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Pop and Jazz Listings
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New York Times, Pop and Jazz Listings >>
EVA AYLLON, TownHall, 123 West 43rd Street, Midtown, (212) 840-2824. Afro-Peruvian music, which imported African rhythms into Spanish and Andean song, became popular in Peru during the 1970's and 80's, when many South American countries were discovering their cultural roots. Eva Ayllon is one of the best musicians to come out of it, a strong and outrageously good singer whose songs move between waltzes and the Afro-Peruvian rhythms called lando and festejo. Her music also has the dramatic temper of out-and-out romantic pop, and at the heart of her band are three drummers. Her repertory is filled with references to black and Peruvian pride; the first song on her new album, "Eva! Leyenda Peruana" (Times Square), is a semi-autobiographical lando called "Negra Presuntuosa" ("The Presumptuous Black Woman"). She is internationalizing herself; this is her first North American tour that isn't playing specifically to Peruvian communities. Tonight at 8; tickets are $25 to $45. RATLIFF 10/15/04 >> go there
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