Vera's Heartbeat Presents Marcel Camargo feat. Lila Forde

Vera’s Heartbeat presents Marcel Camargo arranging for string quartet featuring Lila Forde, performing both Lila and Marcel's original compositions.
Lila’s music is an explosion of genre bending expression, an inspired fusion of jazz, folk, and singer-songwriter. Lila studied jazz voice at the USC Thornton School of Music, where she fell in love with songwriting. Last fall, Lila embarked on her first tour, showcasing her original music all over Europe as the opening act for L.A. singer-songwriter Rachel Mazer. In 2023, she was a contestant on The Voice Season 24.
Marcel’s music leans more toward Jazz, some is more Brazilian (born and raised in Brazil), other times it gets closer to classical music or even to rock/pop. “My music almost always has a sense of humor - to balance out its serious side”, says Marcel. Marcel has collaborated with a wide variety of artists including Herb Alpert, Sérgio Mendes, Bebel Gilberto, Tom Harrell, Arthur Verocai, Macy Gray, Inara George, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, and Jason Mraz. Marcel has also toured as Michael Bublé’s guitarist for many year and, more recently, directed Gretchen Parlato’s new group, Flor.

“Forde has a vintage voice. It’s fused at the hip with soul and soil and a touch of country, the type we’ve all heard speaking to us from the radio over the years, wondering where on earth that came from.” - Billboard Magazine

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