4️⃣ more days until the 2024 COLEGAS Conference! The second night of the conference we are excited to have La Santa Cecilia join us!
Santa Cecilia (named after the patron saint of musicians) was formed in 2007 as a
sextet. Its founding members were guitarist Gloria Estrada, accordionist and requintista Pepe Carlos, bassist Alex Bendaña, percussionist Miguel “Oso” Ramírez, drummer Hugo Vargas and lead vocalist Marisol “La Marisoul” Hernández. The band members were born or came to the United States when they were very young. While they all grew up with traditional forms of Latin music at home, they were also exposed to the sounds of American pop culture: rock, soul, blues, jazz, jazz, funk, punk, ska, reggae and other sounds of the world that were playing on the airwaves
and in the neighborhoods. They performed at block parties, bars, coffee shops and, from time to time, as opening acts for out-of-town artists and at festivals.
Los Angeles-based Santa Cecilia is a Latin rock band that draws inspiration from music around the world, using Pan-American rhythms from Colombian and Mexican cumbia, bossa nova, rumba, bolero and tango, and combining them with rock, soul, R&B, ska, jazz and even klezmer.
