https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOxckiTN3r4
Tijuana No! has performed at national and international festivals, in addition to stellar performances in dozens of cities throughout Mexico and the US. While maintaining their support of the migrant community and playing for Latinx communities, the band continues with their musical and conceptual tradition, claiming the best music of their discography with new musicians and arrangements.
Recent highlights include concerts at Pepsi Center, Mexico City’s World Trade Center, San Jose Civic Theater in California, House of Blues West Hollywood, festivals in Tijuana, among many others.
Immersed in the future, Tijuana No! celebrates its 30th anniversary with strong artistic activity. After three studio albums, one live album, several compilations, a documentary film, and a new studio album in process, the music of Tijuana No! is still relevant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R78om4pzGI
El rap le ha permitido a Mare Advertencia construir su historia y cuestionar su realidad, abordando temas incómodos en tres producciones, múltiples colaboraciones y proyectos tan diversos como Narrativas y Memorias de la Desaparición en México (2021), el disco Un Canto Por México, Vol. 2 de Natalia Lafourcade, y la banda sonora Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), en la que colaboró con Vivir Quintana en la canción “Árboles bajo el mar”.
Desde el principio de su carrera ha reivindicado diferentes identidades políticas a través de sus canciones; su voz ha amplificado y cuestionado la realidad actual a partir de una narrativa que evoluciona constantemente. Antes, su trabajo estaba más orientado a lo social, al cuestionamiento colectivo; a partir de ahora, lleva a cabo un proceso más introspectivo, un proceso de duelo y sanación que le permite abarcar todas sus facetas y construir el álbum que publicará en 2023.
RECONOCIMIENTOS:
Premio María Sabina (2013), por su reivindicación de los derechos de la mujer a través de la música
Hechas en Latinoamérica (2015), fue incluida en la serie de ilustraciones de la peruana María Acha-Kutscher exhibidas en el Metro de la Ciudad de México
Reconocimiento ‘Salvador “El Negro” Ojeda’ otorgado por Radio Educación (2021)
Grammy a Mejor Álbum de Música Regional Mexicana (2023), como parte del disco Un canto por México –El Musical; de Natalia Lafourcade
“Soy una mujer más que intenta cambiar el mundo “Tras participar en ‘Wakanda Forever’, la rapera oaxaqueña Mare Advertencia Lirika lanzará un disco como trabajo de introspección y redescubrimiento: NEWSWEEK
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Los Cogelones “Hijos del Sol” son una banda formada por cinco hermanos de sangre, nativos del barrio El Sol en Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl. Interpretan Rock Mexicah Experi- mental, en el que mezclan sonidos de rock, punk, acompañado de sonidos ancestrales, con instrumentos precuauhtémicos e instrumentos eléctricos; crean una fusión contemporánea de lo que representa el nuevo tiempo, la transformación con ayuda del arte embelleciendolo a través de la cultura propia. Luchan por el empoderamiento de una identidad que se ha mantenido invisible por los últimos 500 años en México.
A finales de 2018 grabaron el álbum independiente “¿A dónde quieres llegar?”. Un álbum que no logró salir al mercado pero que ayudó como un escalón, para en 2020 entrar de nuevo al estudio dando como resultado su último álbum “Los Hijos del Sol” en donde se hicieron acompañar de la Banda de Guerra “Ocelocoyotl” conformada por sus estudian- tes, lo cual dio un complemento al sonido ancestral, transformándose en cánticos bélicos, la conjunción de todos estos elementos llegaron como medicina ancestral en plena pandemia bajo la consigna de sanar corazones.
Siendo invitados a diferentes presentaciones, festivales y foros como Vice Noisey, Multiforo Alicia, Festival NXRMXL, Festival Cervantino, Festival Radical Mestizo con una notable participación, Festival Marvin, Indie Rocks.
En 2022, contaron con destacadas presentaciones en la apertura de House of Vans, Festival Vive Latino 2022 que marcó el inicio de la gira “Mochi Mopatlatihuetiz” logrando visitar algunas ciudades de la República Mexicana, y por primera vez cruzando fronteras con una exitosa gira por España para participar en el Festival Monkey Week y algunas otras presentaciones por ese país y con ello comenzando a sanar heridas del pasado y creando así nuevas e importantes alianzas. Además de sumar su música a diversos filmes y series como parte de los Sound- tracks de Reservation Dogs 2, Al Grito de Guerra, Temporada de Huracanes, La cabeza de Joaquin Murrieta, entre otras próximas a estrenarse.
