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Host John Schaefer and the members of Las Rubias del Norte (Greg Burrows, bongo/bones player)Jam On
The Jammy Awards are tomorrow night and rock critic Anthony DeCurtis will be by to walk us through a night that is exclusively devoted to musical guests playing together, in combinations defy that categories and demographics. From Phil Lesh to Ryan Adams to Burning Spear, the Jammys has something for everyone with an open mind and a hungry ear. And we’ll have a live performance by the band La Rubias Del Norte. 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 and W.A. Mozart of Austria. The Rubias play popular Latin music such as boleros, cha cha cha and cumbias, as well as lieder and cowboy songs -managing to make it all sound like it belongs on Cuban radio.
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