Music
Latin Sounds: Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loco
- Date:
- Time: 5 PM – 6 PM
- Location: Hancock Park
- Price: Free
Spend your Saturday evenings with world-renowned artists performing everything from Indigenous music to the latest sounds from Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, and Los Angeles! These free concerts are presented Saturday evenings from Memorial Day weekend in May to Labor Day weekend in September. This week, join us for a concert with Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loco.
Vocalist and bandleader Ricardo Lemvo founded Makina Loco in 1990 and has established himself as a pioneer with his innovative music. Lemvo's blend of Afro-Cuban rhythms with pan-African styles (soukous, Angolan semba, and kizomba) has been described by the Los Angeles Times as “seamless and infectious.” Lemvo grew up in Congo-Kinshasa where he was introduced to Cuban music by a cousin who owned a large collection of vintage Cuban LPs. Lemvo is the embodiment of the Afro-Latin diaspora, which connects back to Mother Africa via the Cuban clave rhythm.
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Image Credit: Juan Karlos Jimenez
Promotional support for Latin Sounds is provided by media sponsor KJAZZ 88.1.
All education and outreach programs organized by LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Education Fund.
Major support is provided ![]()
Generous additional support is provided by the Judy and Bernard Briskin Family Foundation, Capital Group, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Endowment Fund for Arts Education, Alfred E. Mann Charities, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, Gloria Ricci Lothrop, Flora L. Thornton Foundation, U.S. Bank, and The Yabuki Family Foundation.