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Live Music w Marilyn Castillo at Equinox Art Exhibition Newark NJ

Equinox Art Exhibition Maria Estrela and Christine Keeler w Live Music by Marilyn Castillo and Nedelka Sotelo at Jewish Museum in Newark NJ

Live music by Gregory Burrus Productions
Live music by Gregory Burrus Productions (Gregory Burrus)


Opening Reception Equinox: Birth & Rebirth of a Woman was a wonderful event that we were fortunate to be selected to make some beautiful music during the exhibition opening thru April 4th, 2022.

WHM2022 Art Exhibition featuring the Latin Jazzy Sounds of Marilyn Castillo

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Equinox, the Exhibit

Through an exciting collaboration between photographer/artist Christine Keeley and collage/mixed media artist Maria Estrela, the idea of Equinox: The Birth and Rebirth of a Woman, a celebration of Women’s International History Month, was born. The exhibition will be on view at The Jewish Museum of New Jersey in Newark, New Jersey from March 6th to April 3rd.

Interview with Artist Maria Estrela – Christine Feeley

https://vimeo.com/686977717
Take a listen. We caught up with Maria Estrella and Christine Keeley to understand the exhibition and more importantly the connection between the artist and their work.

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"Marilyn is a rising Latin Diva with a soulful voice"

- Ilana Martin, Vocal Workout

Marilyn Castillo is an independent Chicana singer-songwriter who comes from a long lineage of musicians and troubadours who passed on the passion for fine, bold and moving music that make both her singing and songwriting exotic and glamorous.

She is currently co-producing her first solo album “Chicana en Nueva York” with themes of her authorship, her first single “Todavia” granting her the Latin Artist Revelation of Premios Latinos Fama in 2019. In 2020 she released her second single "Noche de Marzo".
Born and raised in El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, México her love for these borderlands and in order to take her music career to another level Marilyn moved to New York in 2014 and has lived there ever since. She has shared the stage with Bobby Cruz, Richie Ray, Arturo Ortíz, and Latin Grammy winners Samuel Torres Flor de Toloache among others. In 2018 she became the female lead singer of Calpulli Mexican Dance Company. She is also the lead singer of Mexican Latin Alternative band Adderesound.
https://www.marilyncastillo.com/

Nedelka Sotelo is a performer/teaching artist born and raised in Mexico City. Currently living in New York acting with different theater companies (Teatro SEA, Mexico Beyond Mariachi, etc) and singing with her Mexican Reggae Band "Nedelka & Latin Roots"

https://www.facebook.com/NedelkaSoteloArtist/

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