2009 Folk & Roots Festival, Chicago

Thank you to everyone who came out to support us at the Folk and Roots Festival in Chicago. We had a great weekend. It was a pleasure to meet new and old friends!

Our new guitar and jarana straps. Soon to be placed for sale on our website. The straps feature materials from Veracruz, Mexico, Cusco, Peru.

The Arte Salazar messenger bag raffle winner is Susan Alverez. Congratulations!
Messenger bag with ballistic nylon and Guatemalan fabric, available for custom orders.

Son Del Viento

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Arte Salazar Documentary

This video lyrically captures the art of jarana guitar making and gig bag creation at Arte Salazar.

Created by Brent Willems.
Music by Son del Viento.

Arte Salazar in the News

Arte Salazar article in Extra, Chicago’s leading Bilingual Newspaper.  May 13th, 2009.

Son Del Viento was the featured band on “Chicago Tonight” promoting the Viva Chicago Latin music festival in Grant Park. Son Del Viento plays at the festival at 3:30 on Sunday, Aug. 30th, 2009.

Ricardo plays an Arte Salazar jarana segunda with a custom strap.

Arte Salazar jarana & Son Del Viento on WGN News
Jan. 18, 2009.

WGN News highlighted Son Del Viento’s performance for Partisan Arts International’s celebration of Obama’s inauguration.  The jarana tercera shown in the video is by Ricardo Salazar of Arte Salazar.

Nuestra Musica Radio Interview, July 2008

Chicago Public Radio created a wonderful story describing the work of Latino folk musicians in Chicago. Ricardo Salazar is interviewed at the Chicago Folk and Roots festival where he presented the art of jarana making on the Nuestra Musica stage.  The story is by Catalina Maria Johnson.  Please listen!