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Tonolec (The Kennedy Center)

Tonolec

Singer Charo Bogarín and instrumentalist Diego Pérez combine electronic music and the ethnic music of their native Chaco Province, Argentina. After significant success in Argentina and Spain, including winning an MTV competition, these young artists dedicated the last three years to researching Toba culture and exchanging musical experiences with indigenous communities in northeastern Argentina. Their purpose was to enrich their music by focusing on their own social and cultural roots. Tonolec blends electronica with the Toba music and rhyme they learned from the elders of the communities they visited. Their work with indigenous communities gave birth to their name (“tonolec” is the name of a local bird) and to the sound of their music: a powerful feminine voice in dialogue with nature and electronics.

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Tonolec 8/23/08: Tonolec

Musicians Charo Bogarín and Diego Pérez perform in Spanish and traditional Toba chants, combining instruments and electronica. Presented in cooperation with the National Museum of the American Indian.

Tonolec

Musicians Charo Bogarín and Diego Pérez perform in Spanish and traditional Toba chants, combining instruments and electronica. Presented in cooperation with the National Museum of the American Indian.

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