Hi guys,

Recently I found a singer who seems to like performing barefoot. She is Aurea from Portugal.

Here are some videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYtl1Z0xa2c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jrcL9nFeq8...GkEjtfW1eHzmh6y
This one her backup singers are also barefoot - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t7zSJnXHtw

Hope you enjoy
Xander

Great! Pity the camera doesn't zoom in on her bare feet.

Here are some photos I found online:

http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/band-stage-...ve-33226353.jpg
http://caras.sapo.pt/famosos/2011/02/11/au...NATES/w620h395/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/104067269@N08...in/photostream/ (slightly dirty soles)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/104067269@N08...in/photostream/

-Hal-

may be a new barefoot star in the making ........grate post

Many thanks for sharing these infos!

Well, it's a trend which has been going on for quite a while (luckily! ) among female performers.. Shakira, Joss Stone.. nothing new, after all.. SANDIE SHAW was already doing it in the 60s (sadly videos were less high-tech back then, and cameramen were not much into zooming on Sandie's great peds.. ).

SANDIE SHAW performs barefooted "Long Live Love" in the late 60s

The sore point is that very often these ladies are barefooted "just" on stage, not in everyday life, but compared to "shod" female performers they are already.. many steps ahead!!!

Another (very personal!) sore point is that the music these barefoot female performers sing/play is usually too vanilla for a guy into heavy metal like me.. I mean, Aura is deffo a super-hot lady, but the music..

Heavy metal is a male-dominated scene, female performers are scarce, and usually they are way more into boots than into barefooting..
But female barefooting sometimes creeps into the toughest metal.. check this official video of an old song by KREATOR, "Renewal".. there's some take-no-prisoners female barefooting there!!!

"Renewal" official video by KREATOR - EXTREME FEMALE BAREFOOTING!!! ;-)

Luckily Mille Petrozza (Kreator's leader) kept his boots on..

Great post anyway, cheers!!!

I'm terrible at linking otherwise I would post my findings here, look for Lori Carson a folk singer from New York in the 90's who almost always preforms barefoot, she has some videos on YouTube, Another singer who preforms barefoot is Lilly Allen. Unfortunately she removed many of her videos from YouTube, one in particular had her sitting on the edge of the stage singing a ballad, her dirty sole were quite visible as she slowly rocked her legs back and forth in time to the music.

There is a very attractive female trio from North Italy (Suedtirol) called Ganes. My girlfirend is a fan of their music
They sometimes perform barefoot and they have a music video in which they dance & walk around barefoot in the city.

You can watch it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUI3jjvRgys
(The feet are visible after about 1 minute. You can even switch to full-HD)

-Hal-

@ Feetosopher: Kreator --- yeahhh!

musically wise, i´m also more listening to heavy metal and old-shool (80-90ties) punk rock.. but also love to listen to some experimental/noise/industrial music.

i also do like Ganes.. many thanks for the link hal,
here are 2 more videos of them performing live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WgW1r0eNRk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7CUlAnzvPs

@ shifter: great to know that you are into hard&heavy and punk rock, mate!

@ Hal: dude, I live less than 300 km from Ganes' homeland, but I had NEVER seen / heard about them.. OK, their music is deffo NOT my cup of tea.. but.. THEY ARE HOTTER THAN HELL!!! No-nonsense urban barefooting in the video, WOW!!!

Many thanks to both for sharing these infos!!!

Are any of you guys aware of the band Nico Vega? The lead singer, Aja Volkman performs barefoot ALL THE TIME....she says it's "liberating"...and her feet get real dirty..she sits on the stage floor a lot and shows those black soles...she's unreal, and a great vocalist as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWFL-38ST8A

Good find Enigma, thank you!

This is part of an interview to Aja Volkman:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mihal-freinq...j_b_426589.html

MF: Aja, you always perform barefoot. It's raw, dirty, and I-don't-give-a-f**k...just like your music. Inquiring minds want to know: why barefoot?
AV: It's liberating. I only ever wear shoes on stage if my feet feel so numb that I might kick a mic stand without knowing it. With shoes on, I am hiding my natural movement. I love the way heels look on women, but I don't love the way most women move in heels - including myself. I don't like to be careful. Which means I cut my feet all the time on broken glass.

My pleasure...thank you DG2001!!