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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 RB, 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
