Quetzal - "Estoy Aqui (I Am Here)" [Live at Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2012]

East Los Angeles natives Quetzal perform "Estoy Aqui (I Am Here)" at the 2012 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Their 2011 album 'Imaginaries' is out on Smithsonian Folkways.
'Imaginaries' available on CD and Digital.
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Quetzal, a GRAMMY winning ensemble, called "provocative, heartfelt and strikingly original" by the LA Times and founded by guitarist Quetzal Flores, rose from the ashes of uprisings in LA in 1992 as a vehicle for social commentary and activism. Quetzal's music has its roots in traditional son jarocho music from Veracruz, Mexico, but is reinterpreted through alternative rock. Incorporating other Mexican, Afro-Caribbean, and R&B rhythms, as well as writing bilingual lyrics, reflects the multicultural environment of Quetzal's native East LA. "Estoy aquí (I Am Here)" is a backbeat cumbia inviting people to both dance and also to think. Quetzal uses this song to validate claims of space and presence made by Mexican and Mexican-American communities despite oppression by local governments.
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[@gregoryfujita8265]

Happy Birthday Quetzal Flores...June 4,1973

[@Psychedlic916]

I just found about this band, and I love it! Proud Chicana here! Gracias por musica tan linda 💐

[@hapsgurl8026]

i thank God every day that i am a chicana! Quetzal represents and honors are heritage with beautiful music!

[@chrislund5598]

Congratulations for a well earned Grammy

[@lindatalavera4856]

This music awakens a profound feeling in my heart!

[@leakawatchempino]

...i am soo excited to hear this band again...

[@bguiza]

damn, this is beautiful

[@mdicolarn]

I loved it !

Tiene ritmo a la cumbia del caribe colombiano.

[@sereno14colombia]

Es mi Hermano Camilo moreno! :)

[@Jazzminl1]

Claro, el de los tambores es Colombiano , pastuso exactamnete ;)

[@Chop0605]

Come support a fundraising concert on September 21, at the Aratani Theater with Quetzal Quartet & Friends, TAIKOPROJECT, Aloe Blacc and Maya Jupiter, and Alice Bag are performing in solidarity with the migrant and asylum-seeking families. information and tickets: give.ltsc.org/event/we-got-your-back-pack/e244270