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Radio Café

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Radio Café  is a musical trio with an Afro-Latin repertoire proposal with an emphasis on Afro-Peruvian music, Cumbia and Son. This group is characterized by its particular sound that brings together an electric guitar with its rocking groove, a Peruvian cajon with its vibrant wood sound and a tuba taken from the context of symphony orchestras to add with versatility its bass sound.  Radio Café is composed of Pierr Padilla on the cajon, percussion, poetry, and Afro-Peruivan Zapateo; Camilo Landau on the guitar and voice; and Luke Kirley on the tuba (helicon) and percussion.

Radio Café  is a musical trio with an Afro-Latin repertoire proposal with an emphasis on Afro-Peruvian music, Cumbia and Son. This group is characterized by its particular sound that brings together an electric guitar with its rocking groove, a Peruvian cajon with its vibrant wood sound and a tuba taken from the context of symphony orchestras to add with versatility its bass sound. 

Radio Café is composed of Pierr Padilla on the cajon, percussion, poetry, and Afro-Peruivan Zapateo; Camilo Landau on the guitar and voice; and Luke Kirley on the tuba (helicon) and percussion.

Pierr Padilla is an Afro-Peruvian artivist with training in dance, music and theater. He has participated in numerous productions and shows by renowned artists among them master Victoria Santa Cruz and the singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler with whom he received a Latin Grammy Award nomination in 2017. He currently lives in Oakland, California where he collaborates with artists from the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles. He leads Afro-Peruvian Fest and directs the international educational platform SEMA “Seminario de Música Afroperuana'' (Afro-Peruvian Music Seminar). 

Camilo Landau is a musician and producer, and a central part of the extensive Bay Area Latin music community. As a multi-instrumentalist he has lent his talents to dozens of bands and recordings, and can be regularly found on stage or in the studio. He has worked on several Grammy and Latin Grammy nominated recordings. Camilo is the co-founder of Latin Alternative record label Round Whirled Records and a 2016 Grammy Nominee for his work with the Nicaraguan band La Cuneta. 

Luke Kirley comes from a long line of plumbers which might explain why he plays the trombone and tuba. Anyway, he was born and raised in San Anselmo, CA, where he began his musical odyssey. Luke received a BA in Music from the University ofCalifornia, Santa Cruz. In 2003, he relocated to Oakland, CA where he took a deep dive into the local salsa scene playing regularly with Avance, Montuno Swing, and many others. For over 9 years, Luke displayed his dance moves along with his trombone playing with the MJ tribute band Foreverland. But his true passion has been the brass band music of New Orleans. You’ll see Tuba Luke holding it down with MJ's BrassBoppers, St. Gabriel's Celestial BB, Honor BB, Brass Animals, and anyone looking for the NOLA tuba sound!