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Photo by Lisa Kereszi

LAS RUBIAS DEL NORTE play boleros, cha cha cha, cumbias, huaynos, lieder, and cowboy songs. Fronted by classically trained singers Allyssa Lamb and Emily Hurst, the band mixes musicians from the US, France and Colombia who all look back to the latin motherland most of them never had.

Las Rubias Del Norte are fronted by Soprano Allyssa Lamb, who hails from the pampas of Minnesota, and native Brooklynite Mezzo-Soprano Emily Hurst – two veterans of the NY Choral Society. In addition, the band featuresTaylor B. Chrisman on Bass, Olivier Conan on Venezuelan Cuatro and vocals, timothy Quigley on percussion, Greg Stare on percussion and Giancarlo Vulcano on guitar.

WHAT THE PRESS SAYS:

"... elegant, finely wrought Latin-influenced songs." "Las Rubias del Norte compress big-band compositions into sparkling gems." The New Yorker.

"A pair of angelic voices pushes this elegant, Latin-flavored band's swoon rating into the stratosphere." Time Out New York

"Before you say rumba wasn't meant to be this civilized, study danzón ("Perfidia," "Amorosa Guajiro") "Sounds surpassingly pretty." (Robert Christgau)
PANAMERICANA: draws its inspiration from all across the Americas, and plays like a dreamy soundtrack where cha-cha and boleros mix with classical harmonies and cowboy music. The result is a collection of 13 songs, each of which a "sparkling gem” (The New Yorker.) Click here for more information. panamericana
   
Rhumba Internationale: On their debut eight track CD, las Rubias look back to the Latin motherland most of them never had. They mix boleros, cha cha cha’s and Guajiras as well as a selection from the Mozart requiem – making it all sound like it belongs on Cuban radio. Click here for more information. rhumba