Exotic Latin flavors expected for Carlsbad concert series
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Exotic Latin flavors expected for Carlsbad concert series
San Diego Union Tribune – Jun 5, 2008
Schulman Auditorium in the Carlsbad City Library 1775 Dove Lane Carlsbad. INFRMATIN: (760) 602-2012 Beginnings: Quetzal Flores 35 grew up around music but it wasn't until his mid-20s – when he met master musician Lorenzo Martinez – that he began to develop the style and sound of Quetzal. Martinez told him he needed to write Mexican music and literally put the instruments in his hands. The Latin alternative band Flores plays everything from boleros and folk to blues rock and son – a Cuban style music. “(Martinez) gave me the instruments and the knowledge and the history and it started changing the way I was playing the things I was thinking and the things I was writing” said Flores who wanted to use his talent to send a positive message to East Los Angeles. Flores said Martha Gonzalez “was a perfect match in developing what I think is a balanced sound. ”Sound: Quetzal's musical style is a hybrid of sounds that stem from the members' experiences… ”Los Pinguos was the only Latin band to perform and after making it to the finals in Las Vegas it secured the audience vote and won the contest. Its music has appeared on “The Shield” “The L Word” and is featured in “Imagining Argentina” starring Antonio Banderas and Emma Thompson. Sound: Los Pinguos combines Latin rhythms with rock reggae and gypsy styles using Spanish guitars a Cuban tres Peruvian cajón (box-drum) and harmonizing vocal. “There are songs with different rhythms but the sound is really what is unique” Buono said. Jose Agote writes most of the songs for the band. Also important is the energy that the members of the L.
Blind soccer fans in Austria at Euro 2008 to follow action with…
International Herald Tribune – Jun 5, 2008
Yannick Noah will kick off three weeks of festivities in the Alpine nation with a free outdoor concert in the Geneva fan zone Friday a day before the football tournament begins. The 48-year-old Frenchman is taking the stage 25 years after winning the French pen his only major victory. He sings a fusion of reggae and world music. In Zurich organizers have brought in Mel C. a former Spice Girl. Basel is going patriotic with a performance by Swiss rapper Baschi. ___ THURAM'S WARNING: France defender Lilian Thuram has warned his teammates to not underestimate Romania.
Playmakers | The San Diego Union-Tribune
San Diego Union Tribune – Jun 5, 2008
Santogold (1:25 to 1:55 p. ): For all the producers and DJs behind Brooklyn's Santogold you'd think this indie band's music would sound like it was coming out of a tin can. But Santogold blends reggae grime and indie beats to its electronica that yields a totally warm effect. And frontwoman Santi White is amazing. So it's pretty easy to see why this group was another one of the Coachella standouts. Nortec Collective (12:40 to 1:10 p.
Rocked the Nation (Part 4)
New Zealand Herald – Jun 5, 2008
It becomes Christina Aguilera’s first hit. 43: In 1977 Murray Cammick creates Rip It Up a free music magazine focused on the underground sounds of punk and soul. 42: Influential Reggae legend Bob Marley makes his first and only New Zealand appearance in 1979. 41: Inspired by the short sharp sounds of the Ramones radio DJ Bryan Staff decides to put out a compilation of six unknown bands. The result is the seminal AK79 an album featuring Proud Scum The Terrorways The Scavengers Toy Love The Swingers and The Suburban Reptiles. 40: After eight years together Fat Freddys Drop might have just one studio album to their name but it’s one of the highest selling albums in local music history and they did it in their own independent way.
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