Joan Soriano 

Event Details

WHEN: Thursday, August 2nd 11:00pm to 12:00am WHERE: Excalibur 632 N Dearbon St Chicago, IL 60610 Venue Website HOOD: Magnificent Mile

COST: $10, $15 AGE: 21+ MORE INFO: Facebook Event

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Event Description

Joan Soriano , aka El Duque De La Bachata, will be performing at Excalibur Night Club as part of his CD Release for La Familia Soriano.

Born in the rural countryside near Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, Joan Soriano infuses steel string bachata with equal parts romance and grit. He is the star of Adam Taub’s The Duke of Bachata, and was featured in Alex Wolfe’s critically acclaimed documentary, Santo Domingo Blues.

Bachata is essential to Dominican culture and draws upon a variety of influences from Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. A practitioner of palo and gaga, Joan blends Afro-Dominican sacred traditions with bachata, imparting his music with down to earth spirit and dance-ability. Joan preserves bachata’s roots and expands on them, a rare combination of new and authentic.