Jarana Beat

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Led by composer/producer Sinuhé Padilla-Isunza, Jarana Beat is a New York-based world music band, which since 2007 has aimed to share the unknown sounds of Mexico. With an exciting interpretation of traditional music and a blend of folkloric Mexican Afro music with contemporary ideas, Jarana Beat has created an authentic sound. The music is conscious, all original and deeply rooted; a combination of where Mexico’s Afro-Amerindian music came from and where it stands today.

Having formed in Argentina and debuted as part of NYU’s 2007 Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics Encuentro, the band features a wide variety of traditional instruments, such as jaranas, leona, ayoyote shells and donkey jawbones. In addition, they feature two dancers, traditionally dressed, that interweave percussive footwork into the rhythms, creating dynamic performances in which, they promise, the public cannot resist dancing.