Mazgani's first international CD is here and it is aptly titled, "Ladies and Gentlemen, introducing... Mazgani". Great reviews have started coming in from the first territory of release, BeNeLux:  (see: http://www.ekaya.nl/2009/11/02/mazgani-ladies-gentleman-introducing/). Scandinavia is next, with Mazgani travelling to Denmark and Sweden this month of March for his first two Scandinavian gigs:

4th March | 20h30 | VinylBaren | Malmö | Sweden
5th March | 21h30 | Huset i Magstraede | Copenhagen | Denmark

Translated, (thanks Google!) the Dutch review reads something like this:

""Ladies & Gentleman, Introducing ..." is a combination of Mazgani's
debut "Songs From The Heart" and his latest EP "Tell The People". It
is an amazing album. Mazgani counts Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen and Bob
Dylan to his examples. The beauty is that you hear it back. Mazgani has
something of all three. It manifests itself in a poetic, insanely
good album.

Mazgani makes dark Americana. The man then and now seems to be
possessed and then moves to modesty. (...)
Mazgani's high quality compared with its great examples, is that
it not only in the somewhat dark corner looking. He has a tendency to
be informed to go looking for more euphoric moments.

Listening to Mazgani is a pleasure. His deep voice gives his words
into the correct value, the correct weight. Musically Mazgani is strong,
lyrically too. It makes the album complete and convincing. Mazgani
proves you do not have to be American to play Amerikana. A large
portion of talent is enough!" - Ekaya.nl

The CD can be ordered directly from the Fading Ways label via their music store: www.fadingwaysmusic.com/store

Meanwhile, Mazgani has a solo acoustic show confirmed in the Netherlands at Patroonat in Haarlem on the 10th of December, plus a few radio shows where he will be interviewed live and play a few songs - followed by a band mini-tour in January 2010 including a showcase at Eurosonic/Noorderslag and additional shows in the Netherlands:

 Mazgani NL promo tour: December 2009

10    Rijnmond    RTV Rijmond show “Live Uit Lloyd” (afternoon)
10    Haarlem    Patronaat (evening show)
11    Amsterdam    Amsterdam FM 16:00
12    tba    tba
13    Haarlem    Haarlem 105 FM, 14.00 – 15.00 hrs
13    Hilversum    Radio 1/ Omroep LLink 19:00

Mazgani NL band mini-tour: January 2010

14    Groningen    Eurosonic / Noorderslag: Shadrak, main stage
15    Amsterdam    Paradiso
16    Ottersum    Cultureel Podium Roepaen

 In Portuguese now,

A edição internacional do EP Tell The People já está à venda nos territórios do BeNeLux através da distribuidora Sonic RendezVous. "Ladies and Gentlemen, introducing... Mazgani" reune assim os 5 temas do Tell the People com 5 temas do primeiro album de Mazgani, Song of the New Heart, mais a canção inédita "Slaughterhouse of Love".

No seguimento desta edição, que já começou a receber excelentes críticas, (ver: http://www.ekaya.nl/2009/11/02/mazgani-ladies-gentleman-introducing/) na Holanda, Mazgani irá visitar os Países-Baixos em Dezembro numa tournée promocional de rádios e pequenos concertos a solo. Ladies and Gentlemen, introducing... Mazgani sairá depois, no ano novo, na Escandinávia. Os fãs de Mazgani que queiram coleccionar esta edição especial (com livro de 16 páginas com letras de Mazgani e fotos de Rita Carmo) poderão encomendar o CD por correio, directamente da loja da editora Canadiana e Finlandesa Fading Ways Music, que edita este CD: www.fadingwaysmusic.co/store.

A loja Fading Ways aceita Paypal, que por sua vez aceita cartões de crédito e multi-banco, mas quem quiser encomendar o CD e pagar via transferência bancária para um banco nacional poderá ainda escrever à Fading Ways via This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it e fazer a sua encomenda por e-mail.

Entretanto, Mazgani foi confirmado para uma actuação no festival Super Bock em Stock, em Lisboa, a 5 de Dezembro.