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GRUPO FANTASMA
w/ Vivalda Ndula
Santa Fe Summer Scene
July 7, 2023 7:00 pm
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Time: 7:00pm
Day: Friday
Doors: 6:00pm
Ages: All Ages
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Join your Santa Fe neighbors on the Railyard Plaza beside the landmark Water Tower for great FREE concerts allsummerlong.
-Feel free to bring chairs to the concert.
-Food and drink are available inside Second Street Brewery, Violet Crown Cinema, As Above & So Below & La Lecharia for your Ice Cream needs plus food trucks will be available.
-Bring your water bottle—we will have filling stations.
-Ample parking is available in the underground garage just north of REI.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
GRUPO FANTASMA
The nine-piece collective formed in 2000 in Austin, Texas consists of Jose Galeano (timbales, vocals), Kino Esparza (vocals, hand percussion), Beto Martinez (guitar), Greg Gonzalez (bass), John Speice (drums), Matthew “Sweet Lou” Holmes (congas), Gilbert Elorreaga (trumpet), Josh Levy (baritone saxophone) and Mark “Speedy” Gonzales (trombone).
Grupo Fantasma has been praised as one of the most important independent acts in the Latin genre and has continually defied expectations to create one of the most unique musical voices to come out of the United States in the 21st century. In 2011, they garnered further acclaim by winning a Grammy (their second such nomination) for their self–produced release El Existential on Nat Geo Music which the Wall Street Journal called “Latin music both new and traditional...vibrant fusions that transcend easy classification.”
The band’s incendiary live show, declared by NPR as “seamless whenever and wherever they’re on stage” has brought the band to major festivals and venues internationally including Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits, North Sea Jazz Festival (Curacao and Rotterdam) and Lowlands in the Netherlands, Kennedy Center, London’s O2 Arena, Montreal Jazz Festival, WOMEX, WOMAD, Tempo Latino (France) as well as two tours to Kuwait and Iraq to entertain US troops and a recent tour in Pakistan and Qatar. Their diverse spectrum of devoted fans speaks to the ensemble’s universal appeal beyond just Latin or world music.
VIVALDA NDULA
Born and raised in Luanda, Angola on October 1st, Vivalda (N)Dula become one of the voices of the new generation of Angolan musicians that creates a significant cultural and international impact on today's Angolan music. (N)Dula is an activist, singer-songwriter, percussionist, and dancer. She is a multi-award-winning, nominated/finalist of the StarAfrica Sound, (ISC) International Songwriting Competition, and Angola Music Awards (AMA). (N)Dula sings mostly about Love and social inequality. Vivalda is raising social awareness against child labor, modern slavery, and human trafficking with her award-nominated song ´Mázui´(voices) and ´Monandengue´(children).
Special thanks Globalquerque for co-presenting this show.
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