“Confesiones” single artwork by Maria del Rio
“Confesiones” LISTEN: https://music.empi.re/confesiones
Los Altos de la Soledad LISTEN: https://music.empi.re/losaltos
"La Doña’s vision has paid off" Rolling Stone
"generates invention within traditional Latin forms…fizzes with embodied, improvisational energy” The New York Times Magazine
"Breathes and expands as a celebration of rhythm and resilience" NPR
“La Doña is the S.F.-Born Musician for This Moment” SF Weekly
(August 2nd, 2024) - Musician and social activist La Doña shares her new single “Confesiones.” This latest offering follows “Mejor Que Matarte,” the first glimpse of the Bay Area artist’s forthcoming debut album, Los Altos de la Soledad due September 6th via Empire. The new single features bright acoustic production highlighting La Doña’s powerful vocals from her upbringing singing regional Mexican corridos and a full live banda. Speaking about the new single La Doña shares, “Confesiones shares all of my deepest secrets and fears while also laying bare the truth of my background as a Chicana woman playing banda music with her family. I spent the first 20 years of my life singing rancheras and corridos so it feels empowering to be able to finally integrate that part of my life with my identity as La Doña.”
Following the release of the album La Doña will be heading on a Fall North American tour beginning in Chicago September 7th at Taste of Chicago Festival and then continuing on in October with stops in Los Angeles, Oakland, Seattle, Austin and more. Full tour routing can be found below.
Los Altos De La Soledad chronicles La Doña’s sensuous journey through love, migration, and political awakening. Created with support from the California Arts Council’s Creative Corps Fellowship, these stories are told through corrido, bolero, son jarocho, cumbia and reggaeton, and pay homage to La Doña’s upbringing in San Francisco’s Mission District. The album features international artists and poets including Jeronimo Gonzales, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Qing Qi and Discos Resaca Collective. Recorded in Oakland and Mexico City with a full orchestra, Los Altos de la Soledad integrates field recordings, spoken word and soaring arrangements to transport the listener through landscapes of infatuation, betrayal, heartbreak, resistance, and hope.
Speaking on the album’s conception she shares, “Los Altos de la Soledad is a collection of boleros, cumbias, corridos con banda, and reggaeton that captures the diverse realities of life in the Bay Area. It tells a story of forced migration, of falling in and out of love, of standing up against genocide, of fighting to maintain space in a as a brown girl in an inhospitable homeland. The album features spoken word poetry, student interviews, and field recordings from demonstrations from all over the world. It is a snapshot of our life in the Bay as migrants, activists, lovers, homegirls, and sisters. A true offering of the influences of diverse legacies in the Bay Area, Los Altos de la Soledad weaves son, hyphy, cumbia rebajada, bolero, banda, and reggaeton into a quilted representation of transnational resistance and solidarity.”
Over the last few years, La Doña has steadily become an unequivocal artist to watch. La Doña was chosen as one of YouTube’s Foundry Artists (2019) and she has performed at Lollapalooza and Outside Lands music festivals. Los Altos De La Soledad follows her previous celebrated EP’s Can’t Eat Clout and Algo Nuevo as well as her singles "Penas Con Pan," which was featured in President Obama's playlist and “Quién Me La Paga,” which received praise from The New York Times in their “19 Songs that Matter Now.” Both EP’s were also selected by the San Francisco Chronicle as two of the best albums of 2020 and 2023, respectively. La Doña was awarded the San Francisco Arts Commission Individual Artists Grant in 2021 and was the recipient of the YBCA's Guaranteed Income Program in 2022. La Doña is a 2023-2024 apprentice in zapateado with the California Alliance for Traditional Arts, and a recipient of the East Bay Fund for Artists Grant ‘23. She is a fellow for California Creative Corps 2024 and has toured internationally with artists including Cuco, Helado Negro, Durand Jones & the Indications and Kaina.
Pre-save Los Altos de la Soledad and listen to “Confesiones” above and stay tuned for more from La Doña coming soon.
Upcoming Live Dates
Tickets: https://ladona415.com/live.html
9/7 - Chicago, IL @ Taste of Chicago 10/19 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Paramount 10/20 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah 10/25 - Oakland, CA @ Friday Nights at OMCA 10/31 - Seattle, WA @ Barboza 11/1 - Portland, OR @ The Get Down 11/12 - Minneapolis, MN @ Parkway Theater 11/13 - Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club 11/16 - Iowa City, IA @ Hancher’s Strass Hall / Club Hancher 11/19 - Dallas, TX @ Limbo Room at Ruins 11/20 - Austin, TX @ Empire Control FRoom 11/21 - San Antonio, TX @ Jaime’s Place | 
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