Este 2023 entran al estudio para grabar nueva música, girar por México y cruzar nuevas fronteras. El Sol está de vuelta para el pueblo Mexica.
“Somos humanos con hambre de libertad en tiempos de jaulas de oro, ahora ya no se trata solo de interpretar nuestras canciones, estamos buscando un nuevo comienzo.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWaTsluOXNY
With her explosive mix of hip hop, cumbia, dancehall and reggae, the Cuban singer, flautist and percussionist Yaite Ramos Rodriguez, aka La Dame Blanche delivers a powerful and compelling sound which summons the spirits.
The smoke of an inaugural cigar prior to setting foot on set, a glass of rum left backstage, necklaces, white flowers, a pristine turban: for her appearances on stage, La Dame Blanche feeds the energy of the spirits of Santeria, her Afro-Cuban religion. In real life, away from the limelight, this singer, flautist and percussionist is Yaite Ramos Rodriguez… A mischievous response during a conversation reveals her character: a slender and diaphanous figure, a legend who haunts nocturnal roads and the imagination of children all over the world. You have to believe the jokes and the evidence. Witty and charming, Yaite tames La Dame Blanche.
Everything comes together. “There is Santeria spirit with a similar appearance. I felt her presence in the attic of a rectory.” In the depth of her fortune-telling cards she deciphers good omens on behalf of that spirit. Yaite surrounds herself with supernatural forces, vibes and powers. She scrupulously observes her little shrine and says: “I don’t speak often: you need to know you have to hide the weapons you will fight with.”
A family of musicians
Before unfurling her costume Yaite has travelled a long and sometimes hard road. Everything starts in Cuba where she was born, in the heart of an awe-inspiring musical cauldron on which reigns the figure of her father, Jesus “Aguaje” Ramos, an exceptional trombonist who is also the artistic director of the Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club. Family parties are gatherings of extraordinary musicians, the cream of Cuban music, to the sounds of thousands of songs and drums. Those celebrations feed the soul of the little girl but often leave her on the sidelines, intimidated and shy. She says: “My beautiful female cousins would divinely sing latin jazz and boleros. I was not as naturally talented as they were! I had to accomplish myself in a different way…” Yaite therefore other paths, learns how to play the classical flute at the conservatoire, and dreams of herself standing in front of a black pulpit wearing a demure dress. Later on she takes her first steps in the cabarets of Cuba.
A message of women empowerment
Yaite releases his fourth album, “ELLA”, in September 2020, again via the US label Nacional Records.“My dad was the person that I always wanted to impress”, she tells, while confessing that “the entire world knew me as HIS daughter and that is one of the reasons I called this album ELLA (HER).” This fourth album by La Dame Blanche is a tribute to her mother, and all of the women that inhabit La Dame Blanche. “My mom makes everything shine, from the floors of the house to the music in my soul”. This is the reason that “ELLA” has such a powerful and rebellious spirit, and is above all a tribute to women, with ten songs that represent all sides of the artist: in La Creyente, which was written during the news about the Amazon fires, Yaite shows her more spiritual side. La Maltratada is a cry for all of the women suffering abuse in the world. “ELLA” was recorded between Paris (Substudioz) and Mexico City (T-Vox Records) and produced by Marc “Babylotion” Damblé and includes beats by French artist Baja Frequencia (La Mulata) and Costarican artist Barzo (La Desconfiada). The cover art of the album was created by Romanian artist Livia Fălcaru. Rodriguez created a powerful, genre salad of an album with “ELLA”. The album offers heart heavy hip-hop rubies, cumbia diamonds, dancehall gold laid with the finest, shiniest, catchiest, I-f***s-with-it-hardiest lyrical gems. The lyrics are mixed with varying ideas and sentiments that are not only expressed with her dynamic, riveting lyrics but also by the very vibes, tempo, speed, and power of the beats. “ELLA” is crafted with care.
