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Santa Lucia LFR Like a multi-ethnic gathering of friends, this seven member band has created a sound that evokes the early days of Latin Funk (Santana, War, etc.), while adding their own blend of Rock and Funk grooves. This addictive combination of Nuyorican Boogaloo, West Coast Funk and the ever present Cuban grooves engulfs the stage with monstrous horns and bass, funky breaks, polyrhythmic beats and furious lyrics in English and Spanish. In 2001, Santa Lucia recorded their first album with producer Darryl Nuedorf (Sarah McLachlan, Neko Case). Officially making the band the first Rock en Espaol album produced in Western Canada. 2005 brought a Western Canada Music Awards nomination as a side project for Best Childrens Recording, for the song The Hero Inside (2004) penned for the... more...