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    A sneak peek into our work-in-progress: http://lnk.ms/YYmpZ Thoughts? Suggestions?

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    " Gracias mil! La info de ventas la encuentras en nuestro website: www.ojosdesofia.com"

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    "I thought I had replied a while back. Ugh! My apologies. Thank you so much for your encouraging feedback. Check our website for the NY store info. And, yes, Casa Latina is one of them!"

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      • Art by Blanco

         Congratulations! Definitely deserved!

        8 months ago

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  • Raquel Z. Rivera

     Gracias mil! La info de ventas la encuentras en nuestro website: www.ojosdesofia.com

    4 months ago
  • Olga

    hola amiga,voy a comprar tu musica.

    11 months ago
  • Guaya

    Raquel donde compro tu disco!???

    1 year ago
    • Raquel Z. Rivera

      Hola Guaya! Pensé que te había puesto la info del CD. Perdona la ultra tardanza. Chequea nuestro website www.ojosdesofia.com y ahí está la info y los links. Un abrazo.

      4 months ago
  • Art by Blanco

    Heard you on WBAI the other day! Pretty cool! Love the music! You've created a beautifully evocative and original sound. I will definitely be buying a copy of the CD! Best of luck!

    P.S. - Will it be available at Casa Latina or any of the other local stores?

    1 year ago
    • Raquel Z. Rivera

      I thought I had replied a while back. Ugh! My apologies. Thank you so much for your encouraging feedback. Check our website for the NY store info. And, yes, Casa Latina is one of them!

      4 months ago
  • enemigo

    amor como estas.... sabes q sere el primero en comprar... si tienes copias ya avisame....y t apoyare de por vida... enemigo

    1 year ago
  • Pacific Coast Percussion

    Thanks Raquel!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FArg09LFZSM

    1 year ago
  • enemigo

     R.I.P para mi hermano SANO-IN un pionero en este movimiento llamado spanish hiphop..son mas de 10 anos luchando juntos, junto a otros companeros.. tu lucha nunca morira....fuistes un fiel amigo y hicistes historia como nadie nunca lo habia hecho. tu legado es grande aunque nunca lo vistes asi. t extranamos en vida y ahora q estas con dios te extramos mas..... enemigo

    1 year ago
  • Time Machine Squad

    Coors Light bboy challenge

    bboy challench back

    1 year ago
  • Dr.Hannibal Hip Hop Lec…

    Me siento como Juan El Bautista cuando Jesus fue donde el para que lo bautizara y Juan le dijo que el no se sentia digno de ni tan siquiera desamarrarle las sandalias. Gracias a usted. POR FAVOR siga haciendo lo que hace.

     Infinitas bendiciones en todas las areas de su vida tanto para usted como para los suyos.

    1 year ago
  • Guaya

    Comay Raquel!! Como simpre mandandote saludos desde florida, y dandote las gracias por ser real y fiel a tus principios y por tu constante interes en mantener nuestra cultura en NY y ayudar a unir nuestra comunidad.


    de corazon,
    Isaac (Guayako) Prado.

    1 year ago
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  • Music


  • Movies

    The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover; Santa Sangre; Whale Rider; La Ley del Deseo; Memorias del Subdesarrollo

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    Anything by Octavia Butler, Ana Lydia Vega and Barbara Kingsolver. Cien Años de Soledad, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Brown Girl in the Ring, The Salt Roads, The Bee Season, The Secret Life of Bees, Of Woman Born, Tete-a-Tete, Remedios, Seva, The Myths of Motherhood: How Culture Reinvents the Good Mother, Mother Nature: Maternal Instincts and How They Shape the Human Species, Our Inner Ape, Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip Hop Generation, La otra cara de la historia, La carreta, Geographies of Home, Del rojo de su sombra, New Black Man, When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost, The Farming of Bones, Krik? Krak!…

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About me:

I'm an author and singer-songwriter, celebrating that I just completed my debut CD with Ojos de Sofia titled Las 7 salves de La Magdalena. The CD release will be September 10, 2010, 7pm, at St. Mark's Church (East Village, NYC). More info on Raquel Z. Rivera and Ojos de Sofia: www.myspace.com/ojosdesofia.



CDs and downloads for sale at www.cdbaby.com. Downloads also for sale at www.digstation.com, iTunes and Amazon.

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I'm also the author of New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone (2003) and co-editor of the anthology titled Reggaeton published by Duke University Press in 2009.

A freelance journalist, my articles have been published in many magazines and newspapers, among these: Vibe, One World, Urban Latino, In the House Magazine, El Diario/La Prensa, Hoy, The San Juan Star, El Nuevo Dia and Claridad.

I'm hard at work on my first novel, a breakup story set to the sounds of Caribbean roots music, hip hop and reggaeton. As a singer/songwriter, I'm also a member of bomba group Alma Moyó, and a founding and ex-member of Boricua roots music group Yerbabuena and of the all-women's bomba and salve group Yaya.

I've taught courses in Sociology, Anthropology, Africana and Latino Studies at Columbia University, Hunter College and Tufts University. I am currently an affiliated scholar at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College.

For more information, check www.raquelzrivera.com

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Who I'd like to meet:

Writers and musicians. People invested in creativity as a tool for personal growth and community-building. Folks interested in reggaeton, hip hop and Caribbean roots music beyond matter and surface.

Details

  • Status: Single
  • Here for: Networking
  • Zodiac Sign: Taurus
  • Education: Grad / professional school
  • Occupation: Writer

Schools

  • Cuny Graduate School And University Center

    • New York, NY
    • Graduated: 2000
    • Student status: Alumni
    • Degree: Ph.D.
    • Major: Sociology
    1994 to 2000

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