Las Cafeteras
“Uniquely Angeleno mishmash of punk, hip-hop, beat music, cumbia & rock.”
– LA Times
– Live and Onstage @ World Records Friday March 14, 2025

Las Cafeteras have taken the music scene by storm with their infectious live performances and have crossed many genres and borders along the way. Their electric sound & energy has taken them around the world playing shows from Bonnaroo to the Hollywood Bowl, WOMAD New Zealand to Montreal Jazz, & beyond!

Born and raised East of the Los Angeles River, Las Cafeteras are remixing roots music as modern day troubadours.  They are a sonic explosion of Afro-Mexican rhythms, electronic beats and powerful rhymes that document stories of a community seeking to ‘build a world where many world fit.’

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A Night in Nepantla

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Las Cafeteras – ‘A Night in Nepantla‘

Nepantla is often used in the writings of Gloria Anzaldua, in her book, “The Borderlands.” It is a Nahuatl word which translates to the “in-between” or “in the middle.” A term used to describe the navigation of multiple, often conflicting, cultural, and identity borders. A metaphor for the lived experiences of people who exist at the intersections of multiple cultural, ethnic, and social identities.

As part of the mythology of “Nepantla” … the JAGUAR is the animal that has the ability to travel between worlds, to Nepantla and back.

As a band, we deeply resonate with the land of ‘Nepantla’ and feel that we live in the middle of multiple worlds, sounds and identities … and this album invites others to sonically join us in our joy, grief, struggle and liberation in Nepantla.

From Afro-Mexican to Americana, from Soul to Son Jarocho, from Roots to Rock and Hip Hop, Las Cafeteras take folk music to the future.

Las Cafeteras honor the past by using electrifying traditional instrumentation like the 8 string Jarana, 4 string Requinto, Quijada (donkey jawbone) and Tarima (a wooden platform). Las Cafeteras sing in 5 distinct languages, English, Spanish, Spanglish, Love and Justice … and they believe everyone understands at least one of those languages.

They’ve performed in the good company of Mexican icons Café Tacuba, Natalia LaFourcade, Lila Downs, Gypsy Kings, Colombian superstar Juanes, Hip Hop artist Common, Los Angeles legends Ozomatli and Los Lobos, performing with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, and many more.

Las Cafeteras
– Live and Onstage
@ World Records Friday March 14, 2025! 

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