Gig Alert: Jarana Beat

By
Monika Fabian
Music Hub | Jan 24, 2012

Jarana Beat
"¡Echapalante!"
Paying on Tuesday at Drom (85 Avenue A. East Village)
Get: Tickets ($10) | Directions

Mexican roots outfit Jarana Beat fuses elements of Mexico’s African and Amerindian traditions with salsa, cumbia, and other contemporary music in its present-day take on folkloric music.  

The Brooklyn nine-piece--members Karina Colis, Keli Rosa Cabunoc, Jonathan Cornejo, Andres Lemons, Juan Lucero, Claudia Montes, Hugo Moreno, George Sáenz and musical director Sinuhé Padilla Isunza--formed in Argentina as part of the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics' Encuentro in 2007.

Over the past four years, Jarana Beat has explored diverse types of Mexican and Latin American instrumention as well as traditional Mexican dress and dance, including percussive footwork, to create its musical amalgam. The group released debut album ¡Echapalante!, which means “go forth” in Spanish, in 2011.

Download lead single and title track “¡Echapalante!" above and watch its music video below.

Jarana Beat performs at Drom on Tuesday night.

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