#orkestamendoza

[tugglegrassblues]

ORKESTA MENDOZA + LAS CAFETERAS

Norton Center for the Arts | Danville, KY | 21 Feb 2018 Concert + Residency Review

Las Cafeteras and Orkesta Mendoza are touring the US under the moniker of “globalFEST” - a festival produced annually in NYC that features some of the best world and roots artists from around the globe.  These two globalFEST alumni spent two days in Danville, Kentucky, where they provided multiple workshops and performances.  It was evident how exhausted they were towards the end of the first night, but they continued to provide service after service.  And those activities really paid off.  Self-proclaimed organizers, their workshops covered topics of sisterhood (mujerismo); racism on campus; boarder issues as discussed through the lens of music; religion, respect & diversity through music; and storytelling as a form of empowerment.  They performed at 10am to a group of rural youth aged 7 to 17.  They conducted a jam session that included 30 violinists, ukulele players, clarinetists, mandolinists, brass, guitar, accordion, dancers, and a host of percussionists.  To get the party on stage started, audience members attending the public performance were treated to a roasted pig, exotic fruits, skewered veggies, and bunuelo (doughnuts covered in either chocolate or caramel).  

All of these activities brought together not only a sense of community, but the actual community at large.  College students from all nationalities danced with area residents and neighbors atop the performing arts center’s orchestra pit.  Both bands played their infectious blend of music filled with the rich cultures of the individual American-based musicians (Brazilian, Mexican, Mohawk, etc.) infused with the musical influences they grew up with and love (pop, alternative, indie, punk, ska, 50s rock, psychedelic, surfer music, and even traces of the Grateful Dead).  And boy did this work.  The performance was not one where the audience sat and appreciated the sounds from the stage.  This was one of those experiences where the bands kicked off the music as a calling to audience members to respond with smiles, joy, clapping and definitely dancing.  Throughout the performances and activities, I kept thinking, #NaturalHigh.  And the participant response was equally powerful.  There were a few folks who expressed their displeasure in the music or the social messages coming from the musicians and their lyrics.  But don’t call them haters, the bands respect all responses to their music equally.

Full disclosure: I invited these artists to the community to conduct this residency, and couldn’t have been happier.

[livesketchers-blog]

Orkesta Mendoza Pirineos sur. 17 julio 2017. Sallent de Gallego. 

[lagallerasocialclub]

La Gallera presente en La Bienal Internacional del Espectáculo 2018 con #derapageprod. Junto a #mokoombazimbabwe #loscandelarios #maangala #orkestamendoza #newyorksalsaallstars y mas... www.bis2018.com (en La Cité des Congrès de Nantes)

[paquitobzh]

Muy grande #SALVADORDURAN #ORKESTAMENDOZA @orkestamendoza #caprichosdeapolo @sala_apolo #barcelona #live #electronicmusic #CUMBIA #tucson #multidisciplinary #arizona #latinmusic #banda #mexicocabrones #paquitobzh (à Sala Apolo)

[oshkariooo]

3.2 Día 2 del #VIVELATINO #musiclover #concert #fan #VL17 #ArboldeOjos #TheCavernarios #OrkestaMendoza #LaPegatina #LaSonoraSantanera #lngsht #EnanitosVerdes #Agora #HombresG #MonLaferte #MarkyRamone #Rancid #Zoe #Justice (en Foro Sol)

[giochamba]

Houston! Don’t miss @lascafeteras & @orkestamendoza tonight at @warehouselive • We get the party started at 6:30 • 🎥 @lascafeteras (at Warehouse Live)

[antimodel]

Drip drop, the rain in London is bone chilling today a pathetic fallacy and for the first time in three weeks I know the day of the week is Friday, which is good I guess but am atypically sentimental in a wonderful way. Good Friday. The post office is closed and Easter is on the way on this 1st, the fools day of April and rabbit rabbit superstitious hyperrealist fullish moon, waxing waning in the sky. Last show of tour yesterday night in London Town. Bitter sweet. Slowly reentering the earths atmosphere after a whirlwind three weeks. Love and miss my new family as we all disperse back to our parallel universes and alternate realities spread over the globe until we meet again somewhere down the road. Thanks to everyone for everything @casadecalexico @camilolara @matthewcaws @depedromusic @orkestamendoza @scottcolberg @martinwenk @jacobfv67 @tomsi1988 @flbackline @hugogenetier @gaelleberi ♥️🚀🌎🎶 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇳🇱 (at London, United Kingdom)

[mariaconfetti]

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#orkestamendoza Polka! Heh!

[livesketchers-blog]

Orkesta Mendoza. Pirineos Sur '17. @fabiocastro27 #fabiocastroart @orkestamendoza #orkestamendoza @pirineossur #livesketchers (en Pirineos Sur)

[zphotosnet]

Headlining CALA ¡Cumbia!, the Tucson-based Orkesta Mendoza captured live in Civic Space Park in Phoenix AZ on November 8, 2014. Musical performances at the 2014 CALA International Festival explored the tradition of cumbia music, tracing its origins in Africa/Colombia, its translations in Mexico/Peru and its mutations in the United States.

[antimodel]

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Thank you @deromavzw and everyone for a sold out show tonight at this beautiful and historic venue De Roma. Here’s a little soundcheck clip. Enjoy. #calexico @casadecalexico #thethreadthatkeepsus @depedromusic @orkestamendoza @camilolara @martinwenk @hugogenetier @flbackline @gaelleberi (at De Roma)

[antimodel]

See you tonight Antwerpen @deromavzw 🎶 @casadecalexico ‘End of the Night’ @camilolara @depedromusic @orkestamendoza @camilolara @martinwenk (at De Roma)

[antimodel]

Calexico night three of Europe Spring 2018 tour. Sold out show in Munich, Germany. 🇩🇪📍 @muffatwerk @casadecalexico @hugogenetier @camilolara @orkestamendoza @depedromusic @scottcolberg @martinwenk @hugogenetier @jacobfv67 #mexicaninstituteofsound #casadecalexico(💡)

[giochamba]

This Saturday! Honored to share the stage with @lascafeteras & @orkestamendoza at @warehouselive • Early Show! We go on at 6:30pm (at Warehouse Live)

[giochamba]

Opening up for our friends @lascafeteras and @orkestamendoza this Saturday at @warehouselive • Early show! We start at 6:30pm • 🤘🏽 (at Warehouse Live)

[zphotosnet]

The mambo big band, comprising many of Tucson's best musicians, Sergio Mendoza y la Orkesta, captured live at the first annual MIMFest at the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix AZ on October 18, 2014.