Tuesday, March 28th
7:30
Joe's Pub
425 Lafayette St.
(between 4th St. and Astor Place)
Manhattan
$20.00 (Buy Tickets)
Las Rubias del Norte (the Blondes of the North,) are a group of musicians from the U.S, France and Colombia, who perform the music of, among many others, Guillermo Portabales of Cuba, Simon Diaz of Venezuela, Oscar Aviles of Peru and W.A. Mozart of Austria. The Rubias play mostly popular Latin music such as boleros, cha cha cha's and cumbias as well as lieder and cowboy songs - and manage to make it all sound like it belongs on Cuban radio. The Rubias make it all sound distinctly different thanks to the fabulous vocals of Allyssa Lamb and Emily Hurst and the various Rubios and Morenos who back them up. The result has been called “surpassingly pretty” by Robert Christgau of the Village Voice.
In addition to Allyssa and Emily, the band features Greg Burrows on percussion (Medeski, Martin & Wood, Blue Man Group), Taylor B. Chrisman (Golem) on upright Bass, Olivier Conan on Venezuelan Cuatro and vocals (Bebe Eiffel), Greg Stare on percussion (One Ring Zero) and Giancarlo Vulcano on Guitar
"A pair of angelic voices pushes this elegant, Latin-flavored band's swoon rating into the stratosphere."
– Time Out NY
