[FA Worldmusic] Asakusa Jinta

[neal copperman - AMP Concerts]

Keep an eye out for Pistolera at SXSW.  They are with Trouble 
Worldwide too.  We just had a fantastic show with them last night in 
Albuquerque, and I'm heading up to Santa Fe to see them open for 
Ozomatli tonight.

They play Mexican folklorico style, but with a bit more of a pop/rock edge.

www.pistolera.net

Albuquerque totally ate them up.

neal

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At 11:14 AM -0700 3/13/07, ian at menziesmixedmedia.com wrote:
>Thanks for the tip Robert,
>
>Indeed there seems to be a real "trend" afoot of worldy "street" bands as
>you call them. Not that they are all brand new, but one senses some
>critical mass building...Foro In The Dark, Slavic Soul Party, Los Rubias
>Del Norte, Warsaw Village Band, Antibalas, Nomo, Dengue Fever, Boom Pan,
>Babylon Circus, etc, etc.
>
>I notice that Barbes Records and the Trouble Worldwide agency are growing
>hubs for the scene (in the US anyway). Exciting stuff. I wonder how many
>other groups mining this sort of terrain might be playing at SXSW too??
>
>Ian
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