Photograph: Estefania Mitre
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This Latinx Heritage Month Tiny Desk is celebrating with an ‘El Tiny’ takeover, that includes a wide selection of artists from all corners of Latinidad.
No Venezuelan occasion is full with out tequeños. Whether or not it is a wedding ceremony or a baptism, the cheese-filled treats are essential at each snack desk — so it is smart Rawayana pulled as much as “El Tiny” with a field to share.
Kicking issues off with hits from the band’s 2016 album, Trippy Caribbean, the Caracas-formed group introduced its infectious power and beach-infused sound to the NPR workplace. The reggae-groove that outlined early songs quickly was one thing extra expansive, placing a Caraqueño spin on funk, merengue, rock and hip-hop. Rawayana’s set — which included two singles from the forthcoming album, ¿Quién trae las cornetas? — completely illustrated how the band’s sound stretches and performs off of musical actions from across the Caribbean diaspora to create one thing new altogether.
For greater than a decade, Rawayana has been on the forefront of a youthful technology of Venezuelan artists that grew up below the nation’s socioeconomic disaster. At its Tiny Desk efficiency, it showcased simply how a lot expertise has come out of Venezuela throughout that point — bringing pals and collaborators like Apache, Irepelusa, Orestes Gómez, Joel Martínez and Eric Chacón to carry out — and the way a lot pleasure and gozadera remains to be left in retailer.
SET LIST
- “Excessive (feat. Apache)”
- “Funky Fiesta”
- “Feriado”
- “Merengue Pa’ Cintura”
- “Dame Un Break”
MUSICIANS
- Betomonte: lead vocals
- Fofo Story: drums
- Abeja: guitar
- Orestes Gómez: percussion
- Ben Aler: keys
- Messy Deprat: bass
- Eric Chacón: saxophone
- Joel Martínez: trombone
- Irepelusa: vocals
- Essa Gante: vocals
- Apache: visitor vocals
TINY DESK TEAM
- Producer: Anamaria Sayre
- Director/Editor: Joshua Bryant
- Audio Engineer: Neil Tevault
- Artistic Director: Bob Boilen
- Sequence Producer: Bobby Carter
- Videographers: Joshua Bryant, Kara Body, Catie Boring, Zayrha Rodriguez
- Audio Assistant: Kwesi Lee
- Photographer: Estefania Mitre
- Tiny Desk Group: Suraya Mohamed, Josh Rogosin, Hazel Cills, Maia Stern, Ashley Pointer
- VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
- Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
