LAS RUBIAS DEL NORTE
Celebrate the release of their new album Ziguala
AT JOE'S PUB, March 12th at 7:30pm
What if America had lost the war for cultural hegemony and Latin music had become the common language for popular sounds the world around? Ziguala, the new record from Las Rubias del Norte could very well be the answer. The group lives in Brooklyn, but its members work in a parallel universe in which the clave won over the rock backbeat. Fronted by vocalists Allyssa Lamb and Emily Hurst, with rich backing from a seven-piece ensemble, Las Rubias traverse a global map whose often blurry sonic borders are hued with what Jelly Roll Morton once called “the Spanish tinge.”
After two albums – Rumba Internationale (2004) and Panamericana (2006) – that evoked a 1950s air, the rubias have added new colors to their palette and ramble further in their repertoire for Ziguala. The band bids farewell, for the most part, to its beloved glockenspiel and brings in some zesty Farfisa organ, hints of distortion, some surf guitar and the vaguely mutant presence of effect pedals. But that’s not all. There’s also marimba, vibraphone, Hammond B-3 organ, and a string quartet sitting on a couple of tracks. This vivid instrumentation fires up a kaleidoscopic array of songs plucked from traditions – from Bollywood to Tex-Mex, Neapolitan folklore to Kurt Weill – that aren’t always what they seem. While the dynamic range and the geographic scope are wider than ever, Las Rubias do keep the Pan-Latin spirit alive by treating it all like it was recorded in Veracruz in 1962 .
Las Rubias del Norte will appear live on WNYC's Soundcheck on March 11th.
You can sample tracks from the record at http://barbesrecords.com/LRDN.html
SHould you miss Las Rubias in NY, they will be playing a few dates in the Midwest.
DATES:
03/12 New York: Joe's Pub
03/31: Universty of Dayton
04/01: Chicago, Morseland
04/02: Cedar Rapids, Legion Arts
04/03: Minneapolis, Cedar Cultural Ctr
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