Río Babel will celebrate its eighth edition on July 4 and 5, moving to Rivas Vaciamadrid for the first time. The Madrid festival presents an interesting and eclectic poster – we remember that they were pioneers in inviting Bad Bunny – formed by names of different genres and epochs: Kase.O, Estopa, Madness, Cypress Hill, Lia Kali and Yerai Cortés are some of the most prominent.
Jnesaispop, an official medium of the event, has prepared a list with the 10 essential artists offered by this new installment of Río Babel. The schedules and all the details about the snacks to Rivas are now available.
MADNESS
With its unmistakable style based on the ska and the 2 tone and letters full of ingenuity and humor, Madness promise to be a party in Río Babel. The British band has active since its foundation in 1976, turning and throwing discs continuously. The most recent of these was in 2023. Live, we can expect a hilarious mixture of theatricality and striking choreographies, as well as songs like ‘Our House’, capable of joining generations.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwie_sjkeay
Kase.O
Javier Ibarra ends his break in Río Babel and will present a repertoire reviewing his 30 years of experience as one of the hip hop referents in Spanish, sometimes with a touch of jazz. Thus, Kase.O will celebrate the greatest hits of his career, from his prolific stage as part of rapists of the verse to his solo success thanks to albums as acclaimed as ‘The Circle’, which became certified as a golden album and nominated for a Latin Grammy.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VBZMPRTT5M
Tow
The Muñoz brothers are one of the most iconic and beloved duos of Spanish music. The awards for best pop album (‘Stole’) and best tour (for their 25th anniversary) at the Gala of the Academy of Music of Spain and in Río Babel promise to give away one of the most massive concerts. It will be difficult to find someone who is not singing in full hymns such as ‘like shrimp’ or ‘for the slit of your skirt’.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubfdsydkpou
Cypress Hill
The influential B-Real group, Sen Dog and DJ Muggs perfectly combines the main ambitions of Río Babel, gathering Latin roots with hip hop. Born in Los Angeles in 1991, Cypress Hill became one of the most successful formations of the American rap panorama, debuting in the number 1 of the Billboard 200 with ‘Black Sunday’ (1993), his second album, and with such timeless successes as ‘hits from the bong’ or ‘insane in the brain’.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rijb8wnjcn0
Lia Kali
Since before his unique voice appeared in ‘Life without you’, one of the greatest successes of the last Recs B album, Lia Kali’s career had already emerged in the viral lists. The Barcelona artist has spent the last two years revolving around the world with the songs of her debut album, ‘Against all prognosis’, and it has not taken anything to give away another felt collection of songs with the release of her second album, ‘Kaelis’.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFG2Crau3zs
Baby
There is much talk about Rihanna, but since the same year that ‘anti’ we have no baby album. It was also in 2016 when ‘Skin change’ was published. In this case, the artist is recalling the 20th anniversary of her debut ‘Pafuera Telarañas’, which sold more than half a million copies in Spain, including wonders like ‘She’; ‘Bad’, about gender violence; Or the beautiful ‘will always remain’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsjagjbmvwa
Yerai Cortés
Yerai Cortés guitar has managed to conquer lovers and curious of flamenco equally. So much, that she was immortalized by C. Tangana in the documentary ‘The Flemish guitar of Yerai Cortés’, which also gives its name to her debut album. In Río Babel, the Alicante will be accompanied by a six palm tree that will surely be able to calm the murmurs of an entire festival, continuing with the ‘Choral Guitar’ tour.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewo0p-_odhw
Queralt Lahoz
The artist born in Santa Coloma de Gramanet and Granada origins is an expert in transferring the feeling of tradition to the sounds of the new generations. In their music, genres such as soul, hip hop and dancehall converge, all under the umbrella of the couplets and the typical boleros of their land of origin. In the solid ‘9:30 PM’, Lahoz shows that he has one of the most versatile repertoires of the panorama, as explosive as sensitive.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsi_lsdibf0
Rawayana
From Venezuela, Rawayana are known for offering a show full of energy and focused on fusing the Caribbean rhythms with Funk, Reggae, Soul, House, Rock … the great creativity of the group shines in its last two albums: ‘Who brings the bugs?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a42lmlkituc
Guadiana Sanguijuelas
Carlos, Juan and Victor raised listening to “Extremoduro, Triana, Estopa and Nirvana” and have decided to join those styles with Spanish synthesizers and folk. From Extremadura, Sanguijuelas del Guadiana have just launched ‘Revolá’, their debut album, and are prepared for their first time in Río Babel, which also bets on small groups. If they have an eagerness for experimentation like this, with more reason.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyou-xsls1o
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