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DESCRIPTION:La Peña Cultural Center will host a bi-lingual evening of "trova," songs 
 of love, the human condition and political protest, on Friday, Jan. 18. 
 Three acclaimed songwriters – MamaCoAtl, Steve Taylor-Ramírez and 
 Alfredo Gomez – will offer their latest compositions, in Spanish and 
 English, as Gomez releases his new CD, titled “¿Quién Es?” (“Who is 
 it?”).\n\nLa Peña Cultural Center is located at 3105 Shattuck Avenue, 
 Berkeley, CA  94705. The show begins at 8 p.m., and tickets are $10 in 
 advance/$12 at the door ($2 off for students and seniors). Call (510) 
 849-2568 or visit www.lapena.org for more information.  \n\nSongwriter and 
 “artivist” MamaCoAtl (pronounced “mama-koe-ah-tull”), was organizer 
 of San Francisco's successful celebration of the UN's International Day for 
 the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Held Nov. 24 and 25, the 
 observation featured music, healing ceremonies, dance, art, and 
 information, all with the blessing of a proclamation by Mayor Gavin Newsom. 
  \n\nAlthough trova is little known in the English-speaking world, the Bay 
 Area’s trova scene is active and popular among Latin music lovers, though 
 the style is not as commercially appealing as salsa, son and other types of 
 Latin music. With its acoustic style and socially aware subject matter, 
 trova has much in common with the work of Woody Guthrie and the early Bob 
 Dylan.\n\nIn this spirit, the Jan. 18 concert offers songs of love and 
 protest, from both sides of the border. Mexico-born 
 singer-songwriter-activist MamaCoAtl brings her passion for life and 
 justice as she takes us across the line, reducing walls to rubble and 
 creating new paradigms in bolero, blues and funk ranchero. Acclaimed 
 Berkeley songwriter Steve Taylor-Ramírez offers his acoustic soul, 
 neo-folk and Latin roots, with songs of love and rebellion. Classically 
 trained Mexican guitarist Alfredo Gomez brings trova to life as he sings of 
 love and its absence, sadness and joy.\n\nFor more about MamaCoAtl please 
 visit: http://www.myspace.com/mamacoatl.\nFor more about Steve 
 Taylor-Ramírez please visit: http://www.myspace.com/thestevetaylor.\nFor 
 more about Alfredo Gomez please visit: 
 http://www.myspace.com/alfredoguitarra.  \n\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/12/28/18469133.php
SUMMARY:Songs of love & protest at La Peña CD-release party
LOCATION:La Peña Cultural Center\n3105 Shattuck Avenue\nBerkeley, CA  94705
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/12/28/18469133.php
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