Looking for a low-key concert to close out your summer? Cumbancha artist Luisa Maita is on tour right now, criss-crossing the United States. Maita’s easy style and smooth vocals won her the title of Best New Artist at the 2011 Brazilian Music Awards. Check out Maita’s mellow, sultry track “Lero-Lero” and the more up-tempo “Alento” below, and […]
Live music performances
Naked Karate Girls!
Naked. Karate. Girls. The four Midwestern boys on stage don’t fit any of these descriptors. There’s no nudity, no martial arts, and no females. There is, however, all kinds of awesomeness–literally. Awesome plaid pants and unusually short neckties. Awesome devil hats and sombreros. Awesome fake moustaches and shiny, metallic Ray-Bans. Awesome wind fans and corded […]
Can Your Carrot Carry a Tune?
This musical group gives a whole new meaning to the phrase ‘play with your food.’ The Vienna Vegetable Orchestra literally crafts their instruments out of fresh vegetables. The wind section is led by a hollowed-out carrot recorder. Percussionists slap eggplant slices together and pound on pumpkin drums. Instead of scratching records, this group scratches cabbage […]