Puerto Rican singer-songwriter, activist and guitarist Roy Brown presents his music of love and social justice at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts in San Francisco, California, on September 25th @ 8pm. Roy is heavily involved and invested in the struggles for independence and decolonization around the world, the liberation of political prisoners and struggles of marginalized communities in Latin America.

Puerto Rican Singer Songwriter ROY BROWN In Concert
40 YEARS OF RESISTANCE

Date: Thursday, September 25 2008
Place: Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (2868 Mission St., San Francisco, CA)
Time: 8pm
Tickets: $20 in advanced $22 at door
For tickets: Call MCCLA's Box Office: 415-643-2776 or www.missionculturalcenter.org

To speak of Roy Brown Ramí rez is to speak of Nueva Trova in Puerto Rico, and to speak of Nueva Trova is to speak of Roy Brown Ramí rez. His first two albums Yo Protesto and Basta Ya (1972) recorded themes that have become classics of the independence movement of Puerto Rico and, moreover to document the successes of those years. In the first half of the 70s, he recorded three albums: Roy Brown III, Profecia de Urayoan, and Distancias. In 1975, he traveled various U.S. cities with his Distancias concert, accompanied by José Gonzalez and Miguel Cubano.

He moved to New York with his group Aires Bucaneros, composed of Carl Royce, Zoraida Santiago, Pablo Nieves, Ruco Gandí a, among others, recorded Aires Bucaneros (1978), Casi Alba (1980), Nuyol (1983), Arboles (1988), and Balada de Otro Tiempo (1989). In those years the singer-songwriter traveled the world; Greece, Germany, Spain, Mexico, Ecuador, Cuba, Holland, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, among others. Arboles was produced by Silvio Rodriguez in Cuba and it includes tracks by both Rodriguez and Brown. Roy Brown has 19 albums and his songs have been recorded by Joan Manuel Serrat, Susana Baca, Celia Cruz, Fiel a la Vega, Haciendo Punto en otro Son, Lucecita Benitez, and Cultura Profética, among others. He continues to be heavily involved and invested in the struggles for independence and decolonization around the world, the liberation of political prisoners and struggles of marginalized communities in Latin America.