To send a message. Give perspective. Disrupt narratives. Empower women. Dance it up.
With “ELLA”, La Dame Blanche isn’t scared to turn the mirror inwards in order to start much-needed conversations. Through her own empowerment, she encourages women to find their own. She peels her layers before our eyes without an inch of self-judgment and the result is absolutely powerful.
Adding to the excitement, La Dame Blanche’s highly anticipated fifth studio album “Atómica” will be released on November 3, 2023, under the esteemed label Nacional Records. Leading up to the album launch, she has planned the release of three captivating singles. The journey begins with “Bailarina” on July 21, followed by “Como Loba” on September 22, and “Los Fines de Semana” on October 20. These singles will offer a glimpse into the artist’s evolving sound and serve as a prelude to the full album release.
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Jarana Beat is a New York-based world music band, which since 2007 has aimed to share the unknown sounds of Mexico. With an exciting interpretation of traditional music and a blend of folkloric mexican afro music with contemporary ideas, Jarana Beat has created an authentic sound. The music is conscious, all original and deeply rooted; a combination of where Mexico’s Afro-Amerindian music came from and where it stands today.
Having formed in Argentina and debuted as part of NYU’s 2007 Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics Encuentro, the band features a wide variety of traditional instruments, such as jaranas, leona, ayoyote shells and donkey jawbones. In addition, they feature two dancers, traditionally dressed, that interweave percussive footwork into the rhythms, creating dynamic performances in which, we promise, the public canNOT resist dancing.
Jarana Beat was featured on NPR’s Latino USA with Maria Hinojosa, in which reporter Willis Ryder Arnold graciously mentioned that: “The audience dances like they can’’t control themselves shuffling and rocking back and forth with grins plastered across their faces; Jarana Beat’s music cuts across all age groups.” and, “Listening to Jarana Beat you feel like part of the community, no matter what your background.”
The rhythms of world music blending with the regional sounds of son jarocho from the Gulf Coast, son guerrerense from the Southern Pacific Coast, son huasteco from the Central & North-Eastern region, mexika from the Central, and norteña from the North, all converge into the point of departure for Sinuhé Padilla-Isunza, the musical director, composer, and arranger for Jarana Beat. Drawing on his extensive research and musical creativity, Sinuhé has led the band to an enticing environment that nourishes this unique musical amalgam.
In 2011 the band released its first album “¡Echapalante!” and in 2020 they have released the first two EP’s of their three-part album “Vibración Por Simpatía”. “Tze Ollin – Movimiento I” and “Ome Ollin – Movimiento II” have gained the media and the crowd’s attention, making them a double nominee at this year’s Independent Music Awards (IMA’s) for Best World Beat Song and Best Animated Short Video.
Jarana Beat has toured throughout the East Coast of the US, Montreal, and Mexico, in cities such as Veracruz (San Andrés and Xalapa), Queretaro and Toluca. Jarana Beat’s unforgettable performance has graced stages like the Smithsonian Institute’s Folklife Festival, The Bowery Ballroom, Symphony Space, and Dollywood’s Festival of Nations. Their journey has harnessed the media and industry’s attention, landing an interview on NPR’s Tell Me More and an official showcase at SXSW 2012 in Austin. Jarana Beat has also shared the stage with world reknowned artists such as Dan Zanes, Mono Blanco, Los Vega and Lila Downs, weaving a truly colorful journey through the Afro-Amerindian culture of Mexico.
Aside from performing, Jarana Beat is also actively involved in educational projects and cultural outreach, leading traditional son jarocho fandango’s and teaching this genre in multiple spaces around NYC.
