I wanna hold your hand

We were invited to the launch party to celebrate the release of Marina Frederking's album, VERME.
It was a fantastic meeting of beautiful people, good food and open bar that lasted well into the wee hours.
Marina is an extremely talented and sexy artist, and in this album she is showing that a cover version is much, much more than a new performance of a popular song. She is indeed showing her true colors in all 10 tracks, really touching our souls with her warm voice. Our pick? "I wanna hold your hand"...

You can get an idea of how exciting the performance was clicking on this link
http://soundcloud.com/marinafrederking/sets/verme/

Marina Frederking
VERME

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He sees music.

He paints music, living music, feeling music. U2, the Chili Peppers, Beethoven, Jimmy Hendrix, Maria Callas...

His story has drama. He was a Uruguayan banker working in Argentina who one day suddenly realized that he was living a life that he hated. So he threw out his suit, put on his bandana and became a painter.

Of course a lot of things happened to him in Argentina before he relocated to New York where his final transformation occurred. In New York the past didn't matter and there he savored the life he wanted, with his music, his woman and his art. And what a great life he got! One hundred percent Art, the quintessential artist, a bohemian life full of adrenaline, late nights meeting hundreds of people, recognition, selling many, many of his paintings... Great Commisions! …... Manhattan was his place in the world.

Who is he? His name is Gonzalo Papantonakis.