CONCERT: Las Cafeteras

Born and raised East of the Los Angeles River, Las Cafeteras are remixing roots music as modern-day troubadours. They are a sonic explosion of Afro-Mexican rhythms, electronic beats and powerful rhymes that document stories of a community seeking to “build a world where many worlds fit.”

From Afro-Mexican to Americana, from Soul to Son Jarocho, from Roots to Rock and Hip Hop, Las Cafeteras take folk music to the future. Las Cafeteras honor the past by using electrifying traditional instrumentation like the eight-string Jarana, four-string Requinto, Quijada (donkey jawbone) and Tarima (a wooden platform). Las Cafeteras sing in five distinct languages, English, Spanish, Spanglish, Love and Justice…and they believe everyone understands at least one of those languages.

Part of SVMoA’s Community Celebration “Honoring Traditions: Día de los Muertos,” made possible in part through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom.

Las Cafeteras concert and residency is made possible in part by a grant from the Association of Performing Arts Professionals ArtsForward grant, made possible through support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Additional funding for SVMoA’s Residency & Performing Arts Series comes from the Idaho Commission on the Arts, WESTAF (the Western States Arts Federation), and the National Endowment for the Arts; Carolyn & John Lloyd; Lloyd Construction; Bex Wilkinson and The Marshall Frankel Foundation; Scott Miley & Jane Rosen; Robin Leavitt & Terry Friedlander; Joyce Friedman in memory of Norman Friedman; Wood River Inn & Suites.