All the way back in the late ’90s, Colombian composer and guitarist Eblis Alvarez started a project called the Meridian Brothers that would eventually morph.
Meridian Brothers (Bogotá, Colombia) Recently featured on NPR's Tiny Desk Concert! "Leading the way to a future of endless - and endlessly unique - cumbia possibilities." -POPMATTERS. Colombian guitarist and composer Eblis Alvarez started MERIDIAN BROTHERS back in 1998 as a vehicle for his own experimental music. Over the years, the group evolved into a 5-piece band focused on re-interpreting all manners of Latin Tropical styles with a strong psychedelic and experimental sensibility. Their new project "Meridian Brothers and El Grupo Renacimiento" is a whimsical "collaboration" with an imaginary 1970s Colombia salsa band. EARLY SHOW. 21 & up. Limited $25 earlybird tickets (online only).
From Bad Vibes Good Friends (BVGF):On July 27 and 28, we are bringing a two-day Art and Music showcase to Barrio Logan's Corazon del Barrio, promising a unique sensory experience. The event will feature curated music, art, live visuals, and cocktails, showcasing a diverse blend of internationally and locally acclaimed talents from the cordillera of Colombia to the deserts and coast of California. Thursday, July 27:Collaborating with the renowned Latin American record label ZZK, Bad Vibes Good Friends has secured two monoliths of contemporary Colombian music for their San Diego showcase: Meridian Brothers and Cerrero y La Marea. Eblis Alvarez, the songwriter/multi-instrumentalist and bandleader of Meridian Brothers, has been hailed as an "Eccentric Mastermind" by the New York Times's Ed Moreno, and championed as Bogota's frontiersmen of Neo-Tropicalismo and Cumbia for two decades.Diego Gomez of Cerrero y La Marea is also considered a pioneer in the contemporary
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