Rana Santacruz Performs at the Jewish Museum, 7/22

Singer/songwriter and accordionist Rana Santacruz and his band will bring his modern Mexican folk music to The Jewish Museum on Thursday evening, July 22. This concert is part of the popular SummerNights series, presenting live world music. Appearing with Santacruz will be violinist Kari Behtke, saxophonist Alejandro Berti, banjo player Hilary Hawke, guitarist Rene Hubard, trumpeter Andrew Oom, bassist John Sutton and percussionist Anthony Vanacore. The performance begins at 7:30 pm. The Jewish Museum is located at Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, Manhattan.

Influenced by the golden age of Mexican cinema; musicians like Tom Waits, the Smiths, and the Pogues; and American bluegrass, Rana Santacruz has won over audiences of all stripes at venues like Austin's South by Southwest, and NY's Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival. Performing in Spanish, Santacruz's music is seamlessly cross-cultural, "a hybrid in the best sense, cohesive and all-embracing - a marriage of the USA's and Mexico's musical traditions with healthy injections of contemporary songwriting," said The Huffington Post. WFMU said, "...a wildly eclectic gamut from rancheras to rock, bluegrass to mariachi, nueva cancion to Irish music."

Tickets are $15 for the general public; $12 for students and seniors; and $10 for Jewish Museum members. For further information regarding programs at The Jewish Museum, the public may call 212.423.3337 or visit www.thejewishmuseum.org.

Santacruz is a native of Mexico City, and was a member of the rock en español band, La Catrina, during the 1990s. In 2002, setting his sights beyond the Mexican pop scene, Santacruz made the move from Mexico City to Brooklyn. Santacruz's debut album, Chicavasco, the product of a vibrant musical vision shaped by growing up in Mexico City and coming of age in a musical world informed by MTV, was released in March 2010.

The 2010 SummerNights concert series has been funded by a generous endowment from the William Petschek Family.

Public Programs at The Jewish Museum are supported, in part, by public funds from by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.

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