Thanks to all for coming and turning the Great American Music Hall into another hoppin' party.  Once again the Great American Music Hall was sold out!  It was an unbelievable night filled with incredible music and beautiful energy.  Special thanks to Beats Antique and Gamelan X!

Thanks again to all our fans for supporting us and local music.....

LoVe LoCura

SF Weekly
Around the World in One Night
LoCura’s Spanish moniker can be interpreted as bot...
LoCura’s Spanish moniker can be interpreted as both “the cure” and “insanity.” The band’s message? Mad revelry is the one true panacea in a wild ’n’ wacky world. Celebrating its ethos through multicultural song and dance, the five-piece Bay Area ensemble crafts an organic fusion of south-of-the-border pop melodies, hot Flamenco and Rumba rhythms, Cali-baked Rasta grooves, and a spectacular performance style. Last year’s debut, Animas, brims with positive vibrations. LoCura puts its ideas into action this week, combining its unique Latin sensibility with the sounds of Bali and the Middle East via must-see openers Gamelan X and Beats Antique on Friday, Jan. 9, at Great American Music Hall.
Written by Sam Prestianni

Bay Area Bandwidth
San Francisco Chronicle (96hrs Entertainment Section)-

If you're looking for a crazy but cool evening of ...
If you're looking for a crazy but cool evening of Cajón-banging music,an evening with this East Bay Latin folk/reggae group is exactly what the doctor has ordered. " 'Locura' as one word means 'madness' and 'locura' as two words means 'it cures it,' " writes singer Kata Miletich of its doctoral thesis on music in an e-mail. "We write our name as one word with a capital C to play on its double meaning and to evoke an idea of a cure being found within the madness." The earliest incarnation of LoCura dates to the late '90s, when Miletich and Flamenco guitarist Bob Sanders began writing songs together. While riding his bike around Berkeley in February 2004, Sanders spotted Cajón player Rachael Bouch loading an Afro-Peruvian drum into a van. He stopped. They talked and soon discovered they were equally crazy for the same kind of music. In the summer of 2006, the three headed to Granada, Spain, to hone their musical craft. "It was a crazy and beautiful summer, filled with Rumba Flamenca sessions," Bouch writes."The streets of Granada are alive until the wee hours of the morning,and we were swept up into the rhythm of this life." With bassist Joaquin Zamudio and Flamenco dancer Stephanie Narvaez on board, LoCura plans to do the same thing Friday at the Great American Music Hall.

Lineup: Kata Miletich, vocals; Rachael Bouch, cajón, drums; Bob Sanders,Flamenco guitar; Joaquin Zamudio, bass; Stephanie Narvaez, flamenco dancing; Ryan Chesire, percussion; Timothy Snider, violin.

1. LoCura's music should be filed between:

ManuChao and Ojos de Brujo. We reach toward Manu for more of our reggae and ska feel, and to Ojos for the flamenco and compositional influences.  Add in some San Francisco spice = LoCura!

2. The soundtrack to what movie would LoCura's music best match?

A movie in the vein of "L'Auberge Espagnole," written and directed by Cédric Klapisch. (In this film) the "la locura" of Barcelona gives the main character new experiences and a new lens for life that allows himto come into his own and break away from his family's expectations of returning to a corporate job in Paris. Those themes about love andliving with passion, following your heart, all run through our music.

3. If LoCura could collaborate on a song with any person, living or dead, who would that be?

Lila Downs, because we love how she mixes so many genres and collaborates with so many diverse artists, and because of her lyrical storytelling.

4.If your junior high school invited LoCura to perform any cover song atthe next talent show, what song would you choose and why?

"SweetDreams" by the Eurythmics. It's a timeless song that stuck. It has acaptivating melody and appealed to all age groups - not just middleschool kids! Everyone was into that song.

5. What is the meaning of life?

Just living it! Is that too simple?

Written by Delfin Vigil

LoCura did a live performance and interview in the KPFA sound studio with Music of the World DJ Stephen Kent.  Gracias a Stephen por invitarnos!  Aqui es the address to the show if you would like to listen:

http://kpfa.org/archive/id/47364

or just go the kpfa.org then to archives

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Review of LoCura's debut album 'Animas'

Kata Miletich "...is seductively comfortable in the rich depths of her contralto vocal range. But without the constraints of a strict pop format, her Oakland group patiently lays down its cards as each song unfolds. On "El Campo", guitarist Bob Sanders plants a burning, syncopated guitar hook squarley in the pocket, sending wisps of flamenco-tinged ornamentation curling into the air. LoCura brings the payoff with rippling gypsy-influenced vocals and a groovy bassline. Superbly crafted and confidently grounded, Animas serves up a blend of beats and influences with unusual tastiness."

~Dina Maccabee, SF Bay Guardian

Just in case you haven’t heard the news...
LoCura *SOLD OUT* the Great American Music Hall for our CD release party!!!!!!
It was an unbelievable night filled with incredible music and beautiful energy.
THANK YOU SO MUCH to all who shared in making the night fabulous!

So many wonderful people came out and showed their love and support- 655, to be exact! It was such a hit that they had to turn people away at the door- sorry if you were in the bunch that couldn’t get in : (
Please try again in the future- we’d LOVE to see you.

LOVE to all...

besos,
~LoCura

For booking, or any other questions/comments, you can contact LoCura directly, by emailing us. locuramusica@gmail.com

We now have a Google Group, to manage our mailing list. That means that you can add your name and email to our list (all by yourself) by going to http://groups-beta.google.com/group/locura-musica, open an account there, and click "join this group".

...Or you can simply send us email at locuramusica@gmail.com, requesting that you be added to our mailing list!