“Mexico via-Brooklyn combo Jarana Beat weaves intricate rhythms and delicate plucks with rich, yearning vocals to gorgeous and surprisingly jolly effect. The strong outfit includes dancers, who use their stomps and taps as percussion, and you’ll hear Native American, Gypsy and Afro-Mexican motifs in their music. Great stuff.” – Critic’s Pick, Time Out New York, 2012
With contagious charm and good vibes, this band is capable of getting any audience on its feet! Musical director Sinuhé Padilla-Isunza has mined the musical traditions of his native Mexico and other Latin American countries in an ongoing search for a distinct style with roots, resulting in the creation of this musical soundscape.
https://www.iamladymidnight.com/about
Lady Midnight is an ethereal vocalist and performance artist who draws upon her multidisciplinary background in visual art, dance and Afro-caribbean-latinx-indigenous roots to create work that timelessly reflects the collective experience of life. She has been named Best Twin Cities Vocalist, Best New Artist and is the recipient of the Minnesota Emerging Composers Award among other accolades. As Lady Midnight, she has performed at The Red Rocks Amphitheater, scored a silent film for visual artist Kara Walker and performed with internationally acclaimed icons Common, Moby, Andra Day, and Aloe Blacc, among others. Her highly anticipated solo debut album Death Before Mourning was named Best Album of 2020 in the Twin Cities and has gained attention of music critics and magazines.
Lady Midnight continues to hold space for Black, Indigenous, people of color, refugee and immigrant youth within her creative community residencies and projects with NDN Collective, indigenous students on the Red Lake reservation, refugee and immigrant girls and non-bianary students participating in Girls Getting Ahead in Leadership in partnership with Women’s Initiative for Self Empowerment, and Kulture Klub Collaborative, a non-profit for youth experiencing homelessness, among many other cultural and educational organizations. She has dedicated her life to empowering youth and using her arts to inspire change and heal collective trauma.
Eduardo Regalado was born in El Salvador and grew up in LA. He began his musical journey at age 6. Eduardo started DJ’ing in 1996. Eduardo DJ’ed for B-boy Genre (later Giant Panda) on Tres Records (1990s). Throughout the last 22 years, Eduardo has had several successful DJ residencies on community radio, and has played at various venues in the Twin Cities and across the U.S. Notable appearances include: resident DJ, Rhymesayers Entertainment Radio (KFAI); Soundset (2012); Redbull Crashed Ice After Party (2017); Vocalo Radio Chicago-“Quest for the Best” DJ Competition Winner (2017); Streams for Dreams Vol. 4 (2020); and Private Stock Records Revue (2022).
Boo McCaleb, also known as Booscapes, is a trans video artist, builder, and designer. Guided by their passion for spirituality and modeling natural systems in imagined spaces, the aim of their work is to facilitate connection and healing found in sensory experiences, moving images, and immersive environments.
Palabristas use the ‘power of the word’ to reach out into the community. They are an award winning Minnesota-based collective of Chican@/Latin@ poets and spoken word artists. With members located throughout the country, they use their creative minds and fierce words to speak out about the experiences and challenges of underrepresented communities within the Twin Cities and beyond.
Mexica Yolotl is a community-based traditional dance group founded in 2010 in South Minneapolis by Elba Castillo. The main objective of the group is to preserve Mexica (“Azteca”) traditions and culture for the Latino Community in the Twin Cities. The dance instructor and dancers are volunteers, and together participate in many community events throughout year in the Twin Cities.
Kalpulli Huitzilin (Hummingbird in Nahuatl) of Minnesota is a community of dancers based in the Twin Cities that was established in 2011, that’s committed to preserving indigenous culture through traditional dance, song, and ceremony. Huitzilin is an open danza circle and open to all ages. Huitzilin holds free practices in St.Paul, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6pm-8pm. Feel free to contact us at: kalpullihuitzillin@gmail.com
Chicha is the sacred ancestral drink of the Incas, made from fermented corn, but a musical genre that emerged from the popular sectors of deep Peru in the seventies and is also known by the same name. Chicha is a fusion of tropical rhythms such as cumbia from Colombia, huayno from the Peruvian Andes, Californian surf rock, West Indian son montuno and boogaloo. All that musical heritage came together 5 years ago, in the city of Chicago, by 3 Kichwa childhood friends from the city of Cotacachi in the province of Imbabura, in the northern Andes of what is now called Ecuador. The result is the Chicha Roots Project, chicha for the drink that deeply identifies them with their raices (Roots).
