Raúl Monsalve y los Forajidos find common threads between funk, Afrobeat and traditional Afro-Venezuelan music on “Bocón”. Lauded Family Atlantica frontwoman, Luzmira Zerpa, guests on lead vocals, transforming a traditional song from the coastal region of Barlovento, decrying liars, big mouths, or “bocones” into a denouncement of today’s national and world leaders who display a dangerously loose grip on reality, “Bocón” makes it clear there’s no hiding from either the truth, or los Forajidos. As they hammer the ground with bamboo tubes, layering the horns and low-end synth bass with the powerful polyrhythmic quitiplás percussion native to Venezuela.   Luzmira Zerpa: Lead vocals and maracas Raul Monsalve: Bass, quitiplás, moog minitaur and vocals Daniel Núñez: Guitar Nando Guerrero: Flute Julien Matroz: Trumpet Andres Vela: Tenor sax Christine Roch: Baritone sax Joel Arriaga, Ernesto Marichales: Quitiplás Afla Sackey: Maracas Dave De Rose: Drums https://www.facebook.com/monsalveylosforajidos/ https://www.instagram.com/monsalveylosforajidos/?hl=en https://olindorecords.bandcamp.com/album/bichos The Brasstactics https://www.thebrasstactics.com https://www.facebook.com/thebrasstactics/