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Ruido Fest
Ruido Fest is an annual multi-day Latin American music festival in Chicago, Illinois held every July in Addams/Medill Park in Chicago's Near West Side neighborhood. Ruido Fest was first held July 10–12, 2015. The festival features "Latin post punk, electronic, hip-hop, rock, psychedelia, tropicalia, reggae and punk acts from all over the American continent and world". It is Chicago's only 3-day Latin alternative music festival. Ruido Fest 2019 will be the festival's fifth year. ''Ruido'' is the Spanish word for "noise". Founding Ruido Fest was founded in 2015 by a team of partners that include Chicago production company Metronome Chicago, alternative music festival Riot Fest Presents, Star Events, and Latin alternative music promoter Rock Sin Anestesia. Ruido Fest is the first large Latin American alternative music festival of its kind in America. Owner of Metronome Chicago, Max Wagner said of the decision to make a Latin American music festival: "We are seeking to cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision_type1 = State , subdivision_type2 = Counties , subdivision_name1 = Illinois , subdivision_name2 = Cook and DuPage , established_title = Settled , established_date = , established_title2 = Incorporated (city) , established_date2 = , founder = Jean Baptiste Point du Sable , government_type = Mayor–council , governing_body = Chicago City Council , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Lori Lightfoot ( D) , leader_title1 = City Clerk , leader_name1 = Anna Valencia ( D) , unit_pref = Imperial , area_footnotes = , area_tot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain. Spanish is the official language of List of countries where Spanish is an official language, 20 countries. It is the world's list of languages by number of native speakers, second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's list of languages by total number of speakers, fourth-most spoken language overall after English language, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani language, Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance languages, Romance language. The largest population of native speakers is in Mexico. Spanish is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group of languages, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Guincho
Pablo Díaz-Reixa (born November 17, 1983), professionally known as el Guincho, is a Spanish musician, singer, and record producer. Díaz-Reixa rose to prominence with his 2008 album, ''Alegranza''. His musical style relies heavily on the use of sampling and incorporates elements of Afrobeat, dub, tropicália and rock and roll. Díaz-Reixa has described his style of production as " space-age exotica". He primarily produces music with a Roland SP-404. Early life Díaz-Reixa was born as an only child in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands. After finishing high school, he moved to Barcelona, Spain, for college, where he majored in media studies. While in the city, he started to make music and was a member of the band ''Coconot''. Career Beginnings and first two albums: 2007–2014 He released his first album, ''Folías'', independently in 2007. In October 2008, he released his breakthrough album, ''Alegranza'', which was well received by critics, including earning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javiera Mena
Javiera Alejandra Mena Carrasco (born June 3, 1983) is a Chilean indie electropop musician living in Lavapiés, Madrid. She started her musical career in the Chilean indie music scene in 2001, and achieved wider success after the release of her first studio album in 2006. Her musical style tends to be synthesized electronic sound, although prior to her official debut she made acoustic-oriented songs accompanied solely by guitar. Biography Mena began performing live at the age of 17, her first concert occurring in a classroom of Juan Gómez Millas Campus at the University of Chile. In 2002, she began to study musical composition and musical arrangement at the music academy ProJazz, while also performing at underground parties and clubs. In 2003 she recorded various demos which leaked to the internet shortly thereafter and spread by her friends. In 2004, she performed outside Chile for the first time, opening for Argentinean electropop band Entre Ríos in Buenos Aires. Betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Amigos Invisibles
Los Amigos Invisibles (Spanish for "The Invisible Friends") is a Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...n band which plays a blend of disco, acid jazz and funk mixed with Latin rhythms. In addition to releasing eleven critically acclaimed albums, the band have been lauded internationally for their explosive, live shows, spanning nearly 60 countries. They are considered the Venezuelan band with the greatest international recognition. History In 1995, EMI released their debut album, ''A Typical and Autoctonal Venezuelan Dance Band'', which was a huge success in their home country, enabling them to sell out clubs around Caracas for the next couple of years. In 1996, David Byrne (musician), David Byrne's Luaka Bop recording label, record label signed the group a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julieta Venegas
Julieta Venegas Percevault (; born November 24, 1970) is an American-born Mexican singer, songwriter, instrumentalist and producer who sings pop-rock-indie in Spanish. She went on to join several bands including Mexican ska band Tijuana No!. Venegas plays 17 instruments including acoustic guitar, accordion, and keyboard. In 1997, she released her debut album '' Aquí'' to favorable reviews in Mexico by the rock audience. Her next production '' Bueninvento '' (2000) also produced by Gustavo Santaolalla, was praised by international critics and considered the third best album in the history of Spanish Rock by Rolling Stone. In later years, she positioned herself as one of the most prominent songwriters in Latin pop by achieving fame in 2003 in Latin America and Spain with the album '' Sí'' and singles "Andar Conmigo" and " Algo está cambiando" which were positioned at the top of Latin ''Billboard''. In 2006, she released her most successful album ''Limón y Sal'' which is her b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas
Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas is an American soul/ pop band from Detroit, Michigan, United States, formed in 2010 and consists of lead singer Jessica Hernandez and her band The Deltas. History Jessica Hernandez grew up in West Bloomfield, an affluent suburb of Detroit. She is the daughter of a Detroit-born Mexican-American mother and Cuban immigrant father. Her parents lived above her family's restaurant before she was born, and she worked in the family's Mexicantown Bakery from third grade. She sang in choirs starting in grade school and performed in theater in high school. While in college in Chicago she started singing in rock bands. By 2009, she was ready to start a band. The band name originated from the suggestion of a former drummer who had a 1987 Delta car. After self-releasing the album ''Weird Looking Women In Too Many Clothes'' Jessica Hernandez signed a record deal with Instant Records, and then released the ''Demons EP'', ''Secret Evil'' album, and ''Deceptacon'' s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desorden Público
Desorden Público is a Grammy nominated ska band founded in 1985 in Caracas, Venezuela. The band's music mixes ska, latin rock, reggae and traditional Latin music styles. The group's lyrics are known for commenting on Venezuela's and Latin America's politics and society. Influenced by the English 2 Tone movement, Desorden Público's embraces different languages and promotes racial and social tolerance. The band has a dozen or so releases to their name and have had platinum sales, No. 1 and top 10 hits. They have tours that have taken them all over Latin America, North America and Europe. Desorden Público was named Ska Artist of the Year at the Pepsi Venezuela Music Awards in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2017. Discography * ''Desorden Público'' (CBS, 1988). LP, reedited in CD in 1993 * ''En Descomposición'' (CBS, 1990) * ''Canto Popular de la vida y muerte'' (1994) * ''Plomo Revienta'' (1997) * ''¿Donde está el Futuro?'' (1998) compilation * ''Diablo'' (2000) * ''Tod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Dhu
Duncan Dhu is a Spanish group created in San Sebastián, Spain in 1984. Its original members were Mikel Erentxun (former singer in "Aristogatos"), Diego Vasallo and Juan Ramón Viles (former members of "Los Dalton"). Nowadays, it mainly consists of Mikel and Diego. The group's style was based on an acoustic and simple pop-rock with a touch of rockabilly in great contrast with the more radical rock played in the area at the time. After being signed by Grabaciones Accidentales, S.A. they contributed with two songs (''Mi Amor'' and ''Bésame Mucho'') to the new bands compilation ''La única alternativa'' (''The Only Alternative''). In 1985 the group recorded its first album, ''Por Tierras Escocesas'' (''Around Scottish Lands''), and ''Canciones'' (''Songs'') a year later, both produced by Paco Trinidad. The songs were immediately successful and gave the group big popularity. After even more successful ''El Grito del Tiempo'' (''Cry for our Times'', 1987) and ''Grabaciones Olvidadas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bomba Estéreo
Bomba Estéreo is a Colombian band founded in Bogotá in 2005 by Simón Mejía. Their music has been described as "electro tropical" or "psychedelic cumbia". History 2005–2008: Career beginning and ''Vol. 1'' The origins of the group go back to 2001 when Bogotá native Simón Mejía (previously a member of 1990s Colombian alternative rock band Charconautas) was part of a loose collective of musicians and visual artists under the name A.M. 770. Their music was influenced by Colombian groups such as Sidestepper and Bloque de Busqueda who in the late 1990s had started combining traditional Colombian musical rhythms such as salsa and cumbia with modern electronic beats and dance music. A.M. 770's first musical production was the track "Ritmika" (based on a sample of a song by Venezuelan salsa band Los Blanco) on the album ''Colombeat'', a 2002 compilation showcasing this new musical style which was put together by Colombia's foremost alternative rock band Aterciopelados for their n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cultura Profética
Cultura Profética (in English, ''Prophetic Culture'') is a Puerto Rican reggae band formed in 1996. The band has undergone several lineup changes, but founding members Willy Rodríguez (bass guitar, vocals), Eliut González (guitar), and Omar Silva (guitar, bass guitar) have remained in the group throughout its history. Despite primarily performing reggae music, Cultura Profética has experimented with genres such as bossa nova, tango, jazz, and salsa. Lyrically, the group discusses socio-political and ecological issues including Latin American identity and environmental concerns, as well as interpersonal relationships and love. After gaining popularity in Puerto Rico as a cover band, Cultura Profética began performing original music and released its debut album, ''Canción de Alerta'', in 1996. The group followed up with '' Ideas Nuevas'' in 2000, which featured further musical experimentation with a wider variety of musical styles, and then '' Diario'' in 2004. After relocati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Café Tacuba
Café Tacvba (Pronounced ''kaˈfe taˈkuβa'') is a band from Ciudad Satélite, Mexico. The group gained popularity in the early 1990s. They were founded in 1989, before they had the current lineup of Rubén Isaac Albarrán Ortega (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Emmanuel del Real Díaz (keyboards, piano, programming, rhythm guitar, melodica, vocals), José Alfredo "Joselo" Rangel Arroyo (lead guitar, vocals), and Enrique "Quique" Rangel Arroyo: (bass guitar, electric upright bass, vocals), their friend Roberto Silva played the keyboards for a short period of time. Since the '' Cuatro Caminos'' World Tour, Luis "El Children" Ledezma has played the drums in every concert but is not considered an official member of the band, as well as Ramiro Del Real Díaz, who joined the band as a support musician playing the guitar since 2015. History Formation (1989–90) Previously known as "Alicia ya no vive aquí" (a tribute to Martin Scorsese's '' Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore''), th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
