Cumbia and Chicha-Inspired Music by Sávila

Sávila is a cumbia-inspired music and visual art project by guitarist Fabiola (Fabi) Reyna, vocalist Brisa Gonzalez and percussionist Papi Fimbres which takes its name from a medicinal plant that grows wild in tropical climates all over the world. Guitarist Fabi Reyna is also the editor-in-chief and founder of She Shreds Magazine, dedicated to women guitarists and bassists. 

This Latinx power trio is captivating, with cleanly picked guitar lines, phantom bass lines generated by a loop pedal, playful and wonderfully unexpected rhythms besides the chicha and cumbia from Fimbres, and vocals in both English and Spanish by Gonzales, who also plays auxiliary percussion. Hear their set and interview from June 2018, which was part of the New York Guitar Festival, recorded in The Jerome L. Greene Space. 

Watch Savila's set (starting at 1:07:19)