In the Sierra Madre of Oaxaca, a gozona is a four-day combination serenade and battle of the bands. As our friend Inocencio Mena says, 'You play until your teeth are loose and then rest for a week.'
We are La Banda Gozona, a group of Seattle musicians who play the traditional music of Oaxaca, Mexico. Through this music we enable cultural exchange and provoke dancing.
2008-03-05
Honk Fest, a critical mass of street bands forming in Seattle on March 21-23 is just around the corner. Come dance in the streets with LBG and a million other bands!
2007-09-20
Oaxacan sheet music order form is now up!
2007-08-15
mp3s of the entire LBG CD are now online!
2007-07-22
Content added about LBG's involvement with music education through the Bilingual Orientation Center.
2007-05-20
Everyone's getting ready to play Folklife. We've got a bigger event than ever, come see it all on Sunday May 27 2007 at the Seattle Center. Free!
2007-05-02
The Seattle Channel's show Community Stories did a piece on La Banda last fall, and were nice enough to let us post the video up here ( 13m30s small (18MB) | large (84MB) | youtube ).