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Watch ÌFÉ, Delaporte, Femina-X And More, Live At Nuevofest 2018

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Watch ÌFÉ, Delaporte, Femina-X And More, Live At Nuevofest 2018

This Sunday, July 15, watch a live stream of Nuevofest 2018, a Latin music festival hosted by Philadelphia’s WXPN and AfroTaíno Productions with performances by seven outstanding artists. You can catch all the action here via VuHaus, public radio’s music-discovery video platform. More info on the event and each artist can be found at Latinroots.org. Watch via VuHaus player below.  Find an approximate schedule of performances below; all listings are in Eastern time. Set Times 4:45 p.m. – Delaporte 5:20 p.m. – Elena & Los Fulanos 6:00 p.m. – Femina-X 6:50  ...
| By Rich McKie

RSVP NOW For Nuevofest 2018

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RSVP NOW For Nuevofest 2018

Free Concert Celebrating the New Sounds of Latin America! Some of the most exciting new music of Latin America can be seen and heard at World Cafe Live on Sunday, July 15 from 4-10pm as part of Nuevofest 2018. This all-ages concert will feature performances by seven outstanding Latin American artists. Admission Is FREE – RSVP Required THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT WATCH THE LIVE WEBCAST VIA VUHAUS   ABOUT THE ARTISTS: DELAPORTE – Sandra & Sergio, an electronic duo born in 2017, have become one of the hottest electronic acts in Spain in less than a year. Their song “Un  ...
| By Rich McKie

NUEVOFEST 2017: Schedule

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NUEVOFEST 2017: Schedule

This Sunday, July 16, Nuevofest 2017, a Latin-music festival hosted by Philadelphia’s WXPN and AfroTaíno Productions at FringeArts in Old City. You can catch all the action via VuHaus; check out the schedule below, and RSVP to attend in person here. 1:00 PM   Doors Open 2:00 PM – Pielago 2:50 PM – Mariachi Manchester 3:50 PM – Balun 4:50 PM – Rubio 5:50 PM – Buscabulla 7:00 PM – La Vida Boheme 8:20 PM – Javiera Mena 9:35 PM  – Tribu Baharu
| By Rich McKie

Mariachi Manchester to croon the emo-sensitive lyrics of Morrissey & The Smiths with the sounds of Mexican sones & rancheras at NuevoFest

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Mariachi Manchester to croon the emo-sensitive lyrics of Morrissey & The Smiths with the sounds of Mexican sones & rancheras at NuevoFest

If you ask the members of California’s Mariachi Manchester about how they came to be, they’ll explain it quite simply that ‘It was only a matter of time before the Moz phenomenon fully merged with the mariachi musical crossroads’.  With their Mexican/Chicano roots, Mariachi Manchester (coming straight outta ‘Moz Angeles’) have stepped into the spotlight to croon the emo-sensitive lyrics of Morrissey & The Smiths in rhythm with the heart-string-pulling sounds of Mexican sones & rancheras, representing the emotional underbelly of LA’s Chicano love affair with the alternative music  ...
| By Rich McKie

Hear the smooth roll of the snare and chunky organ riff of the Puerto Rican Reggae-Soul band Piélago at Nuevofest

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Hear the smooth roll of the snare and chunky organ riff of the Puerto Rican Reggae-Soul band Piélago at Nuevofest

With a smooth roll of the snare into a chunky gurgling organ riff, the Puerto Rican reggae-soul band called Piélago has been making full strides in gaining popularity both on the island nation homeland and across the pan-Latin Reggae scene. But they aren’t just a one-drop ‘one-trick pony’ of an act: they can deftly switch up the tempo and genre, weaving together classic soul, bossa nova, folk-rock, and hip-hop with zero difficulties. Philly fans will easily compare them with the hometown heroes, The Roots, and Islanders will lean towards Cultura Profetica comparisons, but Piélago stands  ...
| By Rich McKie

Tribu Baharú to make its Philly Debut at NUEVOFEST

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Tribu Baharú to make its Philly Debut at NUEVOFEST

Coming Sunday, July 16, NUEVOFEST is going to kick into hyperspeed once the incredible Tribu Baharú takes the stage. Over recent years, the Colombian ensemble has transformed into the modern day superheroes of the Afro-descendent folk genre called Champeta – a sonic gumbo made from hefty chunks of African genres like Highlife, Soukouss, Soweto Jive, sweetened with Afro-Caribbean rhythms like Soca, Calypso, Haitian Kompa, and then some. With its whirlwind tempos & stress-relieving melodies, this sound is undeniably therapeutic for the soul. But more importantly, Champeta is the  ...
| By Rich McKie

Balún will introduce you to “Dream-Bow” NUEVOFEST 2017

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Balún will introduce you to “Dream-Bow” NUEVOFEST 2017

Imagine another world where Kate Bush, Aphex Twin, and My Bloody Valentine meet up to make music in a tropical rainforest cave. Got it? Now you have a clue of what to expect from Puerto Rican/Brooklyn act Balún at this year’s NUEVOFEST. Balún is giving us all the feels with their self-made sub-genre, aptly called DREAM-BOW. Fusing Caribbean dancehall & Puerto Rican ‘dembow’ (the raw, unmistakable backbone of reggaeton drum patterns) with spiraling kaleidoscope melodies is an infectious formula. Ethereal sweeps, slow-throbbing drum-n-bass, and whispery lullaby lyrics (hauntingly sung  ...
| By Rahsaan Lucas

Catch Puerto Rican act Buscabulla has been making sweet trouble all year – see them at NUEVOFEST

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Catch Puerto Rican act Buscabulla has been making sweet trouble all year – see them at NUEVOFEST

The Puerto Rican act Buscabulla has been making sweet trouble all year. By completely living up to their artist name (which translates to “troublemaker” to you non-Spanish speakers), the Latin alternative music scene has been crushing on them hard. The day that Buscabulla creators Raquel Berrios and Luis Alfredo del Valle set out to transform an experimental Spanish language pop project into ‘the Caribbean music of the future’, they might’ve ruffled the feathers of tropical music purists at first, but in a quick span of a year or so, they’ve taken their act from Brooklyn warehouses to  ...
| By Rahsaan Lucas

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