Damas Gratis — Luna Park, Buenos Aires, 2010

Full live concert by Damas Gratis at the legendary Luna Park stadium in Buenos Aires (Argentina) in 2010. Led by Pablo Lescano, its emblematic keyboardist and singer, Damas Gratis is the flagship band of cumbia villera, a style born in Argentina’s working-class neighbourhoods in the late 1990s, blending cumbia rhythms, shrill keyboards and lyrics rooted in the social reality of the barrios. This filmed ‘recital completo’ restores the fervour of an enormous crowd singing the band’s biggest hits in unison. Between danceable cumbia, festive interludes and communion with the audience, this live captation illustrates the popular, identity-defining dimension of a genre that became a cultural phenomenon in Latin America. A reference document for fans of Latin music and cumbia, this 2010 live concert reflects Damas Gratis’s central place in the genre’s history. A performance to discover to understand the unifying power of cumbia villera on stage, ‘Damas Gratis Luna Park 2010 recital completo live’.