Las Acevedo

Las Acevedo was a Caribbean folk band, part of the revival of activism in Dominican Republic from 2010 in topics of African offspring in the Caribbean.[1] The duo is composed by Anabel and Cristabel Acevedo, twin sisters born January 23, 1991, in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic.

The band reached popularity with their single "Chaka Chaka" in 2010 after the release of the EP "The Weather Smells Like Oranges". An Afro-naïve 5 tracks Folk EP produced in spanglish, which was featured as the Caribbean reference for the so-called "New Weird Latin-American Music" wave, due to the unique combination of minimalistic arrangements of ukulele, bongo, tambourine and asymmetric vocals.[2]

Labeled as Picnic-Pop,[3] the band were featured by Club Fonograma, and toured Europe,[4] The Caribbean, South and North America. Reaching their highest momentum at the VIVA LA CANCION festival, in Madrid 2011, which followed by a significant decline in popularity with the tribute compilation "La Chamana" for Chavela Vargas.[5]

References
  1. http://jenesaispop.com/2011/05/25/74089/viva-la-cancion-un-festival-especial/
  2. http://www.clubfonograma.com/2010/06/featured-las-acevedo-chaka-chaka.html
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-08-30. Retrieved 2014-01-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. http://www.elmundo.es/especiales/aqui_te_pillo/109_las_acevedo.html
  5. http://puertoricoindie.com/2012/09/05/la-chamana-un-tributo-a-chavela-vargas/
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