El Gran Silencio

Genre: Latin Rock Hometown: Monterey MEXICO
elgransilencio.com.mx

Wednesday, March 16   10:30 p.m.
Caribbean Lights   (614 E 6th St)

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Sometimes the best way to make world music is to start in your own backyard. Few Latin alternative bands express that idea better than El Gran Silencio, which hails from Monterrey, Mexico, but whose vision extends to Spain, India, and beyond. From deep roots in the alternative scene of a town that has been called the Seattle of Latin alternative, El Gran Silencio have traveled a musical path that meanders through rock, hiphop, cumbia, pagode, ragamuffin, rumba flamenco, and even raga. Their latest album, Super Riddim Internacional, Vol. 1, is a monumental new work that was nominated for Best Latin Alternative Record by the Grammys and was listed as one of the Top 10 Records of 2003 by the New York Times.