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Holiday Parranda!

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The Venezuelan Music Project, one of the only groups performing Venezuelan music in the Bay Area is coming to La Peña for a special Holiday Parranda! The project was founded in 1997 by Jackeline Rago to perform a wide range of Venezuelan music from traditional folk songs to contemporary dance songs. The project fuses indigenous Venezuelan, Arab-Andalusian, West Africa and Spanish-European genres to bring the sounds of Venezuela to the Bay Area. The Venezuelan Music Project plays a collection of authentic instruments from Venezuelan to give the audience an experience of real traditional sounds of Venezuelan music. Especially notable in the unique sound of the VMP is the Cuatro, a small guitar that is heard in almost all styles of Venezuelan music and beautifully complements the percussions and wind instruments of the band. The band has an incredible energy and is sure to get your feet tapping! Eat, drink and be merry with us this holiday season at this special Venezuelan Parranda!

Holiday Parranda

Aisha Fukushima – Feature Artist

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La Peña highlights the efforts of Aisha Fukushima to raise awareness on social justice issues through Hip-Hop at a global level. She has done recording collaborations with over 20 recognized hip hop artists from around the world.
The end result of these collaboration was the “RAPtivism” album. Recently, she delivered a TEDx talk and went on a performance and lecture tour in Kazakhstan. In October she will be heading to Japan to participate in the Mixed Roots conference. Aisha has also lived and recorded in Morocco, India, France, South Africa, Senegal, Denmark and the UK.

Aisha Fukushima

 

Aisha Fukushima leads the RAPtivism (rap activism) project, which “highlights the ways in which global hip hop music and culture can actively contribute to universal efforts for freedom and justice by challenging apathy with awareness, ignorance with intelligence and oppression with expression.” Her work with RAPtivism has been featured in publications such as Oprah Magazine and HYPE.

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Aisha Fukushima
Singer, educator, writer and self-proclaimed ‘RAPtivist’ (rap activist)
www.raptivism.org
Follow her on Twitter: @aishafukushima

Are you a talented artist who would like to be featured at La Peña?
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We are always looking to showcase talent in the community.