Xenia Rubinos
September 11, 2016 8:36 PM   Subscribe

Xenia Rubinos is a songwriter and performer fom Hartford, CT, trained in jazz composition at Berklee, now living in Brooklyn, New York. Her music is an amalgam of R&B, noise, hip-hop and punk. It is often political, often danceable, and often both. She is currently on tour. More Rubinos music below the fold.

"Cherry Tree"

NPR Tiny Desk Concert ("Lonely Lover", "Mexican Chef", "Laugh Clown")

"Just Like I"

"Pan Y Cafe"

"Ultima" (album version)
"Ultima" (live in a garden)
The Story Behind "Ultima"

"I feel really complicated about this whole 'Latina' thing in my music": Village Voice interview.
posted by escabeche (5 comments total) 22 users marked this as a favorite
 
She's incredible.
posted by pxe2000 at 3:45 AM on September 12, 2016


Very keen, thanks! (Now, if she'd just stop between Arizona and Texas...)
posted by filthy light thief at 8:16 AM on September 12, 2016 [1 favorite]


Until then, I'll enjoy Xenia Rubinos' full performance, live on KEXP (34:39)
posted by filthy light thief at 8:22 AM on September 12, 2016


I had the tremendous good fortune of seeing her absolutely kill it at Great Scott in Allston a couple of weeks ago. She brought her Abuelita! Zenia, if you're reading this, I was (one of) the laughing/dancing/weeping/grinning fools in the front, and that was maybe the best show ever and I love you.

This is my favorite song: Hair Receding
posted by prewar lemonade at 11:12 AM on September 12, 2016 [1 favorite]


I tried to make the post as neutral as I could but the impetus was seeing her play here in a 100-person venue. Holy crow. I have never before had the sensation "I am five feet away from a superstar right now" and I probably never will again.
posted by escabeche at 7:03 PM on September 12, 2016


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