Thank you for announcing Joan Soriano upcoming performance. I enjoy Latin/Caribbean music very much. Carmen
-----Original Message----- From: Daniel Flaumenhaft <dan...@philadelphia.coop> To: Daniel Flaumenhaft <dan...@philadelphia.coop> Cc: phillyfolkmu...@yahoogroups.com; ucneighb...@hector.asc.upenn.edu; UC-Announce <univcity-annou...@lists.purple.com>; cult...@lists.purple.com; PFSNI listserv <pf...@ccat.sas.upenn.edu> Sent: Tue, Sep 21, 2010 12:52 am Subject: [UC-Announce] Th 9/23: Dominican bachata with Joan Soriano at Crossroads Thursday, September 23 at 7:30 pm ------------------------ Joan Soriano "El duque de la bachata" "Gorgeous... an emotionally powerful voice, versatility with bachata's classic style of guitar playing, and compelling original compositions about love and loss." - Deborah Pacini Hernandez ------------------------ At Crossroads Music, 48th and Baltimore in Calvary Church. Tickets are $20, $30 if you can, $10 if you can't, $5 under 12. ------------------------ If modern pop bachata were R&B, traditional Dominican bachata would be the Delta blues. Originating in the countryside of the Dominican Republic in the early 1900s, the style combines intricate acoustic guitar with lyrics about the hardships of life and love, often including risque wordplay. Banned as backwards and vulgar under the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo, bachata began to emerge into the public sphere in the 1960s and especially the 80s and 90s, when a merengue-influenced commercial bachata style swept dance halls all over Latin America. Born in the countryside near Santo Domingo, Joan Soriano infuses traditional acoustic bachata with equal parts romance and grit. He is the star of Adam Taub’s film “The Duke of Bachata,” was featured in Alex Wolfe’s critically acclaimed documentary “Santo Domingo Blues,” and is on The Rough Guide’s Bachata compilation. Joan has performed throughout North America and Europe and will tour the USA in September 2010 with a five-piece band following the release of his iASO album “El Duque de la Bachata.” Joan is the seventh of fifteen siblings. As a boy he received little formal education, instead helping his father to work the family’s land. But Joan’s destiny was for music not agriculture. Fashioning his first guitar from fishing line and a discarded metal box, he joined his young brothers and sisters to form a family band. Nicknamed “Los Candes” (after their father Candelario) it became a neighborhood sensation. At age 13 Joan hitched a ride to Santo Domingo and went on to nurture his talent working with some of the island’s greatest bachata stars. Bachata is essential to Dominican culture and draws upon a variety of influences from Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. A practitioner of palo and gaga, Joan blends Afro-Dominican sacred traditions with bachata, imparting his music with down to earth spirit and dance-ability. Joan preserves bachata’s roots and expands on them. He is a rare combination of new and authentic. As a leading member of The Bachata Roja Legends, Joan Soriano has been received with acclaim at venues throughout North America and Europe. Highlights are: Chicago’s Millennium Stage, The Santa Monica Pier Twilight Dance Series, The New Haven International Festival of Arts and Ideas, The Swedish Bachata Festival, The National Council for the Traditional Arts Lowell Folk Festival, Houston International Festival, The National Hispanic Cultural Center, The Lensic Performing Arts Center, and Meany Hall for the Performing Arts at the University of Washington. Read more or listen to Joan Soriano: http://crossroadsconcerts.org/?p=2356 Buying your tickets online ( http://crossroadsconcerts.org/?page_id=2317 ) costs you no more, helps our cash flow, and reduces lines at the entrance and crowding in the lobby. ------------------------ Upcoming events ------------------------ Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at 7:30 pm Lunasa Irish traditional music at its best "The hottest Irish acoustic band on the planet." - Irish Voice "State-of-the-art Irish music as aggressively infectious as you'll ever hear." - Dirty Linen ------------------------ Friday, October 22, 2010 at 7:30 pm Brian McNeill Songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and founding member of the legendary Battlefield Band "In an unrivalled position at the top of the league... Scotland's most meaningful contemporary songwriter" - Edinburgh Scotsman ------------------------ Saturday, December 4, 2010 at 7:30 pm The Philadelphia Folklore Project presents: Eateleh: A Life in Klezmer Elaine Hoffman Watts, Susan Lankin Watts and Friends "A 3rd-generation klezmer, the mother of a next generation of klezmorim, and a raucous, wonderful storyteller. The Philly sound in full force and dance-compelling splendor." - Ari Davidow ------------------------ More information on all concerts http://www.crossroadsconcerts.org ------------------------ Crossroads Music is in part supported by the Philadelphia Cultural Fund and the Samuel S. Fels Fund. This project is supported by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency, through the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA), its regional arts funding partnership. State government funding for the arts depends upon an annual appropriation by the Pennsylvania General Assembly and from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. PPA is administred in this region by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. =
