Perla Batalla in the House of Cohen. As part of LiveClimate's Music with a Mission Series, EARTHCONCERTS
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Perla Batalla's "Discoteca Batalla". Throughout the 60s and 70s Discoteca Batalla was a well-known landmark in the Latino community in Venice, California. This mom and pop discoteca (Spanish for record store) was a haven for desperately homesick immigrants from all over Mexico and Latin America. It was a spot to gather, exchange news from home, buy the latest Spanish language pop exitos or maybe just enjoy sweet coffee and pan dulce with the proprietors, Barbara and Jorge Batalla. Jorge was a singer and radio D.J. He knew the lyrics to every traditional Spanish language song ever written. His wife, Barbara hand wrote letters home for the working men and women separated for years at a time from their families. Perla Batalla is their daughter—a singer best known for her decade-long work with Leonard Cohen, as well as with such artists as Lou Reed, Sonny Rollins, k.d. lang, Rufus Wainwright, Jackson Browne and Laurie Anderson. While the record store closed its doors over 40 years ago, the experiences and stories shared there are part of L.A.’s heritage. Batalla’s new work, Discoteca Batalla, is an homage to this long lost moment in time.
Design for Sharing 50th Anniversary!
Focus on the Masters; A Conversation with Perla Batalla. FOTM selects ten artists each year to receive in-depth documentation. The documentation consists of an extensive oral history; the collection of printed material, publications and ephemera; and, a visual library of the artists’ work. All of the documentation culminates in a videotaped monthly Artist Spotlight, interview conducted before a live audience.
Artists are selected for this honor because they have; -Demonstrated mastery of their craft; -Gained the respect of their peers -Contributed to the development of the arts in Ventura County and beyond.
A night with Perla Batalla and Maria Muldaur
Perla Batalla in the House of Cohen
Perla Batalla in the House of Cohen
Past Presenters (partial list)
The Old Theater, Lublin, Poland
Vicar Street, Dublin, Ireland
Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Getty Center, LA
The Brighton Dome, Brighton England
The Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
UCLA, Royce Hall, Los Angeles
Union Chapel, London
Napa Valley Opera House
San Diego Rep
The Knitting Factory, NYC
Joe’s Pub, NYC
Satalla, NYC
Cerritos Center for the Arts
Cafe Central, Madrid, Spain
Jamboree, Barcelona
Hostalets de Balanyà, Barcelona, Spain
Arena Theater, Pt. Arena CA
Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
Festival Barnasants, Barcelona, Spain
The Dance Palace, Pt Reyes CA
The Center for the Arts, Grass Valley CA
Rio Grande Theater, Las Cruces
The Armstrong Theater, Torrance CA
Caixaforum, Madrid, Spain (With Javier Colis)
Theatre Raymond Kabazz/Lycee Francais, L.A., CA
Aspen Writer’s Conference, Aspen, CO
Lensic Performing Arts Center, Santa Fe, NM
College of Saint Benedict, St. Joseph MN
San Diego Book Festival, San Diego, CA
Grand Performances at Cal Plaza (with Buika)
The Grammy Museum Theater (A tribute to Cy Coleman with Fiona Apple and Jill Sobule)
California World Music Festival, Chico
The Libbey Bowl, Ojai (With Mason Jennings & Jack Johnson)
Nat’l Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque
The Border Book Festival, Mesilla, NM
Largo at the Coronet
Imagen Awards, Los Angeles, featured artist
Notre Dame University/Leighton Concert Hall
California State University, Chico
Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse Yukon
Festival Place, Edmonton, Canada
Vic Juba Theatre, Lloydminster, Canada
The Empress Theatre, Ft. Mac Cleod, Canada
Centennial Hall, Tucson AZ
Sundays at CBS
Grand Theatre Center for the Arts
Magpie, SLC
Caltech Poly, Pasadena CA
Mondavi Center, Davis CA
Detroit Institute of the Arts
Thunder River Theatre, Carbondale CO
UCLA’s Royce Hall, L.A., CA
The Temple Bar, Santa Monica
Auditorio Tenerife, Tenerife, Spain (With Jackson Browne, Luz Casal and John Cale)
DROM NYC
Leavitt Pavilion, McArthur Park
Luz de Gas, Barcelona, Spain
L.A. County Museum of Art
The Algonquin Theater, Ontario Canada
Kenly Amphitheatre, Layton UT
Scripps College, Claremont CA
The Sydney Opera House, Sydney Australia
The Hothouse, Chicago, Illinois
Riverside Municipal Auditorium - (With Los Lobos)
Big Top Chautauqua, Bayfield Wisconsin
Univ of Hawaii, Manoa
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY (With Laurie Anderson, Rufus Wainwright and The McGarrigles)
World Festival of Sacred Music -The Americas
Royal Albert Hall, London (with Leonard Cohen)
Carnegie Hall, NYC (with Leonard Cohen)