MASANGA MARIMBA

NEWS- On October 25th, Masanga opened for Neil Young, Beck, and Lana Del Rey at the Harvest Moon Gathering. On Christmas Eve, we closed out the 65th Annual LA County Holiday Celebration on PBS SoCal. Click HERE to watch! 
 

Our 9-piece band plays at festivals, community events, private parties, and school assemblies. We play Latin, Pan African, and American music on 7 Zimbabwean-style marimbas, mbiras, drums, trombone and trumpet. There is no other band quite like us!

Our song list includes The Lion Sleeps Tonight, La Bamba, Waka Waka, Guantanamera, Grazing in the Grass, Knock on Wood, Kids, Safe and Sound, and traditional music from Africa and Latin America. 

We also do performances of Guatemalan marimba and Shona mbira music when requested. 

See photos of our band HERE

See a live performance of our Latin Cumbia medley HERE

Go to our bio HERE            See our full website HERE

Contact for booking and pricing:                                                         

Ric Alviso    310-486-2189 ric.alviso@csun.edu.    

For our EPK click HERE

MASANGA MEMBERS: 

Ric Alviso: vocals, marimbas, MBIRAs

Monica Bowser: vocals, marimbas

Steve Hernandez: vocals, drum set, percussion, marimbas

Risa Isogawa: vocals, marimbas

Joel Mankey: vocals, marimbas, trumpet

Nick Schutz: vocals, drum set, marimbas

Alex Smith: vocals, drum set, marimbas

Stefani Thomas: vocals, marimbas

Wyatt Garrett: vocals, marimbas, trombone