Indómitas: Live Podcast with guest La Doña
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
7pm at Brava Cabaret
Indómitas is a live monthly podcast series hosted by Chelis López of KPOO and Radio Bilingüe, featuring untamable voices of fierce women artists and activists. For the May 2023 podcast, Indómitas will interview reggaeton solo singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, activist and educator, La Doña.
Please note that the live podcast will be conducted in Spanish.
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ABOUT La Doña
Cecilia Cassandra Peña-Govea, es La Doña, nació en San Francisco , California, y es una cantante solista de reggaeton, compositora y multiinstrumentista. También es activista y educadora.
Comenzó su carrera a los 7 años tocando la trompeta, y luego cuerdas y percusión en el conjunto de su familia. También tocó en una banda de salsa juvenil y una banda de fusión balcánica.
La Doña combina sus raíces tradiciones folklóricas latinas como los corridos y la rumba con los propulsores sonidos modernos del reggaetón, la cumbia y el hip hop.
La Doña acuñó el término “Femmeton” para describir sus canciones autorreferenciales sobre el amor, el sexo, la gentrificación y las alegrías radicales de ser una mujer morena queer en el Área de la Bahía.
Su repertorio musical de La Doña es ecléctico, fresco y urgente, influenciado tanto por el muralismo local, las diásporas globales y las catástrofes climáticas.
Fue elegida como una de las Foundry Artists de YouTube (2019). Su canción, “Quién Me La Paga” fue la primera de las “19 Songs that Matter Now” de la revista New York Times Magazine para 2020, y su EP, Algo Nuevo, fue seleccionado por el San Francisco Chronicle como uno de los 6 mejores álbumes de 2020.
ENGLISH
Cecilia Cassandra Peña-Govea, is La Doña and was born in San Francisco, California. Is a very well known reggaeton solo singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. She is also an activist and educator.
She began her career at age 7 playing the trumpet, and then strings and percussion in her family ensemble. She also played in a youth salsa band and a Balkan fusion band.
La Doña combines her roots in Latin folkloric traditions like corridos and rumba with the propelling modern sounds of reggaeton, cumbia and hip hop.
La Doña coined the term “Femmeton” to describe her self-referential songs about love, sex, gentrification, and the radical joys of being a queer brown woman in the Bay Area.
Her music catalog is eclectic, fresh and urgent, influenced by both local muralism, global diasporas and climatic catastrophes.
La Doña was chosen as one of YouTube's Foundry Artists (2019). Her song, “Quién Me La Paga” was the first of New York Times Magazine's “19 Songs that Matter Now” for 2020, and her EP, Algo Nuevo, was selected by the San Francisco Chronicle as one of the 6 best albums of 2020.
ABOUT INDÓMITAS
Indómitas is a live podcast series hosted by Chelis López of KPOO and Radio Bilingüe, featuring interviews with fierce women artists and activists
Each month in Brava’s Cabaret, Indómitas will interview female singers, writers, poets, activists, artists, journalists, filmmakers, and others – some well-known and some deserving to be – for live broadcast. These 60-minute conversations will cover the women’s stories of achievement, pitfalls, and hopes for their futures.
Be ready for open and honest conversations, where intimacy fosters the sharing of joy, fear, acceptance, and ultimately, the strength of women. It’s our time to be the ones who narrate our stories of who we are, what we do, what matters to us and how we organized and stand up for our rights.
Indómitas Podcast Series will be available through Chelis López’ website, and other platforms.