NEW RELEASE FROM BARBES RECORDS
LAS RUBIAS DEL NORTE - ZIGUALA.
In stores March 12th
With their third album, Ziguala Las Rubias del Norte ask:
What would the world sound like if rock 'n' roll had never happened?
From the 1930's through the 1950's, Latin music dominated popular music around the world. Mambos and rumbas found their way in the pop hits of Shanghai, Bollywood, Constantinople, Malaysia, France and Japan. Then came Rock and Roll which would conquer the youth of the world - and nothing was ever the same.
Las Rubias del Norte's third album, Ziguala, is an attempt to imagine what a pop record would sound like had the Latin influence continued its course without interruption. The album uses electric instruments that defined the rock explosion of the 1960's - such as organs and electric guitars but its arrangements reveal a definite bias for the Latin music it is mostly inspired by.
Las Rubias del Norte is a seven piece combo which is fronted by two classically trained singers and backed by bongos, congas, bells, bass, cuatro, electric guitar, piano and organ. On the album, the band also makes use of a string quartet, vibes and marimba. The tracks are re-interpretations of songs from Spain, France, Peru, India, Mexico, Greece, Venezuela, Colombia and Naples.
Ziguala is not so much a latin record as it is a pop record that uses a latin vocabulary. Think of it as the opposite of Rock en Español; a Latin genre which uses a rock vocabulary.
Ziguala is the Rubias' third album. Their previous albums, Panamericana and Rumba Internationale were featured in such outlets as NPR's Morning Edition, PRI's Studio 360, the LA Times, The NY Times, The New Yorker, A&E.
Las Rubias del Norte will be playing the following dates around the time of the release:
March 12. New York. Joe’s Pub – CD Release Party
March 31.University of Dayton – Dayton, OH
April 1 Morseland – Chicago, IL
April 2. Legion Arts – Cedar Rapids, IO
April 3. Cedar Cultural Center – Minneapolis, MN
Also Coming out on Barbes Records
VERY BE CAREFUL. Escape Room. LA's legendary vallenato band. April 13th
CHICO TRUJILLO. Chico de Oro. The biggest Cumbia band from Chili. May 11th
BAD REPUTATION: Pierre de Gaillande Sings George Brassens. Hip translation of France's great anarchist poet. June 8th.
THE ROOTS OF CHICHA. Numero 2. More vintage psychedelic cumbias from Peru.
Barbès Records is distributed by Allegro/Nail
You may automatically unsubscribe from this list at any time by
visiting the following URL:
http://barbesbrooklyn.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/u/BR_retail/
)
