Easy to fall in love with, hard not to dance to, and plain difficult to describe, Antioquia is gaining momentum across the nation with a string of tour dates stopping for the day at Sully's Pub on Saturday September 1st.
Sully's Pub
2071 Park StreetHartford, CT 06106
Antioquia, a quintet from Oakland, California consisting of four men and a lady, makes music that inspires raucous dancing and deep listening. Antioquia's shows are high energy, captivating and anything but predictable. Peppered with fits of improvisation, bouts of silliness and fiery percussion pieces performed amidst the crowd, the audience is brought closer to the stage and closer to each other. They are currently touring the country promoting their new album which is entitled Viajero [vee-ah-HAIR-oh] and it's accompanying music video for their song "Idaho"(http://youtu.be/3m63ILBwWvQ). Antioquia will be appearing at Sully's Pub on Saturday September 1st.
The musical atmosphere of the San Francisco Bay Area has been a perfect incubator for Antioquia's eclectic sound, but the band was hatched much further south. Guitarist Adley Penner and drummer Craig Miller discovered their musical chemistry while playing music in Ecuador, where they became enthralled with Afro-Columbian folklore music. In 2006, after two years of performing, a Craigslist ad delivered bassist Paul "Fresh" Martin. Rachel Antony-Levine on lead vocals and keys and Tomas Salcedo on guitar, complete the equation.
Antioquia's third, and newest, album, Viajero, is a collection of tunes that examines their opposing desires of life in the city and escape from society. This theme is a continuation from previous albums. Their debut, Gringolandia, probed the power structure for weak spots and was described as "a wild ride through the center of the Earth and into the depths of the soul"(Brian Echon, West Coast Performer). Antioquia's sophomore release, entitled My Piano Ate the Front Page of the San Francisco Chronicle, showed a band howling for the awakening of human consciousness in spite of the occasionally dubious influence of the mass media.
Since their formation in 2004, Antioquia has toured extensively throughout the U.S. quickly becoming a festival favorite. They have appeared at Floydfest, Groovefest, Lovefest and several other established festivals. Their highly anticipated third studio album was released this May.
