La Santa Cecilia

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Humberto Howard

Saint Cecilia is the patron saint of music, and La Santa Cecilia is becoming the patron saint of 21st-century Latin sounds. The L.A.-based band has performed with Stevie Wonder, Elvis Costello and members of Los Lobos, among others. They’ve even recruited their enthusiastic fan base, devoted to Santa Cecilia’s high-spirited live performances, to hand-painting CD covers at the band’s “painting parties.” The searing vocals of Marisol “La Marisoul” Hernandez, which land somewhere between Sarah Vaughn and Gwen Stefani, will be worth the price of admission alone. Her talented bandmates reinterpret traditional Latin music with infusions of jazz, ska, punk and funk. The concert wraps up the Latino Art Fair, which features works by the region’s Latinx community.