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Festivo Alt.Latino: Gaby Moreno In Concert

Festivo Alt.Latino: Gaby Moreno In Concert

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The following is an Encore presentation of a program that originally aired on December 17, 2015.

Enjoy!

Holiday music is typically a love-it-or-hate-it sort of thing. I'm a fan — my favorite is Vince Guaraldi's A Charlie Brown Christmas — and I even I'll admit that musicians don't have many options for putting a new spin on holiday classics.

Then along came Gaby Moreno and her band.

Performing before a live audience at KUT in Austin, Texas, Moreno recently led a holiday celebration that pushed boundaries. Her voice dripping with Southern R&B grit, Moreno and her band never lost sight of the emotion in songs like "Little Drummer Boy" and "The First Noel." Yet they completely made them over by singing them in Spanish and infusing them with the blues, making this a holiday show unlike any other.

Austin's Gina Chavez joins Moreno and the band for a handful of songs, and their voices meld together so beautifully, it sounds if as if they were made to be heard together. So create a new holiday tradition by listening in and sharing this show with family and friends.

Festivo Alt.Latino: Gaby Moreno In Concert

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01December

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December

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02Santa Noche (O Holy Night)

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Santa Noche (O Holy Night)

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03El Niño Del Tambor

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El Niño Del Tambor

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04El Primer Noel

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El Primer Noel

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05Hacia Belen Va Una Burra Rin Rin

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Hacia Belen Va Una Burra Rin Rin

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06Golden Bells

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Golden Bells

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07The Wrong Way To Celebrate Christmas Day

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The Wrong Way To Celebrate Christmas Day

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08Go Tell It On The Mountain

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Go Tell It On The Mountain

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09Burrito Sabanero

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Burrito Sabanero

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10Palida Luna (Lydia Mendoza Cover)

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Palida Luna (Lydia Mendoza Cover)

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11Peces En El Rio

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Peces En El Rio

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11Fronteras

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Fronteras

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08Noche De Paz

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Noche De Paz

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