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RADIOVACANA

United Nations of Latin Carribean Afro-Funk

About Me



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Radio is humankinds most accessible and public medium in the world today.As it is transmitted it becomes public, spanning city blocks, fields, oceans and continents. Its ability to reach us is only dictated how far it may travel--the strength of its signal. Radio was a powerful medium in the peoples' revolutions of Latin America, U.S., South Africa and Zimbabwe. As a band with more than 8 ethnicities, we see the fruits of positive connections and their effects.

'Vacana' is Latin American slang for something awesome, groovy and sweet.

It is the symbol of our nu-style reworking of soul musics, African, Caribbean, Latin and American.

As a practice, Radiovacana is positive contribution through creativity; connecting and exchanging energy, ideas and action. As a band, we seek to embody and carry this message to everyone willing to experience it.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/16/2006
Band Website: radiovacana.com
Band Members:
Allan Suarez - percussion, vocals
Vanessa Wilson - tenor sax
June Yates - alto sax/clarinet
Ola Abraham - congas/percussion
Stuart Driedger - bass
Jesse Dymianiw - guitar
Idris Fashan - drums
Influences: Black, brown, red, yellow and white music
Sounds Like: It's a hot pepper pot of sweet, sultry, pack-a-day vocals, punchy horns, thick and meaty bass, heavily "smoked" drums/percussion, and a light sprinkling of guitars and keyboards, all married together with a buttery balance of youthful opposition, optimism and heartfelt intention.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Last nite

Wow guys we had a blast last nite....we missed you!!!!As a lot of you might know, I am now the father of bellisima Lucinda. So Radiovacana had had a two month break from the stage and y'all reminded u...
Posted by RADIOVACANA on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 03:29:00 PST

Pascua Lama!!!

Okay,So our friend Randor (see our friends) just sent us this petition in my email. When I went to look it up online, i found out arguably the most sickening exploitation of the land and its people i...
Posted by RADIOVACANA on Thu, 18 May 2006 03:30:00 PST

What's On...

your iPod right now?Our boy Dylan Marks (see friends) makes some fat mixes, so I pilferred a couple when we had an afterparty for the band, and now they have entered the ether of hot brown-skinned art...
Posted by RADIOVACANA on Thu, 11 May 2006 01:38:00 PST

Just as you thought we couldn't get any bigger!!!

Retarded, really.We never join or perform in groups like this to make a million. I mean, the music is its own merit with its own rewards far greater than monetary gains. But on the flip side of that, ...
Posted by RADIOVACANA on Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:13:00 PST

What a show last night!

I gotta say that our show at the Myer Horowitz Theatre for U of A's International Week was one of the most memorable moments of my life. Our band lit the stage like it was all any of us were ever mean...
Posted by RADIOVACANA on Sun, 05 Feb 2006 08:36:00 PST

"renewing the defining moral commitments of this land" - Bush Speekz

Okay, Mr. President... In your beloved State of the Union address yesterday, you mentioned "the end of tyranny" with: "an American military force on the offensive in Iraq with a clear plan for v...
Posted by RADIOVACANA on Wed, 01 Feb 2006 11:55:00 PST

A Ditty to marinate in...

Song The weight of the world is love. Under the burden of solitude, under the burden of dissatisfaction the weight, the weight we carry is love. Who can deny? In dreams it touches ...
Posted by RADIOVACANA on Fri, 27 Jan 2006 12:20:00 PST

!!!! CBC Morning with Radiovacana Monday JAN 30 !!!!

So looks like we're gonna be on cbc edmonton monday morning, people. Very cool. Check out Radio One for the morning show with Ron Wilson. Khadija, Allan and myself will givin up the goods... Peacez...
Posted by RADIOVACANA on Thu, 26 Jan 2006 04:06:00 PST

It's up! It's UP!

So with the tremendous help of my man Jay in Sarasota, the radiovacana website is online. Take a look at it if you want: http://www.radiovacana.com There isn't a whole lot there right now, but i...
Posted by RADIOVACANA on Sun, 22 Jan 2006 07:57:00 PST

Alright, alright...

Yeah, we've been slow getting our asses a myspace blurb, but we DID IT. Really, we've only been playing the city since July of last year, so we're quite happy with our progress overall. Shouts out...
Posted by RADIOVACANA on Tue, 17 Jan 2006 06:04:00 PST