On the heels of the release of REYNA TROPICAL’S long-awaited debut album, Malegría, released last week via Psychic Hotline, she now announces a North American headline tour. “It’s joyful, it’s tranquil, it’s breezy, it’s danceable,” NPR Music spoke of Malegría, with her live set being hailed as “transcendent” by Rolling Stone.
Led by guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer Fabi Reyna, REYNA TROPICAL will be touring throughout the summer to bring the Congolese, Peruvian, and Colombian rhythms of Malegría to life. She’ll make stops in San Francisco, Portland, Toronto, Denver, Philadelphia, Washington DC, and more, before concluding the tour in Brooklyn.
Malegría marks Reyna Tropical’s transition from the duo of Reyna and Nectali “Sumohair” Diaz to Reyna’s solo project following Diaz’s passing. At once a vibrant arrival and an electrifying bridge, Malegría is akin to bittersweet, blending the Spanish “mal,” which means “bad,” and “alegría” which means “happiness.” It is a celebration of a wide-array of cultural traditions, bringing their influences into a thematic narrative surrounding queer love, feminine sensuality, and the transformative power of intentional relations to the earth, spotlighting stories often pushed to the margins and offering them a sonic homeland.
I’ve always wanted to have a home—a place or a sound or a person to go to—because I think our people, who are severed from our lands and our histories and our stories and our communities, have for generations not really known where to go. There are times on stage where I can feel that my movement isn’t my movement. I can feel that I’m being moved by and I’m speaking for other people. I know in my body when my ancestors are there, when a decision is ours.
Fabi Reyna
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REYNA TROPICAL TOUR DATES
Thu. April 4 – Los Angeles, CA @ Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Sat. April 6 – Brooklyn, NY @ Public Records
Wed. May 1 – Wilmington, NC @ Greenfield Lake Amphitheater *
Thu. May 2 – Asheville, NC @ Rabbit Rabbit *
Fri. May 3 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium *
Mon. May 6 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant *
Tur. May 7 – Kansas City, MO @ The Truman *
Thu. May 9 – Des Moines, IA @ Val Air BAllroom *
Fri. May 10 – Indianapolis, IA @ Egyptian Room at Old National Centre *
Sat. May 11 – Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed *
Tue. May 14 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Riverside Theater *
Wed. May 15 – Madison, WI @ The Sylvee *
Fri. May 17 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue *
Sat. May 18 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue *
Mon. May 20 – Fargo, ND @ Fargo Brewing Company Outdoors *
Wed. May 22 – Bozeman, MT @ The ELM *
Thu. May 23 – Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory *
Fri. May 24 – Carnation, WA @ Remlinger Farms *
Sat. June 1- Durham, NC @ Good Moon
Thu. July 11 – San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
Fri. July 12 – Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall
Sat. July 13 – Seattle, WA @ Madame Lou’s
Wed. July 24 – Toronto, ON @ The Drake
Fri. July 26 – Kingston, NY @ Tubby’s
Sat. July 27- Newport, RI @ Newport Folk Festival
Tue. July 30 – Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe
Wed. July 31 – Washington, DC @ Atlantis
Fri. Aug. 2 – Brooklyn, NY @ Sultan
* = w/ Portugal. The Man
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