Summerstage Updates

Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
Eric Bobo
Saturday, July 11, 2009
From 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Central Park SummerStage
Free!

The internationally renowned, high-energy Argentine sensations, with support from alternative hip hop via Puerto Rico.

Formed in 1985, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs is a Latin rock band from Buenos Aires, Argentina. With a unique sound that is a mix of rock, ska, jazz, folk, reggae, funk, and big band, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs is one of the most influential and referenced bands of the Latin rock world. Although the band’s lineup has changed throughout the years, the co-founders, singer Gabriel Fernandez Capello (known as Vicentico) and bassist Flavio Cianciarulo (known as Sr. Flavio), have always been the core members. The Cadillacs received a 1998 Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album and were nominated in 2000 for two Latin Grammy Awards for Best Band and Best Music Video for "La Vida.” After a seven year hiatus, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs regrouped in late 2008 to create La Luz del Ritmo, their sixteenth full length album. The New York Times recently raved of their live show, “On stage it started with an adamant samba-reggae beat and dipped into dancehall, salsa and funk while the whole room shouted along.”

Throughout his career Eric Bobo has been known for recording and performing with a large variety of leading artists including The Black Crowes, 311, Gnarls Barkley, Rage Against The Machine, Smashing Pumpkins, Soulfly, Ella Fitzgerald, and Psycho Realm. In 2008 Bobo released his debut album, Meeting of the Minds, which is an eclectic collection of songs that represent what Eric Bobo is all about.

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Juana Molina
Curumin
El G (ZZK)

Wednesday, July 08, 2009
From 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Central Park SummerStage

Free!

Electronic and danceable sounds straight from Argentina and Brazil.

Juana Molina is a singer, songwriter, and actress from Argentina who learned to play the guitar at the age of five. Sung in her native Rioplatense Spanish, Molina’s lyrics are intertwined with complex structures recalling ambient masters Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, and modernist John Cage. While her music features elements of ambient and electronica, her voice is often compared to Björk, Beth Orton, and Lisa Germano. Molina usually writes, mixes tracks, and performs solo, intricately layering sound and rhythms performed on the spot. Spin Magazine states, “[Molina] emits powerful hallucinogenic vibes, creating a slippery soundtrack for the subconscious."

Curumin, a São Paulo singer/composer/multi-instrumentalist of Spanish and Japanese heritage, was first discovered in September 2005 by hip hop duo Blackalicious while touring in Brazil. Curumin’s music is a head-spinning amalgamation of “música popular Brasileira” (MPB), Brazilian roots, samba-reggae, dub, hip hop, electronica, funk, rock, and pop along with hints of Brazilian jazz and the kind of samba-rock pioneered by Tropicália stars like Jorge Ben and Tim Maia. Curumin is an inspired experimentalist with an innate pop sense who manages to project a unified vision even while ricocheting between hard-funk workouts, tuneful rock anthems, breezy ballads full of soul, and politically charged mashes of dub, rap, funk, and electronica.

Zizek Club and ZZK Records founder, El G from Buenos Aires brings a pulsating mash-up of digital cumbia, electro-reggaeton, kuduro, Andean folklore, and other sound mutations to the decks.

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