Radio La Chusma

RADIO LA CHUSMA Biography Radio la Chusma and their border-world-beat sound are quickly becoming a cultural phenomenon in the American Southwest. A funky mix of traditional roots reggae infused with Mesoamerican Afro-beats, this high energy group seamlessly breaks down cultural, artistic and even political barriers using highly danceable music tied to their borderland as melting-pot mantra. Featuring four-part vocal harmonies and electrifying vocal, violin and guitar solos, Radio La Chusma has been inspiring crowds for the past eight years. Radio La Chusma is currently performing over one hundred shows a year and has strong followings in El Paso, Juarez, San Diego, Santa Fe, Taos, San Antonio, Corpus Christi and Austin. Currently, the band is in the studio working on their new full-length album and a soundtrack for a movie based on the border. <br><br> Latest Highlights:<br> 2008 - a record breaking crowd of more than 13,000 people at the Chamizal International Memorial Park in El Paso, TX. - Headliner for KLAQ El Paso Downtown Street Fest. Latin Stage - RLC’s song “Adelante” is chosen to represent El Paso (first time a song with spanish lyrics is used to represent a U.S. city) - URB Magazine Dec. '08 representing El Paso - 2009- SXSW '09 World Music Stage featured Artist - KTAO Solstice Festival featured artist - 16th Annual Austin Reggae Festival featured Artist - Headliner for KLAQ El Paso Downtown Street Fest. Latin Stage - 8/26 House of Blues Anaheim, CA opener for Steel Pulse - Headliner for El Barrio Massive en el Mero Hueso Arts and Music Festival San Antonio, TX. By CALO Voted Best Local Band, El Paso Inside & Out Magazine 2007/2008/2009 & Best Band – What’s Up Magazine 2009 RLC has played with The Doobie Brothers, WAR, Steel Pulse, The Itals, The Wailing Souls, Jaguares, El Gran Silencio, Maldita Vecindad, Little Joe y La Familia, Pato Banton, and Slightly Stoopid, to name a few. Instrumentation: Ernesto Tinajero – vocals/ rhythm guitar/ songs Selina Nevarez - vocals/ percussion David Angerstein – electric violin/ vocals Raul “Scoop” Valdez – lead guitar/ vocals Scott Marestein _ drums/ vocals Charles Villanueva – bass/ vocals “We could only happen in El Paso, in the cultural richness of our border. The border is collaborative, full of creation. When two huge forces like our two nations meet, great energies are unleashed. Something beautiful erupts.” Ernesto Tinajero RADIO LA CHUSMA Recordings: 2009 Rasta Mexica EP 2008 RLC LIVE@Two Ton Creativity with Community Scholars 2007 91.5 MexM 2007 Two Moons Rising (Promo CD for Dos Lunas Tequila) 2002 Sonido de la Gente (Sound of the People) Compilations/video: 2009 Border Legends Video 2008 El Paso Brand Video 2007 “Cruisin” Music Video 2007 Reggaenomics 101 (Feeling) 2005 Broken Bonez Compilation 1 “Egun”, “Morning Prayer” 2005 Blood Sweat & Gears (motorcross video)”Thoughts of You” Radio/ TV: Various appearances on KDBC, KVIA, KFOX and KTSM Regular visitors on 95.5 KLAQ Morning Show with Buzz Adam Regular visitors on 92.3 the Fox with Victor Cruz Regular rotation on 98.1KBAC Radio Free Santa Fe 2009 Rudolph Chevy/Honda “The Way We Live” Radio and TV 2009 KLAQ traffic report theme song “Cruisin’” 2008 El Paso Brand Video “Adelante” 2008 Great Day SA (San Antonio) CBS 2008 94.7 fm Hero Radio, El Paso,TX, live interview and acoustic performance 2007 Senator Shapleigh Adelante Con Ganas theme song “Adelante” Radio and TV 2007 Jazz 88, San Diego interview and acoustic performance 2005 99.1 The Bandit,EL Paso,TX. featured band Rock'n'Rumble Champs 2003 94.7 fm S.D.,CA "Morning Prayer" featured in 2003 91x S.D.,CA "Morning Prayer" played live in studio Telemundo, Mex. "Remix TV" Asuntos Internos, Juarez, Mex. Ch.5 Online Facts: Radio La Chusma’s music has also been heard on online radio stations based out of Austailia, Canada, Germany and Japan; almost 100,000 song plays and over 100,000 profile views on MySpace; over 23 pages of articles, photos, and events on Google Search; and over 30 videos on Youtube. Radio La Chusma is registered with BMI Music Group. Radio La Chusma( riff-raff radio) is the sound of the underground culture, an alternative to mainstream thinking. "Chusma" a once negative term reffering to the poor by the aristocrates, made a comic punchline by 'Chavo Del Ocho", has been adopted to unite the youth who seek the truth and search for a true connection in these disconnected times. (Convicted Artists Interview) La Chusma hit its stride in the past year. The band broke an attendance record for a local act at Music Under the Stars, attracting 13,000 last year. They played South By Southwest, wowing the Austinfolk. They recorded a track with reggae legend Pato Banton. And they live the message of community found in their music. Then there's the music: life-affirming, roots-reaching, soul-igniting. Their follow-up to 2007's “91.5 MexM,” out later this year, can only take them higher. (Whats Up Magazine Best Local Original Band 2009) “Radio La Chusma rocks hard. It is a polyglot collective that plays rock reggae Afrobeat cumbia music. The members are fiercely paseño. Led by dreadlocked prophet Ernie Tinajero, they preach border love and Chuco-Rasta uplift…He dances his guitar around, high stepping like a wizardly sex tarantula.” By Luis Alberto Urrea (Playboy November 2009)