M.A.K.U. Soundsystem and Rana Santacruz: Global Roots Festival
The final night of the 2012 Global Roots Festival brings one of the hits from this year's GlobalFest in NYC: the Brooklyn-based Colombian psychedelic roots-rock band M.A.K.U. Soundsystem. They will share the evening with Rana Santacruz, also from Brooklyn, and winning audiences over with his take on mariachi music imported to the indie folk world.
Note: Terakaft, originally scheduled to perform tonight, have canceled their entire US tour, including this show.
This event is free and open to all!
Comprised of 8 members, hailing mostly from Colombia, M.A.K.U. SoundSystem makes big music that begins in traditional Afro- Colombian rhythms and ends somewhere in the punk-jazz stratosphere. Clarinet, trombone, sax, guitarra, and Latin percussion supplement...
As the ethnic make-up of America changes, so does its music. And with a passel of influences under his belt, Rana Santacruz makes music for that new America.Santacruz’s solo debut Chicavasco - released March 9, 2010- is the product of a vibrant musical...
Major Funders
This activity is made possible in part by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board, through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature from the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008, and a grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota.
