La Linea festival special
Putting poetry to danceable music, with Francisco Carrasco, N. Hardem and Chapulines.
Four inspiring Latin American artists who are on the line-up of this year鈥檚 La Linea Festival in London, UK, come together to talk about creativity and the song-writing process.
This episode of Music Life is hosted by Francisco Carrasco, a Chilean musician who leads the band Grupo Luma. Born in Santiago but based in the UK, he鈥檚 a dynamic musician who plays everything from the guitar and the cuatro, to the congas and the panpipes. He鈥檚 led art events across the world including the Merseyside International Street Festival, as well as delivering lectures in universities across the UK, South Africa and Latin America.
Joining Francisco is N. Hardem, a Colombian MC, beat maker, producer, and one of the country鈥檚 finest wordsmiths. He is the lead MC of British-Colombian ensemble Mestizo, an innovative group building musical bridges between Colombian folk and London hip-hop.
And finally, it鈥檚 Spanish violinist Graciela Zaera Mora帽a and Mexican singer Beto Robledo Zaragoza from Belgium-based band Chapulines. They play an interpretation of son jarocho, a traditional Mexican music genre from the southern state of Veracruz, and take inspiration along the way from the rhythms and sounds of Cuba, Colombia and the Caribbean.
They discuss their most constant themes in song writing, writing songs in different languages, the spiritual nature of Spanish literature and playing to audiences from different cultures.
In part 2 - after the news - son jarocho band Chapulines will be taking us through a playlist they鈥檝e called Mestizo Music Across The Sea, a collection of some of the most beautiful sounds from Latin America, featuring tracks from Aurelio, Patricio Hidalgo, Son De Madera, plus many more.
