Canciones del San Joaquín

THURSDAY, MAY 22
PROGRAM #10782 11:00 AM PT

Canciones del San Joaquín. 

The Alliance for California Traditional Arts and Radio Bilingüe join efforts to bring another musical concert of the series “Sonidos de California: San Joaquin Valley.” The new event, titled “Canciones del San Joaquín,” will be held in downtown Fresno on June 7 and will gather well-known folk singers and composers from around the San Joaquin Valley. They spearhead the creation of songs of celebration, resistance and survival in genres such as Mariachi, Conjunto Norteño, traditional Chilenas, Son Jarocho, Nuevo Canto, Latin Rock, AfroLatin Jazz, and more.

Guests: Dr. Leticia Soto Flores, Ethnomusicologist, Deputy Director, Alliance for California Traditional Arts-ACTA, Los Angeles, CA; Xochitl Morales, Musician and Educator, Alliance for California Traditional Arts-ACTA, Bakersfield, CA

Photo: Erika Fletcher/Unsplash 

For more information about Linea Abierta and to find previous shows visit our  Linea Abierta page.