Latino America is a show about the sounds of that part of America which has been the musical inspiration for Mestizo Sounds. The music, rhythms and poetic lyrics of the Latin American people are extraordinary. You will hear music from the old to the very new. Music by Latin American legends from the sixties to the eighties with Chavela Vargas, Edu Lobo, Victor Jara, Hector Lavoe, Toto La Momposina and Ruben Blades.



The nineties are represented with the music of the so much missed music sensation Chico Science who died at the peak of his career in a traffic accident in 1997. Here with his band Nação Zumbi interpreting a great song from Brazilian legend Gilberto Gil, “Maracatu Atomico”. Other nineties artists are the pioneer Argentian Mestizo band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, the eclectic Cafe Tacuba or the unconventionals Colombians of Aterciopelados.



Finally, the new Millenium sounds with the Venezuelan band Los Amigos Invisibles, the Brazilian Carlinhos Brown and part of the great trio Tribalistas, or the tremenda rumba by the Cuban band leader and veteran musician Orlando Valle with his band Maraca. The lyrical aspect of the Latin American new wave is shown in this Latin American selection with the inspiring song “Mil Cosas” by Uruguayan songwriter Martin Buscaglia. The newest sounds of Latin America are included here with the input of three outstanding bands. The Argentinian band Sindicato Argentino del Hip Hop, the Puerto Rican Hip hop and alternative Reggaeton band Calle 13 with the emotional song Latino America inspired the whole show. An authentic Pan Latin-American song that includes the collaboration of Peruvian diva singer Susana Baca and the Colombian superstar Toto la Momposina. Last but not least of the 3 new bands is the Colombian electronic music duo Bomba Estereo. Here with a recently released new song “Me Duele” in collaboration with Manu Chao, the most Latin American of all the current European music makers. Manu is French but his heart belongs to Latin America where he has always found inspiration and guide light in his music career. The music in the show covers many styles and genres. You will hear Colombian Cumbia, Nuyorican salsa, Psychedelic Peruvian Chicha, Cuban Rhumba, Latin Hip Hop, and New Chilean Song by the political and conscious music activist Victor Jara who was tragically executed in one of the most horrific crimes of the Pinochet 1973’s coup d’etat. Also, more modern styles of electronic Cumbia, Latin Funk, Hip Hop and a modern take on the Latin American Canción (songwriter Song) The extension of Latin America culture is bigger than its geography. It doesn’t only go from Tierra del Fuego to the border of Rio Grande but is also extending to the US and around the world with their Latino communities. The last track “Mi Gente” is a sincere homage to the Latin American people from the core of the Big Apple, New York, by the greatest Salsa and Puerto Rican singer Hector Lavoe.



Music

1- Me duele - BOMBA ESTEREO & MANU CHAO

2- Latino America - CALLE 13 (performing with TOTO LA MOMPOSINA and SUSAN BACA)

3- Pacantó - TOTO LA MOMPOSINA

4- Donde yo estaré - SINDICATO ARGENTINO DEL HIP HOP

5- Pura ilusión - MARACA

6- Carlitos Marrón - CARLINHO BROWN

7- Lamento de Yaorruna - LOS WEMBLER’S DE IQUITOS

8- El estuche - ATERCIOPELADOS

9- Prohibido olvidar - RUBEN BLADES

10- Cruz del olvido - CHAVELA VARGAS

11- Upa Neghinho - EDU LOBO

12- La vida - FABULOSOS CADILLACS

13- Deja la vida volar - VICTOR JARA

14- Hueco - LA MOJARRA ELECTRICA

15- El loco - LOS DE ABAJO

16- Maracatu Atômico - CHICO SCIENCE & NAÇAO ZUMBI

17- Mil cosas MARTIN BUSCAGLIA

18- La ingrata - CAFE TACUBA

19- Diablo - LOS AMIGOS INVISIBLES

20- Mi Gente - FANIA ALL STARS & HECTOR LAVOE

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