Kunstforum (Hamburg, DE)
27/04/24 Tba (Järna, SE)
26/04/24 Stallet (Stockholm , SE)
17/03/24 Art Space MALA (Cēsis , LV)
16/03/24 KK fon Stricka Villa (Riga, LV)
15/03/24 Culture house "Wiktorijia" (Liepāja, LV)
13/03/24 Espace Culturel Ronny Coutteure (Grenay, FR)
10/03/24 Studio Burgwal (Haarlem, NL)
09/03/24 Amare (Den Haag, NL)
08/03/24 Amstelkerk (Amsterdam, NL)
28/02/24 Studio de l'Ermitage (Paris, FR)
11/02/24 CC Sablon (Morlanwelz , BE)
10/02/24 Halle du Bouillon Blanc (Bouillon , BE)
09/02/24 Le ROx (Rouvroy, BE)
14/12/23 CC Wanze (Wanze, BE)
09/12/23 CC Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve (Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, BE)
02/12/23 Maison de la Culture Famenne-Ardenne (Marche-en-Famenne, BE)
10/11/23 CC Dison (Dison , BE)
03/11/23 Radiocity (Valencia, ES)
01/11/23 Altearte (Altea, ES)
31/10/23 AIS (La Nucia, ES)
29/10/23 Acéfala (A Coruña, ES)
25/10/23 Galileo Galilei (Madrid, ES)
20/10/23 MC Ath (Ath, BE)
13/10/23 l’Etable d’Hôtes (Ittre, BE)
07/10/23 Muziekpublique - Release Concert (Brussels , BE)
09/07/23 PARK, festival in Abdij van Park (Heverlee, BE)
14/05/23 Château de Carrouges (Carrouges, FR)
13/05/23 Eglise de Coudehard (Coudehard, FR)
29/04/23 Espace culturel La Forge (Portets , FR)
28/04/23 Le Cube/ Théâtre Mélies (Villenave D'Ornon , FR)
27/04/23 Centre Simone Signoret (Canéjan, FR)
26/03/23 Brosella Spring Festival (Brussels, BE)
24/03/23 CC Herstal (Herstal, BE)
23/03/23 Arsonic (Mons, BE)
12/03/23 Espace Culturel Ronny-Coutteure (Grenay , FR)
08/03/23 Le Gué Centre Thérapeutique Et Culturel (Brussels , BE)
05/03/23 Le Rex (Sourdeval , France)
04/03/23 Gymnase Le Teilleul (Le Teilleul, France)
03/03/23 Espace du Bocage (La Haye Pesnel, France)
02/03/23 Salle Emile Jeanne de Saint-Lô-d'Ourville (Portbail-sur-mer, France)
01/03/23 Espace Culturel de Lessay (Lessay, France)
28/01/23 Grain de Sel (Séné, FR)
27/01/23 Le Ponton (La Possonnière, FR)
26/01/23 Le Kiosque (Mayenne , FR)
11/01/23 Le Stock (La Louvière, BE)
25/11/22 La Peniche Spectacle (Rennes , FR)
23/11/22 CC Verviers (Verviers, BE)
18/11/22 CC Sprimont (Sprimont, BE)
22/10/22 Merodefestival ( BE)
21/10/22 Café Littéraire (Bienne , CH)
20/10/22 Salle du Cercle (Bischeim, FR)
15/10/22 Château Bouc Bel Air (Bouc Bel Air , FR)
14/10/22 Centre culturel René-Char (Digne-les-Bains, FR)
08/10/22 360 Paris Music Factory (Paris , FR)
07/10/22 tba (Mainvilliers , FR)
06/10/22 EPCC Issoudun (Issoudun, FR)
01/10/22 Le Gorille (Gap, FR)
30/09/22 FORUM des Jeunes et de la Culture (Berre l'Etang , FR)
20/09/22 Franchement Festival (Bordeaux , FR)
19/09/22 El Pumarejo (Barcelona , ES)
09/09/22 Service Culture ( Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, FR)
08/09/22 Pumarejo (Barcelona, ES)
25/08/22 De Bijloke (Gent, BE)
21/08/22 Dots (Göttingen, DE)
19/08/22 Weiße Nächte Festival (Mühlheim an der Ruhr, DE)
18/08/22 Bucht der Träumer Festival (Frankfurt, DE)
