Chicha Libre - Indian Summer
I recently suggested to the boss that we should have a theme week again. This time, local (wherever you may reside) unknown bands. In this case, I’ve chosen a brooklyn band that plays every Monday night at Barbes in park slope. As one youtube critic put it, “This music is like being on a canoe staring at the sunset through the forest in the Peruvian Amazon river”.
“CHICHA is the name of a corn-based liquor favored by the Incas in pre-colombian days. Chicha is also the name of a South American music craze which started out in the late 70’s in the Peruvian Amazon. Cumbias amazonicas, as they were first called, were loosely inspired by Colombian accordion-driven cumbias but soon incorporated the distinctive sounds of Andean melodies, some Cuban son, and the psychedelic sounds of surf guitars, farfisa organs and moog synthesizers.” - CantolaoTV
