Chico Trujillo

Posted on Thursday, May 27

Definitely not your parents´ cumbia! Chico Trujillo´s Chico de Oro
Chico de Oro Reviewed by Catalina Maria Johnson, Ph.D

Chico Trujillo is one of the liveliest concert experience today in Chile. Their Cumbia Chilombiana sounds are a mix of old school cumbia with the energy of youths, carrying the traditional Cumbia and taking it to a higher level; in performance and interactivity with their audience.

They have been touring the world and are gaining much respect by music producers, elder cumbiancheros and multi-ethnic audiences. The 9 piece band, Chico Trujillo will be visting Chicago performing at the intimate Wicker Well in Wicker Park. Be ready to dance all night. When punk-rockers go beyong those famous three chords, sometimes good things happen…. really good things. Case in point: Chile’s hottest band, Chico Trujillo. And who would have thought that punk band would become a “cumbia” band, one that has reinvigorated the genre and introduced it to a whole new generation of fans.

Born as a “side-project” from the legendary punk-ska band La Floripondio, Chico Trujillo has quickly vaulted in popularity to become the most talked about band in the southern cone, taking over stages across the country and around the world. And it’s all due to their live shows–in which they use all the energy and chaos of their punk predecessors, mixed with more tropical and Latin sounds from Chile and beyond–that keeps fans young and old dancing from the first horn solo to the third encore…

Cumbia Chilombiana
CHICO TRUJILLO Directly from Chile
Cumbia/Ska/Punk/Rock

+ Special Guests

Tuesday, June 8th 2010
Doors 8pm • Show 9pm

Wicker Well
• 1637 W. North Ave.

Donation: $5