Saturday, January 11, 7:30 PM (7 door)): Llorona, Ranchera Music with an Americana Twist, Music for all Souls

Tickets $20 Now on Sale; drop by the store or call 541-345-8986 too reserve, or click on this link to go to our web store.

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“With a combined musical experience of 100+ years, the four members of Llorona have been playing the Eugene music scene in notable bands such as Son Melao, Mood Area 52, Malanga, Wellsville, Los Helados, The Long Hello, Eleven Eyes, Banter Waves, Reeble Jar, Everyone Orchestra, Fast Gravel, Strum Theory...  They combine their talents to bring you ghost stories, tales of love and loss, truths and dreams at the crossroads of traditional Mexican and contemporary styles.  It’s a beautiful and haunting experience of an enigmatic category that might best be called ghost folk.

Over acoustic arrangements and behind Bonaventure’s lusty alto singing voice — one of Eugene’s finest — Llorona puts a modern, Americana twist on traditional ranchera music. Ranchera is a style often described as a little like Mexican country music: Think mourning lost love and drinking wine in a dimly lit bar.” William Kennedy, Eugene Weekly, March 2018

“Marietta Bonaventure sings beautifully and hauntingly, like a ghost in mourning.

This is apt, as she’s the frontwoman for Eugene band Llorona (pronounced yoh-rona), named after the La Llorona of Latin American folklore. The story typically goes that La ­Llorona, “the weeping woman,” is doomed to walk the Earth searching for the children she accidentally killed before taking her own life.

“For me, I’ve always been drawn to the folklore of Mexico,” says Bonaventure, who comes from Mexican and Italian heritage. “Mexican culture is full of these really intense, really scary stories.”

Llorona also consists of Ricardo Llamas , Tim McGLaughlin and Jeff Hurt

http://lloronamusic.org