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La Mera Candelaria Los Angeles, California
La Mera Candelaria, a woman-fronted, cumbia-salsa project based in Los Angeles, CA, features only live instrumentation and a small line-up, lending to a unique sense of “throwback” to older traditions of Latinx music. Though the music itself is a contemporary interpretation of traditional Latinx musical styles, La Mera’s feminist message is as cutting-edge, contemporary, and timely as it gets. ... more
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