Mexican folk music is known for crossing borders, genres and generations and Chicago family band A Flor de Piel is keeping those beloved rhythms alive and well, even braiding elements of rap, electric and lo-fi beats to their sound. LatinoVoicesWTTW
is keeping those beloved rhythms alive and thriving by infusing them with a modern sensibility. Along with 16-year-old Sage, Marisol and Renato Ceron perform twists on tradition – like adding a rap breakdown to the son jarocho classic “La Bamba.”“I’ve known [the song] my entire life from the movie ‘La Bamba’ where I was just excited to see someone that looked like me on the big screen,” said Marisol Ceron, who performs as Marisol La Brava.
Multi-instrumentalist Renato Ceron said he didn’t learn the traditional music he plays now in his native Mexico. When he moved to Chicago as a teenager, he said, he “had that longing for it. So I went deep into learning all these different styles.”“That definitely brought in the younger vibe to our sound,” he said.
Sage said braiding elements of rap and electronic and lo-fi beats into folk music is A Flor de Piel’s way of creating a bridge across generations. “Music, it just transcends time and language and all of that other stuff that gets in the way of, like, a connection to the soul,” Sage said. “I love the folk songs and the tradition that we play and adding the electronic aspect or adding rap or you know, different genres going in there. It’s a way to just connect more people.”
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