WMI Presents LADAMA At Littlefield In Brooklyn, 5/5

LADAMA is an ensemble of women musicians from across the Americas who, aside from performing as a touring band, strive to engage the youth in their respective communities in the process of music-making, composition and audio production through collaboration and performance workshops. The musicians are Mafer Bandola (Venezuela), Lara Klaus (Brazil), Daniela Serna (Colombia) and Sara Lucas (U.S.). With rhythm and percussion driving their original compositions that are sung in Spanish, Portuguese and English, they combine disparate, traditional roots music with pop. The result is a sonic experience that encourages the audience to view the future as a world that communicates across continents and cultures, using sound and story.

LADAMA released their self-titled debut album in the fall of 2017 on Six Degrees Records. NPR All Things Considered ran a feature story on the record, sending it straight to #1 on the iTunes Latin & Latin Alternativo Charts and turning it into the #2 "Mover & Shaker" record and the #1 Latin MP3 album on Amazon.com.

Voces de las Mujeres is World Music Institute's new series that celebrates powerful women vocalists from Spanish & Portuguese-speaking cultures.

Upcoming WMI Concerts

Counterpoint
May 11, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
Tanya Tagaq
(le) poisson rouge
$30 advance/$35 day of show | 18+

Collaborations
June 8, 2018, 8 p.m.
Pt. Krishna Bhatt & Gyan Riley
(le) poisson rouge
Seated Tickets: $25 advance/$30 day of show
Standing Room Tickets: $20 advance/$25 day of show

Collaborations
June 28, 2018, 8 p.m.
Kronos Quartet & Soo Yeon Lyuh
92Y
$25/$45/$55/$65

For the complete 2017-2018 season schedule, please visit www.worldmusicinstitute.org

WMI is committed to presenting the finest in traditional and contemporary music and dance from around the world with the goal of inspiring wonder for world cultures through music and dance. WMI aims to enrich the lives of people living in New York by promoting awareness of other cultures and their traditions. WMI collaborates with community organizations and academic institutions in fostering greater understanding and appreciation of the world's cultural traditions and presents at venues throughout the city.

Under new leadership since 2015, its 30th anniversary season, World Music Institute has introduced an ambitious expansion of concert offerings that include contemporary, experimental and avant-garde presentations, as well as the traditional music that WMI has long been known and admired for. In addition, the institution is thrilled to have launched new partnerships with BAM, 92nd Street Y, SummerStage, Merkin Concert Hall, National Sawdust, Storm King Art Center, Le Poisson Rouge, Littlefield and Drom-while continuing partnerships with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Town Hall, Symphony Space, French Institute Alliance Francaise, and Apollo Theater (the annual Africa Now festival).

WMI has presented more than 1,500 concerts and events featuring artists from more than 100 countries across all continents. Through powerful programming, WMI is creating a movement that promotes awareness and engagement of other cultures, helping to encourage deeper understanding of communities around the globe.