Puerto Rico’s Calle 13 roll into Hackney and appear at the Empire 8th July… Viva La Perla!

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Paul Brad

Nice video of Puerto Ricto Rico’s finest dedicating a song to the notorious San Juan “favela” – La Perla. lovely to see Ruben Blades in the mix…. brings back memories of the Straight No Chaser exhibition in San Juan that Pablo Rodriguez hosted and practicing xing yi quan early in the morning on the roof of the hotel overlooking La Perla.

Here’s the URL for another Calle 13 vid… funny! (Thanx Kerstan)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h4HbhH7okU&feature=player_embedded

About Paul Brad

Freelance journalist / Publisher / Editor - Straight No Chaser magazine / Editor - L FM : Broadcasting In A Pandemic - Gilles Peterson (Worldwide FM) / Publisher: From Jazz Funk & Fusion to Acid Jazz: A History Of The UK Jazz Dance Scene by Mark 'Snowboy' Cotgrove / Music Fan: Interplanetary Sounds: Ancient to Future / Cultural Event Consultant & Activist / Nei Jia practitioner
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2 Responses to Puerto Rico’s Calle 13 roll into Hackney and appear at the Empire 8th July… Viva La Perla!

  1. Russ Jones says:
    June 13, 2011 at 5:34 pm

    Dude. See you there. Going to be a big night for sure

    Reply
  2. Paul Brad says:
    June 13, 2011 at 5:51 pm

    Nice to see you checkin’ in… just feelin’ my way on this word press bizniz… Calle 13 – while some lucky people head of to Sete, I&I will head for Mare Street!

    Reply

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