If you missed Ximena Sariñana's concert at the 9:30 club this past Tuesday, April 21st, 2009, you may have missed a rare opportunity to see a new artist before the so called "blow up". Just to get an idea her next gig is heading to Miami today to attend the Latin Billboard awards where her debut album "Mediocre" is nominated in the Latin Rock/Alternative Album of the Year category.
Sharing her nomination are Mana and Julieta Venegas who are both giants in the latin rock scene and fill up DC's largest venues in the blink of an eye. Julieta Venega's last performance in DC at the Kennedy Center resulted in full capacity 3,000 people and scores more that were forced to watch the show on large screens in the hallways of the legendary music hall.
Without a doubt Ximena's performance this past Tuesday showed off her musical ability (that outshines some of the major talents in the music scene nowadays) and for those listening to her for the first time created an immediate fanbase. Her music, voice, and new album proved to be extremely popular amongst those in attendance of which most seemed to know Ximena from her early acting and musical beginnings.
She was intent on sharing her music with a new audience and even performed two songs in english (none of which are in her album) so that "those who don't speak spanish can still learn what I'm about".
Ximena came off as very genuine and wise soul (at her young 23 years) and was intent on connecting with and pleasing the audience who called out to her between songs and asked for two encores.
I personally enjoyed the version of "Las Huellas", a song she wrote when she was still acting in the movie "Amarte Duele" which features a great soundtrack including Natalia LaFourcade, Zoe, Kinky, Elefante, Volovan and others.
Overall a great show! For those of you who missed it, hope you can catch tickets to the next one!
Contact: Rosario Garcia, djultrasonica@yahoo.com
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