Great news!  Jorge Drexler confirmed this week that he wants to contribute a track to the album, and his producer is searching for an alternate take of one of his songs for us.  So (provided they find one) the line-up for Tropical Forest Project: Ecuador is complete.

Jorge is a poetic and politically engaged lyricist.  In 2004 he became the first Uruguayan to win an Academy Award for composing the song “Al Otro Lado del Río” (Across the River) for the soundtrack to The Motorcycle Diaries, a wonderful biopic about an early episode in the life of Che Guevera.  Though Drexler himself sang the song on the movie soundtrack, it was performed by Antonio Banderas and Carlos Santana at the Academy Awards ceremony.  His latest album Cara B (2008) received a nomination for Best Latin Pop Album at the 2009 Grammy Awards.

We have a few additional instrumental parts and finishing touches to put on the album before it can be mixed & mastered - I’ll keep you posted.

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