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Popular Music Series Sponsored by Corona Extra
Featuring Genre-Bending Latin Music
From San Antonio to the Farthest Reaches of Latin America
February 29, 2012 (San Antonio, TX) Pearl announced today the return of Echale! Latino Music Estyles, the popular Latin music series sponsored by Corona Extra. The free concert is scheduled at Pearl with three spring dates: Sunday, March 18 at 6:00 pm, Saturday, April 14 at 7:00 pm and Friday, May 11 at 7:00 pm.
Echale! Latino Music Estyles, kicks off March 18 with La Vida Bohème and Sol Pereyra. Venezuelan dance-rock band La Vida Bohème, recently nominated for a MTV IGGY Award for best musical act takes influence from late 1980s punk, disco, funk, electronic music and jazz making for a sound that is like no other. A superstar in her home country of Argentina, Sol Pereyra mixes pop, rock, hip hop and reggae forming a sound that is sure to get the crowd dancing.
Mexican Institute of Sound and Toy Selectah take the Pearl stage on April 14. Mexican Institute of Sound is an electronic music project created by Mexico City based DJ and producer Camilo Lara. MIS is part of the growing electronica movement, encouraging fusions of folk and more traditional music with modern sounds. Toy Selectah, a fusion artist and considered a pioneer in the electro-cumbia fiesta fever in Mexico creating his own trademark sound mixing cumbias, reggae and other urban and Caribbean styles.
Echale! spring series wraps up with Chico Trujillo and Ana Tijoux on Friday, May 11th. Chile based Chico Trujillo has evolved in to one of the most popular bands in South America following critically acclaimed performances at Lollapalooza both in Santiago and Chicago. The band was born as a side-project from the legendary punk-ska group La Floripondio and has quickly vaulted in popularity to become one of the most talked about musical acts in South America blending a sound of classic cumbia and boleros with a hint of gypsy Balkan horns and a tinge of reggae. French-Chilean artist Ana Tijoux, has a unique sound that mixes hip-hop with mainstream Latin pop. Her newest release, La Bala, quickly topped the charts of iTunes Latino and is already being mentioned on best lists of 2012.
Echale! is both a celebration of Latin music and the vibrant, creative culture of San Antonio,² said Elizabeth Fauerso, Chief Marketing Office at Pearl. ³Our past concerts have been such a success and we are happy to be bringing Echale! back to Pearl for the people of San Antonio to enjoy.
The Pearl amphitheater seats roughly 1,000 but Pearl is inviting latecomers to bring lawn chairs and blankets in case seating is scarce. Feel free to bring snacks and refreshments, Pearl will also be offering a Mexican beer bar.
Pearl is located at 200 E. Grayson St. in San Antonio, Texas. For more information about events at Pearl please visit www.atpearl.com. Parking will be available onsite, and please make sure to remember the Kohler garage, which has more than 300 parking spaces.
For more information, go to www.atpearl.com.
ABOUT PEARL
Pearl, located north of downtown San Antonio, provides a unique experience as a top culinary and cultural destination. The mixed-use space features retail, dining, picturesque green spaces and paseos, a riverside amphitheater, educational institutions such as the Aveda Institute and the third campus of the Culinary Institute of America. As a former brewery operating from 1883 to 2001, Pearl reflects a vivid past while embracing the future with LEED-certified complexes mixed with historic architecture.
The 22-acre Pearl site is home to the Culinary Institute of America, San Antonio and Aveda Institute San Antonio and the year-round Pearl Farmers Market. Pearl restaurants include Il Sogno Italian Osteria and the Sandbar Fish House and Market, both by CIA graduate and James Beard Award-nominated chef Andrew Weissman, and La Gloria Ice House by CIA graduate chef Johnny Hernandez. Pearl is also known for the Melissa Guerra Latin American kitchen store, the Twig book shop, Adelante Boutique, Run Wild Sports, The Synergy Studio and Bike World. The Center for Architecture houses the AIA San Antonio and the Architecture Foundation of San Antonio. Office tenants at Pearl include the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber, the Nature Conservancy, the CE Group, WestEast Design Group and other creative firms. Event space includes the Pearl Stable, the Pearl Studio and the newly completed Pearl Park, a community gathering space which includes amphitheater seating overlooking a stage alongside the San Antonio River Walk. For more information go to atpearl.com.
