Chuck Prophet & His Cumbia Shoes

Name: Chuck Prophet & His Cumbia Shoes
Start: 2025-01-22T20:00:00-05:00
Location: 600 14th Street NW Washington DC 20005

Schedule

Wed, 22 Jan, 2025 at 08:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

600 14th Street NW Washington DC 20005 | Washington, DC

DOORS OPEN AT 6:30 PM | SHOW BEGINS AT 8:00 PM

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CHUCK PROPHET & HIS CUMBIA SHOES
When a stage four lymphoma diagnosis forced him off the road and into the hospital, Chuck Prophet didn’t know if he’d live long enough to see the end of the year, let alone get back on tour.
“I was going through a tunnel,” he recalls. “It was dark. But I had music: music to play, music to listen to, music to get me out of my head. Music was my savior.”
That much is plain to hear on Wake The Dead, Prophet’s extraordinary new album. Recorded with band of brothers ¿Qiensave?, the collection explores the world of Cumbia music, which consumed and comforted Prophet during his illness and subsequent recovery. The songs are intoxicatingly rhythmic, all but demanding you move your body, with arrangements that blur the lines between tradition and innovation. There are flashes of rock and roll, punk, surf, and soul, all filtered through the streets of San Francisco and wrapped up in the rich legacy of a genre that traces its roots back to the jungles of South America.
Captured live in the studio, Wake The Dead resumes Prophet’s streak of more than a dozen critically acclaimed solo albums stretching all the way back to 1990, when the California native first shifted focus from pioneering neo-psych band Green on Red to working under his own name. Since then, Prophet—who’s now in full remission—has earned raves everywhere from Rolling Stone to NPR, landed songs in a slew of films and television shows, and seen his work covered by Bruce Springsteen, Solomon Burke, and Heart, among others.

FLACO EL JANDRO
Flaco El Jandro is a Chicano songwriter from Salinas, CA. His music is a blend of traditional songwriting and aesthetic with modern instrumentation and energy in a variety of different styles including Rock, Bolero, Regional Mexicano, and Cumbia. In 2020 he released his self-produced debut EP Canciones Para Curar la Depresión. The title track Todo Sigue Igual was featured in the documentary Unhealthy Comedian. He found success in early 2022 on TikTok with his semi-viral hit Mi Encendedor, which expanded his fanbase immensely in a short period of time.
In August of 2022 Flaco released his second EP Nada Te Pido. The lead single of this EP, Me Matas, premiered in Remezcla’s “14 new songs to listen to this week”. Currently, Flaco is working on new material and performing consistently with his band Los Perros Callejeros who were chosen to perform at this year's NPR Tiny Desk Contest on the Road. His commitment to his craft encompasses his drive to capture the essence of his ancestors, honoring where he comes from and elevating the Chicano experience in his lyrics and infectious rhythm.

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