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A festival favorite returns! Singer-songwriter Perla Batalla earns critical acclaim for her distinctive voice, emotional honesty, and culture-merging compositions. Perla Batalla and her band are featured in the Ventura Music Festival 2024 on Friday, August 2nd.
With: Karen Hammack (Melissa Manchester, Helen Reddy) Dimitris Jimmy Mahlis (Freddie Hubbard) Mike Velasquez (Local Hero) John Ferraro (Burt Bacharach,George Benson, Barry Manilow) Claud Mann (tv host Dinner&aMovie) Eva Batalla-Mann, Jade Hendrix
Perla Batalla was born in L.A. to a family immersed in music. Her dad, a Mexican mariachi and D.J. and an Argentine mom who ran the family record shop, “Discoteca Batalla” where Perla was exposed to an education of non-stop music that cut across genre & language.
After singing with and recording with numerous groups, including Leonard Cohen, Perla launched her solo career with Cohen’s encouragement. Since then she has recorded 7 albums, been featured in film and TV, staged 2 one-woman shows and performed in some of the most prestigious venues around the world.
Her original Frida Kahlo musical was chosen by the Ojai Playwrights Festival & subsequently produced at the San Diego Repertory Theater to critical praise. Perla’s personal homage to her mentor, Cohen continues to play to sold-out audiences throughout Europe and N. America.
The L.A. times writes; “Batalla is comfortable in both English & Spanish, proud of her Mestiza heritage, musically adventurous and above all, a born storyteller with a rambunctious sense of humor.”
Batalla’s mission of exposing youth to the beauty of music & Spanish language is ongoing in her outreach throughout some of the poorest communities in the U.S. She has been honored with two U.N. awards: the Earth Charter Award for extraordinary devotion to social and economic justice and The Environmental Peacebuilding Award, advancing social justice through music. Perla is also the recipient of New Mexico’s Premio Fronterizo Award for healing work in the world.
Photo by Diego Cabrera
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Ventura College Performing Arts Center, 4700 Loma Vista Rd,Ventura,CA,United States
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