San Francisco: Diana Gameros at this weekend's Bicycle Music Festival
This Saturday in San Francisco, the largest bicycle-powered music festival in the world takes place in Golden Gate Park's Speedway Meadow and throughout the city. Bike powered? Think Gilligan's Island. In Golden Gate Park, more than a dozen bands will play through a 2000 watt pedal-powered audio system and a variety of crazy party caravans will travel through the streets during the day and night. All of the infrastructure for the event is haulable via bicycle and no cars or trucks will be involved in staging the festival. My family will be attending, and we're especially excited to see our favorite San Francisco singer/songwriter Diana Gameros. We first heard Diana perform solo at Roosevelt Tamale Parlor, a very old and excellent tiny restaurant in San Francisco's Mission District. At Roosevelt's, Diana mostly performs traditional Latin music but in her own modern, soulful, and passionate style. Diana's original music is enchanting indie pop infused with her strong Latin heritage. Check out Diana and her band at noon on Saturday or on her MySpace page. Diana's tune "Para Papa," listenable in her MySpace player, is one of my favorites.
Diana Gameros (MySpace)
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given that much of the energy driving those pedals was grown with an equal or larger amount of energy in terms of fossil-fuel-derived inputs (think refined fertilizers, pesticides, transportation, tillage, etc.), this is not exactly sustainable energy generation either. if any of those pedaling are not strictly vegan, the sustainability is even worse. it's a neat idea, but it would be more ecological to plug into the grid.
Never heard of her, Good music, she is like a ray of light in the sea of darkness, that bad quality music have us, thats why I listen mainly old music from the 60s and 70s.
I understand perfectly what she is singing, because spanish is my native language, good lyrics.
Congratulations Diana
Felicidades y éxitos para Diana.
Now I remember where I have listened to something similar, in the music of Katie Melua.
People who drive their cars to the park eat food too.
I also first heard Diana perform solo at the Roosevelt Tamale Parlor (on 24th @ york), and was mesmerized by her voice, her lyrics, her energy, and beauty. So glad to see her get a boing!
her music sounds amazing...I really like her and more so because spanish is my first language... Amazing opportunity of listening to good music!!
Wonderful music
ha ha, viktorvodka prelapsarian sarcasm FTW.
how do you buy her music!? I love it!
Well, Julieta Venegas also sings in a similar style.
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