La Santa Cecilia is a Mexican-American band based in Los Angeles, California who play a blend of many forms of music, including cumbia, bossa nova, and boleros. The name La Santa Cecilia is based upon the patron saint of musicians, Saint Cecilia. For their full-length studio album, Treinta Días, the group won a Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album in 2014. They were nominated in the same category for their album Buenaventura (Universal Music) in 2017 and for Y Vivir (Universal Music) in 2018. With 6 albums under their belt, La Santa Cecilia are currently at work on their 7th album, to be released this summer (2019). La Santa Cecilia have performed at just about every type of venue from rock clubs to festivals in the US and Mexico, including Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Hollywood Bowl in LA.
La Santa Cecilia’s influence ranges from cumbia, Afro-Cuban, bossa nova, folk,mariachi, rock, blues,bolero, rancheras, norteño and jazz. Influential artists include Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Miles Davis, Mercedes Sosa, and Ramon Ayala.. Their unique sounds and the experience of their colorful, passionate performances captivate both loyal fans and new listeners.
The members of the band include:
Additional Members:
The group's first video was for "La Negra". The band released a video for "Ice El Hielo," in collaboration with filmmaker Alex Rivera and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network. It "portrays the problem of illegal immigration from the perspective of undocumented immigrants."
La Santa Cecilia, in collaboration with the Nature Conservancy, urge their fans to conserve water and other natural resources in a video that is part of the Conservancy's All Hands On Earth campaign.
Their music has been used in television and movies, such as on the Weeds television program and TV series The Bridge (1-8).
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