La Excelencia
concert on Saturday 23 January 2010
- Date
- Saturday 23 January 2010
- Line-up
- La Excelencia
- Venue
- Club Mystique, Spaarndammerstraat
New York salsa dura band La Excelencia played Club Mystique on 23 January 2010, at a time when the club rated them the best band in the genre. The friendship lasted: they returned in July 2012 to present their third album. La Excelencia was founded in New York City in 2005 by percussionists Julian Silva and Jose Vazquez-Cofresi. They wanted to play original salsa dura in the spirit of the socially conscious salsa of the 1970s, and their lyrics deal with immigration, labour, inequality and Latin American identity. The debut album, Salsa Con Conciencia, came out in 2006 on Handle With Care Productions.
Listen to La Excelencia
Photos: Jay Kersten
