Juana Fe is a Chilean musical band that mixes popular Latin American rhythms such as

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and

cumbia Cumbia refers to a number of musical rhythms and folk dance traditions of Latin America, generally involving musical and cultural elements from American Indigenous peoples, Europeans, and Africans during colonial times. Cumbia is said to have com ...

with Jamaican

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. Alongside other

New Chilean Cumbia The New Chilean Cumbia also known as New Chilean Cumbia Rock (Spanish: ''Nueva cumbia chilena'', ''Nueva cumbia rock chilena'') is a subgenre of cumbia music that originated in Chile in the early 2000s and that largely surfaced in mainstream me ...

bands such as

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, Tizana and

Chico Trujillo Chico Trujillo are a Chilean New cumbia band merging cumbia, ska, reggae and rock, among other styles. The band formed in 1999 in Villa Alemana, Zona Central, Chile, following a tour that lead singer – known as "Macha" – undertook with h ...

, they form part of the new wave of Latin American fusion that became popular in the first decade of the 21st century. Juana Fe’s music is influenced by urban life and the political and social environment in

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History

Juana Fe was formed in 2004 when fellow university students Juan Ayala, Jaime Concha and Gonzalo Ibáñez decided to dedicate themselves completely to music, living communally in a house in

Barrio Brasil Barrio Brasil is a neighborhood of Santiago, Chile, located to the west of the city center in the commune of Santiago and to the east of Barrio Yungay. Barrio Brasil is close to the neighborhoods Dieciocho, Concha y Toro, Yungay, and Repúblic ...

, and paying rent by selling soy hamburgers on the university circuit. They were soon joined by percussionists and Rodrigo Rojas on keyboards. Juana Fe began to improvise with popular rhythms, creating what they themselves termed the ''Afrorumba chilenera'' (Chilean Afro-rumba), and performing in the peripheral neighbourhoods of the Chilean capital. That same year, Juana Fe obtained a grant from the National Arts Development Fund (Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cultural de las Artes,

FONDART FONDART or “Fondo Nacional para el Desarrollo Cultural y las Artes” (English: “National Fund for the Development of Culture and the Arts”), is a Chilean public program of the governmental agency Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes ...

) which they used to record their first album, ''Con los pies en el barrio'' (“With your feet in the ‘hood”). In 2007 they launched the album ''Afrorumba chilenera'', featuring the hit song ''Callejero'', which led them to perform at two of the most important concerts in Chile: the Olmué Huaso Festival and the

Viña del Mar International Song Festival The Viña del Mar International Song Festival () is an annual international music festival held every third week of February in Viña del Mar, Chile. Started in 1960 it is the oldest and largest music festival in Latin America, and one of the long ...

. Juana Fe's latest album, ''La Makinita'' (2010), incorporates more diverse influences such as

hip hop Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip- ...

and

, and lyrics offering social commentary. Juana Fe has toured Europe, performing at 30 events and participating in 15 festivals, including the

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in 2011. The band has also performed throughout Latin America and within their native Chile, offering a large number of free concerts.Juana Fe comienza el verano en distintas regiones del país
La Tercera. 10 January 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2013.

Discography

Albums

Con los pies en el barrio (2004,
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)

# Barrio viejo # Loco pato # Peligro # La calavera amarilla # Digame lo que va a pasar # Pa que no se olvide # La esquina de la desgracia # Juan # El alma de mis muertos # Savia nueva

Afrorumba chilenera (2007, Sello Azul)

# Callejero # ChinChin # Afrorumbachilenera # El Volcán # El que te quiere te quiere # La Teleraña # La Dormida # Los Tambores # Andrea # Chilian suin

La makinita (2010)

# La makinita # Del fin del mundo # Tengo luquita # Yankee man # No era Cecilia # La bala # Bombo y guitarra # Un papel es un papel # Masari Chin chin # Chiquitita # Click click # Venga mi vida # La jardinera # Zig zag # Bajando por el zig zag

Maleducao (2016)

# A quemar el sol # Enloqueciendo # Maleducao # Cimarrón # Una Volada # Sirena # La flor del desierto # Cualquiera puede bailar # Tráiganme la medicina *

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Chilean musical groups Chilean cumbia