Chicha Roots, since then it has been part of various festivals inside and outside of Illinois such as: Mole De Mayo, LatinX Festival, Chicago Peruvian Festival, Pilsen Fest, Festival De Las Artes Fenville MI, Indigenous Peoples Day Old Folk Music Of School, Villapallooza Festival, Thursday Night Out Oak Park, Lot Jam Series, Square Roots Festival and various bars and venues such as Martinis, Tack Room, Honky Tonk BBQ, Fitzgerald’s, Estereo Bar…
They have also shared the stage with many greats of Latin and world music such as: Los Mirlos Del Perú, La sonora Dinamita from Colombia, Mala Fe from the Dominican Republic, Bareto from Peru, Grupo Gale from Colombia, the Native American blues band Indigenous, the Andean fusion music band Winiaypa from Ecuador, the North American rock band Superchunck, etc. The band plans to record their first album of psychedelic cumbia and fusion of original songs, in the summer of 2023.
Sarahi Orozco is from Durango Mexico. She’s practiced face painting, body art, and photography for 10 years. Her website: www.expressionsandmore.com
Guillermo Valadez was born in Las Vegas and now lives in Minneapolis. Guillermo has painted murals professionally since 2007. He also travels the U.S. and overseas to paint murals, to create body-art, make-up art, and live art creations at music festivals, and other events. Guillermo’s versatile style is a mix of vibrant colors, fanciful elements and composition that gives his work a feeling of movement. Guillermo’s intentions, through his artwork, is to continue injecting positivity and inspiration into the hearts and minds of viewers while constantly progressing.
Mamá, abuela y chingona. She has been a community activist and organizer advocating for policies to protect and include marginalized communities. Founder of the Juliana Mateo Foundation for Disabled Farmworkers and established the Future Leaders Academy for Youth.
In 2013, the NAACP presented her with the Unsung Heroine Award for her community activism. Adriana’s efforts include successfully working to fire a cop guilty of racial profiling in Chaska. In 2020, she was elected to the Minneapolis Board of Education making history being the fist Mexicana elected to serve on the board.
Cadex Herrera (he/him) calls himself an ARTIVIST and a multi-disciplinary artist. He brings awareness to humanitarian, social, and environmental injustices by championing his culture, history, people of color, immigrants, and marginalized peoples. www.cadexherrera.com
Flor Shurabe Soto aprendió a trabajar con engrudo (pasta de papel maché) a los 9 años de su abuela en México. Sin embargo, sólo después de mudarse a Austin, Minnesota, como adulta, fue cuando comenzó a trabajar en el arte para mantenerse ocupada durante los inviernos. Shurabe se ha hecho conocida en todo Austin por sus creaciones de piñatas personalizadas.
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Maria Constanza Carballo is best known for turning acrylic paintings as well as murals into voice pieces that highlight the marginalized.
Her art, a form of community activism, has traveled through Latin America, Europe, and throughout the U.S. Here in Minnesota, she has brought fellow women artists together internationally and locally through large-scale community events to celebrate International Women’s Day and specifically bringing attention to the inequalities women face in all sectors of society.
Yuyu is a creative mother of three, she has organized multiple events where she created arts and crafts. She was the co-founder of “Camintas Domingueras” a group of kids and parents walks in nature where they would draw as well to promote health and art. Their artwork pieces were showcased at CLUES gallery in the summer.
Gustavo Boada has been a working artist in Minnesota since 2007, and has four decades of experience in community-engaged art, popular education, and popular theater, including work in Latin America (Peru, Chile, and Puerto Rico), as well as around the US (New York, DC, Philadelphia, Vermont, and Minnesota).
Specifically, he has worked in a variety of capacities at In the Heart of the Beast (including being a lead artist in 13 May Day Parades), and also presented his work through BareBones Theater (7 seasons), Minnesota History Center (Dia de los Muertos 2010, 2011, and 2012), CLUES (Fiesta Latina in 2019 and 2021, as well as Dias de Muertos events and workshops (2020 and 2021), ArtStart (leading workshops with Public School students since 2007, in total over 300 workshops).
Gustavo has also presented his work at the National Museum of the American Indian (2010 in Washington DC), the Peabody Museum in Boston (2010), Naylamp Puppet Theater (2003-2007 in Philadelphia), as well as 5 Puerto Rican Day Parades in Philadelphia. This work included 4 plays representing his indigenous heritage as well as the native traditions of different Latino American countries.