Featuring Genre-Bending Latin Music
From San Antonio to the Farthest Reaches of Latin America
February 29, 2012 (San Antonio, TX) Pearl announced today the return of Echale! Latino Music Estyles, the popular Latin music series sponsored by Corona Extra. The free concert is scheduled at Pearl with three spring dates: Sunday, March 18 at 6:00 pm, Saturday, April 14 at 7:00 pm and Friday, May 11 at 7:00 pm.
Echale! Latino Music Estyles, kicks off March 18 with La Vida Bohème and Sol Pereyra. Venezuelan dance-rock band La Vida Bohème, recently nominated for a MTV IGGY Award for best musical act takes influence from late 1980s punk, disco, funk, electronic music and jazz making for a sound that is like no other. A superstar in her home country of Argentina, Sol Pereyra mixes pop, rock, hip hop and reggae forming a sound that is sure to get the crowd dancing.
Mexican Institute of Sound and Toy Selectah take the Pearl stage on April 14. Mexican Institute of Sound is an electronic music project created by Mexico City based DJ and producer Camilo Lara. MIS is part of the growing electronica movement, encouraging fusions of folk and more traditional music with modern sounds. Toy Selectah, a fusion artist and considered a pioneer in the electro-cumbia fiesta fever in Mexico creating his own trademark sound mixing cumbias, reggae and other urban and Caribbean styles.
Echale! spring series wraps up with Chico Trujillo and Ana Tijoux on Friday, May 11th. Chile based Chico Trujillo has evolved in to one of the most popular bands in South America following critically acclaimed performances at Lollapalooza both in Santiago and Chicago. The band was born as a side-project from the legendary punk-ska group La Floripondio and has quickly vaulted in popularity to become one of the most talked about musical acts in South America blending a sound of classic cumbia and boleros with a hint of gypsy Balkan horns and a tinge of reggae. French-Chilean artist Ana Tijoux, has a unique sound that mixes hip-hop with mainstream Latin pop. Her newest release, La Bala, quickly topped the charts of iTunes Latino and is already being mentioned on best lists of 2012.
Echale! is both a celebration of Latin music and the vibrant, creative culture of San Antonio,² said Elizabeth Fauerso, Chief Marketing Office at Pearl. ³Our past concerts have been such a success and we are happy to be bringing Echale! back to Pearl for the people of San Antonio to enjoy.
The Pearl amphitheater seats roughly 1,000 but Pearl is inviting latecomers to bring lawn chairs and blankets in case seating is scarce. Feel free to bring snacks and refreshments, Pearl will also be offering a Mexican beer bar.
Pearl is located at 200 E. Grayson St. in San Antonio, Texas. For more information about events at Pearl please visit www.atpearl.com. Parking will be available onsite, and please make sure to remember the Kohler garage, which has more than 300 parking spaces.
For more information, go to www.atpearl.com.
ABOUT PEARL
Pearl, located north of downtown San Antonio, provides a unique experience as a top culinary and cultural destination. The mixed-use space features retail, dining, picturesque green spaces and paseos, a riverside amphitheater, educational institutions such as the Aveda Institute and the third campus of the Culinary Institute of America. As a former brewery operating from 1883 to 2001, Pearl reflects a vivid past while embracing the future with LEED-certified complexes mixed with historic architecture.
The 22-acre Pearl site is home to the Culinary Institute of America, San Antonio and Aveda Institute San Antonio and the year-round Pearl Farmers Market. Pearl restaurants include Il Sogno Italian Osteria and the Sandbar Fish House and Market, both by CIA graduate and James Beard Award-nominated chef Andrew Weissman, and La Gloria Ice House by CIA graduate chef Johnny Hernandez. Pearl is also known for the Melissa Guerra Latin American kitchen store, the Twig book shop, Adelante Boutique, Run Wild Sports, The Synergy Studio and Bike World. The Center for Architecture houses the AIA San Antonio and the Architecture Foundation of San Antonio. Office tenants at Pearl include the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber, the Nature Conservancy, the CE Group, WestEast Design Group and other creative firms. Event space includes the Pearl Stable, the Pearl Studio and the newly completed Pearl Park, a community gathering space which includes amphitheater seating overlooking a stage alongside the San Antonio River Walk. For more information go to atpearl.com.