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Last Updated: 12/28/2009

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City: Oakland
State: California
Country: US
Signup Date: 9/12/2005
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 
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 San Francisco Chronicle (96hrs Entertainment Section)-

 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
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