18th Street JaroChicago
Gina Pacheco - Teacher and Activist
Published: July 12, 2011
The music never stops if you follow some of the many Pilsen-based bands in and around 18th Street locals and representing on all sides of the city. Over the past decade, Pilsen has also hosted a strong network of musicians, dancers, and passionate followers of Son Jarocho, the traditional regional genre of southern Veracruz, Mexico where La Bamba originated over 300 years ago.
Not unlike community music scenes around Los Angeles, San Francisco, NYC, Seattle, and Madison-Milwaukee, Son Jarocho is recognized and practiced by large and diverse groups of people in communities intensely moved by the fandango spirit of Son Jarocho. Chicagoanos have followed the Son Jarocho sounds of Tarima Son, Son del Viento, Fandanguero, and Jarochicanos for several years and counting. On Saturday, July 16, Son del Viento celebrates its 7th anniversary concert-fandango at Mestizarte Casa de La Cultura Carlos Cortéz, 1440 W. 18th Street, with special guests Jugo de Mango and DJ Rebel X. Doors open at 9:00 pm.
Fandango dancers, Jaraneros and Son Jarocho aficionados always have the last Saturday of the month booked for the Fandango at Colibrí, 2032 W. 18th Street, this July 30 at 10 pm, with a featured guest artist opening up for more than a few hours of fandango that will continue ‘til the last son and the last verse are sung.
Gina Pacheco, Teacher and Activist.
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