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Yuri Juarez Afroperuano Band

Afroperuano music magically evokes the sound of the wind rushing through the rarified air of the Peruvian Andes. It is also possible to feel the swishing of skirts and the infectious gaiety of dancers as the fleet fingers of Yuri Juarez glide and fly across the neck of his guitar. They tingle and crash upon strings sharing the passion of the music with a group of great musicians. Yuri is able to conjure up the air of carnival as it dances down happy streets.

Yuri has a unique vocal style of playing. He spits and rolls out his notes as if he were employing tongue and lips and palette as well as fingers and thumbs on both hands. As a happy result, his festejo and huayno skip and bustle with sun-kissed brightness and excitement. His valse glides and pirouettes with extraordinary grace. The polka swings with mad abandon and the lando might just elicit a flood of emotions as its harmony trembles with elemental sadness, sometimes.

Join Yuri and his band at The Cell and you'll hear a gorgeous mixture of African and native melody and rhythm.