Las Cafeteras

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Las Cafeteras
Origin East Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres
Years active2005–present
MembersDaniel French
David Flores
Denise Carlos
Jose Cano
Hector Flores
Leah Gallegos
Past membersAnnette Torres
Website Official Website
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Las Cafeteras is a Chicano band from East Los Angeles, California. Their music fuses spoken word and folk music, with traditional Son jarocho and zapateado dancing. [1]

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History

The band started out as students of the Eastside Café, [2] a community space in El Sereno, Los Angeles, where they took Son Jarocho classes. [3] Influenced by music from Veracruz, Mexico and eager to teach others about it, they started formally playing in 2005. [4] Since forming, they have shared the stage with artists such as, Caifanes, Lila Downs, Juanes, Ozomatli, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. [5]

Their namesake derives from the organization where they took classes. To honor women, they feminized their group name by naming themselves Las Cafeteras, rather than Los Cafeteros. [6]

Las Cafeteras' songs have themes and references that range from the Civil Rights Movement, United Farm Workers, DREAM Act, immigration reform to female homicides in Ciudad Juárez. [4] [7] Their song, "La Bamba Rebelde", a remake of The traditional Mexican song from the state of Veracruz "La Bamba", denotes their Chicano pride. [8] They say that they construct their music as a tool for creating positive change and inspiring others to do so. [9]

Band members

Past members

Discography

No.TitleLength
1."El Chuchumbé"3:26
2."Café con Pan"4:21
3."Luna Lovers"5:15
4."El Zapateado"4:06
5."Ya Me Voy"4:55
6."It's Movement Time"3:29
7."La Bamba Rebelde"5:20
8."La Petenera"6:09
9."Mujer Soy"4:56
10."Trajabador Trajabadora"10:51

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