WGBH honors the premiere of the groundbreaking series Latin Music USA with a public celebración featuring live music from Bobby Sanabria y Quarteto Ache’ and Mango Blue, dancing, performances, and the opportunity to screen highlights from the upcoming series.
Friday, October 2, 8pm to midnight
Tickets on sale now at www.wgbh.org/latinmusicparty
$20 for WGBH members and $25 for non-members
Complimentary light refreshments and cash bar
WHERE:WGBH studios, One Guest Street, Brighton, MA
Latin Music USA premieres October 12 (Episodes 1&2) and October 19 (Episodes 3&4) on WGBH 2/HD. Produced by a team led by WGBH, in co-production with the BBC, Latin Music USA invites the audience into the vibrant musical conversation between Latinos and non-Latinos that has helped shape the history of popular music in the United States. The series features the stories of an extraordinary range of artists, including salsa greats Willie Colón and Marc Anthony; the Latin-inflected sounds found in much of sixties rock and roll, from the Drifters to Motown to the Rolling Stones; jazz fused with Cuban rhythms from Mario Bauzá and Chano Pozo; the genius of Texas accordion player Flaco Jiménez; Carlos Santana; Linda Ronstadt; the legendary Chicano rock band Los Lobos; megastars Gloria and Emilio Estefan; Ricky Martin and Juanes; Miami rapper Pitbull; reggaetón performers Daddy Yankee and Tego Calderón; and Lin-Manuel Miranda from the Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights. The life experiences of these and many other unforgettable artists will reveal how Latinos have reinvented their music in the United States, while never losing sight of their own rich traditions. Acclaimed actor Jimmy Smits narrates.
