Grenada celebrates 20 years of global music with the anniversary of Rootsound Music
Granada, March 9. The cultural promoter Rootsound Music celebrates its 20th anniversary with a special event on April 25 at the Teatro CajaGranada, consolidating the city as a meeting point for global music and new international sound fusions.
For two decades, Rootsound has worked on the dissemination of roots music, world sounds and projects that combine tradition and contemporaneity to connect artists from different countries with the Spanish public.
The event will bring together on stage artists from the Americas, Europe and North Africa, reflecting the cultural diversity that defines today’s global scene and the Rootsound agency itself. The line-up includes Natalia Doco (Argentina), Mr. ID (Morocco), Nickodemus (USA), Pahua (Mexico), Throes + The Shine (Portugal), Los 300, Cosmic Wacho, Vinila Von Bismark (DJ Set), Tony Moreno (Eskorzo) and Nestior DJ (Sonido Vegetal). .
The musical proposal will cover sound territories ranging from global electronica and Afro-Latin rhythms to Mediterranean fusions and mestizo music. It will be a day of meeting projects that dialogue between tradition and modernity.
This anniversary seeks to highlight the role of Rootsound Music and Granada within the international global music circuits and consolidates the city as a meeting place for artists, cultures and diverse audiences.
After twenty years of trajectory, Rootsound Music reaffirms its commitment to open, international programming connected to the new musical currents that are redefining the sounds of the world.
About Rootsound Music
Rootsound Music is a cultural promoter based in Granada dedicated to the dissemination of global music, roots sounds and contemporary fusion proposals.
For 20 years, it has been developing concerts, cycles and events that connect artists from different countries and musical traditions, focusing on projects that explore the dialogue between cultures and styles.
Its programming is characterized by bringing together world music, global electronica, Afro-Latin rhythms and new trends of the international scene, helping to position Granada as a meeting point for global music. Rootsound Music works or has worked with: 47Soul, A-WA, Balkan Beat Box, Banda Senderos, Che Sudaka, Eskorzo, Fémina, Francisco el hombre, Ghetto Kumbé, Kumpania Algazarra, La Chiva Gantiva, La Phaze, La Yegros, Los 300, Morgane Ji, Nestior, N.O.H.A., The Skatalites, The Souljazz Orchestra, Throes + The Shine, Manu Chao, Calle 13, Bomba Estéreo, Macaco, Vinila Von Bismark, Chambao, Ojos de Brujo, La Raíz, Elbicho, Fuel Fandango, O’funk’illo, Mártires del Compás, Los Deliqüentes, El Canijo de Jerez, Muchachito Bombo Infierno, Kiko Veneno, Mala Rodriguez, Totó La Momposina, Miguel Póveda, La Pegatina, Canteca de Macao, The Skatalites, Quantic, Protoje, Remedios Amaya, Carmen París, Tomás de Perrate, Chico Trujillo, Celso Piña, El Kanka, Aslándticos, Mario Díaz, Fyahwboy, Rapsusklei, Duo Kie, El Puchero del Hortelano, Shantel and Sargento García, among others.
For the past five years, it has also promoted the rural and feminist festival Sonraíz, which has been recognized for its work in the dissemination of contemporary roots music and for its values of sustainability and the dissemination of equality. Maracuyeah! is the record label of this organization oriented to tropical music.