Smithsonian Folkways Recordings presents Quetzal and La Sardina de Naiguatá June 29, 2012
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia
These two Smithsonian Folkways recording artists have just released new albums. Quetzal combines shades of East L.A.’s soundscape, traditional son jarocho of Veracruz, salsa, R&B, and more to express the political and social struggle for self-determination and self-representation. La Sardina de Naiguatá fuses traditional Venezuelan parranda music with more diverse and progressive instrumentation in a way that has revolutionized and reinvigorated the genre. Both groups will hold a FREE evening concert as part of the 2012 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
Official Website: http://www.festival.si.edu/visitor/evening.aspx
Added by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings on June 12, 2012