29/07/22 Glatt&Verkehrt (Krems, Austria)
22/07/22 La Balise - Pays de St Gilles Croix de Vie (Saint Hilaire de Riez, FR)
20/07/22 Été Métropolitain (Parempuyre, FR)
25/06/22 Festival des 5 Continents (Martigny , CH)
22/06/22 Librairie Letu (Geneva, CH)
18/06/22 Fête de la Musique (Woluwé-Saint-Pierre, BE)
12/06/22 Chapelle de Boodael (Brussels , BE)
08/05/22 CC Alter Schlachthof (Eupen, BE)
23/04/22 Théâtre Jules Verne (Bandol, FR)
15/04/22 Handelsbeurs - Support of Meskereem Mees (Gent, BE)
12/04/22 Melkweg - Support of Alice Phoebe Lou (Amsterdam , NL)
04/04/22 Huxleys Neue Welt - Support of Bukahara (Berlin , DE)
03/04/22 Beatpol- Support of Bukhara (Dresden , DE)
02/04/22 De Bijloke (Gand , BE)
02/04/22 Werk 2 - Support of Bukahara (Leipzig, DE)
25/03/22 De Roma - Support of Meskereem Mees (Antwerp, BE)
22/03/22 The Other Radio (Cape Town , ZA)
19/03/22 Mois de la Francophonie (Cape Town , ZA)
18/03/22 tba (Stellenbosch, ZA)
17/03/22 Mois de la Francophonie (Pretoria , ZA)
14/02/22 360 Paris Music Factory (Paris, FR)
26/01/22 Propulse (Brussels , BE )
03/12/21 Muziekpublique - Théâtre Molière (Brussels, BE)
22/10/21 La Ferme ! (Louvain-la-Neuve, BE)
16/10/21 Festival Voix de Femmes (Liège, BE)
09/10/21 Nacht van de Fair Trade (Leuven, BE)
04/10/21 Atelier 210 (Brussels )
02/10/21 Women in (e)motion Festival (Bremen, DE)
01/10/21 Women in (e)motion Festival (Bremen, DE)
19/09/21 Plan:et C Gamma (Lärz, DE)
17/09/21 Festival Le Chainon Manquant (Laval, FR)
12/09/21 CENTRALE for contemporary art (Bruxelles , BE)
11/09/21 Maison de la Création (Neder-Over-Hembeek, BE)
04/09/21 September Sessions (Hasselt, BE)
01/09/21 Propulse (Whall) (Bruxelles , BE )
22/08/21 Plan:et C Alpha (Lärz, DE)
20/08/21 Weltmuzik Fest (Eupen , BE)
19/08/21 Festival d'Art de Huy (Huy, BE)
14/08/21 Micro! Festival (Dortmund , DE)
13/08/21 Neue Arten Festival (Wir bauen Zukunft, DE)
08/08/21 Klink Festival (Dessau, DE)
07/08/21 Ancient Trance Festival (Leipzig, DE)
31/07/21 Esperanzah! Festival (Floreffe, BE)
23/07/21 Les Grignoux (Liège , BE)
21/07/21 Merodefestival (Tongerlo, BE)
17/07/21 Kaap Oostende (Oostende , BE)
15/07/21 Pianofabriek (Sint-Gilles, BE)
10/07/21 Brosella Festival (Brussels , BE)
21/06/21 Fête de la Musique (Saint-Gilles , BE)
20/06/21 Fête de la Musique (Brussels , BE)
06/06/21 Music Club 't Ey (Sint-Niklaas, BE)
28/05/21 Senghor (Etterbeek , BE)
24/05/21 Belmundo Festival (Brugge , BE )
23/05/21 Muziekpublique - Album Release (Brussels, BE)
22/05/21 Muziekpublique - Album Release (Brussels , BE)
08/02/21 Belgian World Music Network - Online (Brussels, BE)
09/11/20 Ancienne Belgique (Brussels , BE)
07/11/20 Muziekpublique - Album Release (Brussels, BE)
Management

Elena Luro – elena@muziekpublique.be

Booking

Elena Luro (BE/EN) – elena@muziekpublique.be

Martha Vandermeulen (NL) – martha@muziekpublique.be

label@muziekpublique.be

Tel : +32 2 217 26 0