In partnership with Arte Mexicano En Indiana

Join us for our kickoff partnership even with Arte Mexicano En Indiana to enjoy the music of Las Palabras and meet the musician Rafael Cohen.

Las Palabras is latest project of multi-instrumentalist & songwriter Rafael Cohen – nine joyful snapshots about simple pleasures, sung entirely in his first language, Spanish. A child of Guatemalan Jews, Cohen lived in Mexico City until he was ten, when his family moved to Washington, D.C.

Cohen will play his music, will be in conversation with Lev Rothenberg and will answer your questions.
Musically, Las Palabras evokes the records Cohen’s parents listened to while he was growing up: Mexican guitar standards, the acoustic soul of Bill Withers and classic Caetano Veloso and Jorge Ben.