Rawayana's Tiny Desk Concert

Creator: Rawayana

Title: Rawayana's Tiny Desk Concert

Publisher: NPR

Date: 2023

Language: Spanish; English

Description: Songs

• High (ft. Apache)
• Funky Fiesta
• Feriado
• Merengue pa'cintura
• Dame in break

"This Latinx Heritage Month Tiny Desk is celebrating with an 'El Tiny' takeover, featuring a wide array of artists from all corners of Latinidad.

No Venezuelan party is complete without tequeños. Whether it’s a wedding or a baptism, the cheese-filled treats are a must-have at every snack table — so it makes sense Rawayana pulled up to “El Tiny” with a box to share.

Kicking things off with hits from the band’s 2016 album, Trippy Caribbean, the Caracas-formed group brought its infectious energy and beach-infused sound to the NPR office. The reggae-groove that defined early songs soon turned into something more expansive, putting a Caraqueño spin on funk, merengue, rock and hip-hop. Rawayana’s set — which included two singles from the forthcoming album, ¿Quién trae las cornetas? — perfectly illustrated how the band’s sound stretches and plays off of musical movements from around the Caribbean diaspora to create something new altogether.

For more than a decade, Rawayana has been at the forefront of a younger generation of Venezuelan artists that grew up under the country’s socioeconomic crisis. At its Tiny Desk performance, it showcased just how much talent has come out of Venezuela during that time — bringing friends and collaborators like Apache, Irepelusa, Orestes Gómez, Joel Martínez and Eric Chacón to perform — and how much joy and gozadera is still left in store." (Isabella Gomez Sarmiento, September 19, 2023)

Subject: Music, Venezuela, reggae, psychedelic, electronic, funk, salsa, trippy pop, concert, Latin music, NPR, Rawayana

Type: Moving image
Performance
Concert

Format: Video

Rights: All rights reserved

Documented by: Band

Betomonte: lead vocals
Fofo Story: drums
Abeja: guitar
Orestes Gómez: percussion
Ben Aler: keyboards
Messy Deprat: bass
Eric Chacón: saxophone
Joel Martínez: trombone
Irepelusa: vocals
Essa Gante: vocals
Apache: guest singer

Relation:
NPR article about Rawayana's Tiny Desk concert

2025 Grammy for Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album awarded to Rawayana.

Identifier: MUS0001

Collection: Music

Tags: concert, electronic, funk, Latin music, Music, NPR, psychedelic, Rawayana, reggae, salsa, trippy pop, Venezuela

Citation: Rawayana, Rawayana's Tiny Desk Concert, NPR, 2023, accessed September 22, 2026, https://archivovenezuela.com/en/items/show/96