Continuing The Group’s Support For Students Fighting For Affordable Higher Education, Calle 13 Premiered The Special Short Film Today During A Meeting With University Students in Mexico
Extending the Journey First Seen In The Duo’s Heralded Documentary “Sin Mapa”, “Latinoamérica” Finds Calle 13 Capturing The Faces And Inner Soul of a Hemisphere.
“Latinoamérica is the most important song we have done, documenting what we were, what we are and what it means to be Latin American. I think that strengthens our identity and helps us to remember and never forget.”
– Rene “Residente” Perez
Entren Los Que Quieran” overflows with messages about rich and poor, struggle and rebellion… The music, as on each of Calle 13’s previous albums, keeps expanding.. Calle 13 calls for solidarity across the Americas in “Latinoamérica,” which features three tradition-stretching guest singers — Susana Baca from Peru, Totó la Momposina from Colombia and Maria Rita from Brazil — over a hybrid Andean rhythm, with Mr. Pérez rapping, “I am Latin America, a land with no legs that still walks.” – NEW YORK TIMES
Watch The New Video For “Latinoamérica” Here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkFJE8ZdeG8
Already The Winners of Two GRAMMY and TEN LATIN GRAMMY Awards, Last Week Saw Calle 13 Shatter The Record For Most LATIN GRAMMY Nominations In A Year. The Musically Innovative And Lyrically Outspoken Puerto Rican Duo Received TEN Nominations For Their Latest Album “Entren Los Que Quieran” (Everybody is Welcome) – Including ALBUM OF THE YEAR And Both SONG OF THE YEAR & RECORD OF THE YEAR Selections For Their Epic New Single “Latinoamérica”
“Calle 13’s album is just fantastic. Their lyrics are intelligent, the music they hook with is really awesome and they have so much passion. One of the things we love about Calle 13 is they work a lot with legendary artists such as Totó la Momposina…”Latinoamérica” is a beautiful ode to Latin America. They are talking about who they are.. ‘I am the backbone of Latin America.. I am the face of somebody that has disappeared.’ They go through every Latin experience, and have put it in a poem .. with a lot of history woven throughout”
– NPR, reporting on this year’s LATIN GRAMMY nominations
CALLE 13’s TEN LATIN GRAMMY NOMINATIONS
Album Of The Year
Record Of The Year – “Latinoamérica”
Song Of The Year – “Latinoamérica”
Best Urban Music Album
Best Urban Song – “Baile De Los Pobres”
Best Alternative Song – “Calma Pueblo”
Best Tropical Song – “Vamo’ A Portarnos Mal”
Best Short Form Music Video – “Calma Pueblo”
Producer Of The Year
…and Another Album Of The Year nomination as producers, for Shakira’s Sale El Sol
See Calle 13 Live At These Upcoming Concert Dates In The United States
Saturday, October 15 – Miami, FL – The Plaza At American Airlines Arena
Sunday, October 16 – New York, NY – Best Buy Theater
Thursday, October 20 – Anaheim, CA – House of Blues
Friday, October 21 – San Diego, CA – 4th & B
Saturday, October 22 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
Sunday, October 23 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues
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