In 1996, Francisca Urio founded together with Priscilla Harris, N'gone Thiam and Boussa Thiam the band Silvashado in Berlin.
They performed regularly in clubs in Berlin and at festivals in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
In 2002, the band took part at a performance in Dresden in front of the Sempera Opera House for eighty-thousand helpers in the 2002 100-year flood.
The band toured and performed with singers like O-Town, Mary J. Blige, Ben, Seal, Mousse T., Shakira, and Wyclef Jean and featured on concert DVDs with Ben and Seal (One Night to Remember, recorded live in Düsseldorf).

After first Boussa and later N'gone Thiam left the band, Urio and Harris continued as duo until their last concert in October 2006 when they started to concentrate on their solo careers.
In 1996, Francisca Urio founded together with Priscilla Harris, N'gone Thiam and Boussa Thiam the band Silvashado in Berlin. They performed regularly in clubs in Berlin and at festivals in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In 2002, the band took part at a performance in Dresden in front of the Sempera Opera House for eighty-thousand helpers in the 2002 100-year flood. The band toured and performed with singers like O-Town, Mary J. Blige, Ben, Seal, Mousse T., Shakira, and Wyclef Jean and featured on concert DVDs with Ben and Seal (One Night to Remember, recorded live in Düsseldorf).
After first Boussa and later N'gone Thiam left the band, Urio and Harris continued as duo until their last concert in October 2006 when they started to concentrate on their solo careers.
Francisca Urio