Eljuri 'BangBang' Music Video Premieres Today

Today, singer-songwriter, guitarist and 'artivist' Cecilia Villar Eljuri releases her powerful new music video, BangBang. Witnessing the chaos and brutality inflicted on global citizens motivated Eljuri to write this anti-gun violence song.

"The production is artful: lingering reverb-toned ambience behind the scratchy rhythm guitar... an upbeat reggae groove for the brassy anti-violence anthem BangBang." - Delarue, New York Music Daily

From the riots in Ferguson to the mass shootings in Paris and countless cases of police brutality, Eljuri bears witness and asks how many more souls must be offered up to this indignity. She raises her voice in protest while wielding her strongest weapon, the guitar. The lilting rhythm of reggae in BangBangmerges with bursts of ska showing off Eljuri's guitar prowess, accompanied by classic Jamaican bass and percussive styling by Tracy Wormworth and Alex Alexander.

"No matter what you listen to, it's hard not to get taken in by one of the signature tracks on 'La Lucha' called BangBang, which ends with a stark recitation of the cities recently affected by gun violence. 'It's a modern day crisis that we're going through and I just want to bring that to light,' she said. Then again, that's always been the point of Eljuri's music?-?not just to entertain, but inform." - Thomas Gerbasi, K063 Music

The creative video team of Kristian Austin and Olga Mazurkiewicz (Queen City Films / ZCollective) were tapped to direct, film and produce the performance video BangBang under the executive production of Alexandra Gatje from Manovill Records. The video stars Cecilia Villar Eljuri on vocals and guitar, Alex Alexander on drums and Johnny Pisano on bass.

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