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Red, Hot, and Tecce
RTE Radio 1 88.2-90 fm (www.rte.ie)
Friday nights, 9:05 pm
January - March 2008

After the success of her 2007 radio programs on RTE Radio 1, Boston born Italian-Polish singer/musician/actor Maria Tecce once again takes a break from her sizzling chanteuse act to present 9 special programs for RTE beginning January 2008. Featured artists on the show range from Ella Fitzgerald to Carmen McRae, Benny Goodman to Tom Waites, as well as Irish artists, live tracks, and Spanish and Italian music, and more.  Maria will be serving up a heady, eclectic brew of jazz, contemporary chanson, cabaret, and live interviews every week in her 45 minute time slot.  Tune in, sit back, and enjoy.........

Maria Tecce performing 'Sister Sadie' at the Prague Fringe Festival in 2007

 

Boston-born Italian American performer Maria Tecce now makes her home in the lovely environs of Dublin. Her musical career began seven years ago in Europe and she has steadily gained recognition and critical endorsement as both performer and composer/arranger.
Maria's live performances have packed venues in Ireland, U.K., USA, and Europe, and Maria continues to move from strength to strength, performing to ever widening audiences and garnering universal praise from both audiences and critics alike. Acting runs in tandem with music in this versatile performer's life and Maria is regularly invited to work in Irish and U.K. theatre, television, and film and in the past has worked with the likes of Jim Sheridan, the Abbey Theatre, BBC, and ITV.


New recordings planned for 2008

Maria will be recording new material in 2008. This will add to Maria's canon of releases which include 2006's rapturously recieved 'Torch song' and 2003's 'All my Love'.


Maria Tecce performing 'This Love is Through' at the Prague Fringe Festival in 2007