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Ani Cordero - Wikipedia

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Ani Cordero
Birth name	Ana Marieli Cordero Garcia
Born	1974 Boston, Massachusetts
Occupation	Musician
Instruments	Drums guitar percussion vocals
Formerly of	Man or Astro-man? Dean and Britta Josh Joplin Group Angels of Light Bee and Flower #1 Family Mover Os Mutantes Rasputina Pistolera

Ani Cordero (born 1974) is a Puerto Rican vocalist, drummer,^[1] guitarist, and songwriter.

Biography

Cordero was born Ana Marieli Cordero Garcia in Boston, Massachusetts. Since 1999, she has resided in Brooklyn, New York.^[2]

Cordero's work in music began in her teen years in Atlanta, Georgia. She has performed as a solo artist as well as a number of bands, including Cordero, her bilingual rock group with husband and drummer Chris Verene.^[3] She has recorded and toured both nationally and internationally.

From the 1980s until 2009, Cordero performed with Man or Astro-man?, Dean and Britta, Josh Joplin Group, Angels of Light, Bee and Flower, and #1 Family Mover. Between 2010 and 2013, she performed with Os Mutantes,^[4] Rasputina, Cordero, Tuff Sunshine, and Pistolera,^[5]^[6] which she helped create.^[7]

In 2014, Cordero released her first solo album, Recordar, consisting of covers of Latin American protest songs.^[8]^[9]^[10] In 2017, she released a second solo album, Querido Mundo.^[11] Her third album, El Machete, came out in 2019.^[12]

Activism

In 2017, Cordero and Raquel Berrios from the band Buscabulla formed a nonprofit activist organization called PRIMA (Puerto Rico Independent Musicians and Artists). The PRIMA Fund was established to provide emergency assistance to musicians and artists in Puerto Rico after the devastating effects of hurricanes Irma and Maria.^[13] The organization has given over seventy grants and organized multiple concerts and events.^[14]

Discography

Year	Artist	Album	Notes
1997	#1 Family Mover	#1 Family Mover	Drums, percussion, vocals
1999	Jack Logan	Buzz Me In	Percussion
	Ani Cordero	Girl-Child-Spirit	Vocals, guitar, drums
	Josh Joplin Band	Useful Music	Background vocals
2001	Various artists	This Is Next Year: A Brooklyn-Based Compilation	Drums
2002	Cordero	Lamb Lost in the City	Guitar, percussion, vocals, production
2003	Bee and Flower	What's Mine Is Yours	Drums, vocals
2004	Cordero	Somos Cordero	Guitar, timbales, vocals
2005	Cordero	En Este Momento	Guitar, percussion, vocals, production^[15]
	Various artists	For a Decade of Sin: 11 Years of Bloodshot Records	Guitar, vocals
	Josh Joplin	Jaywalker	Percussion, background vocals
	Pistolera	Pistolera	Drums, background vocals
2006	Pistolera	Siempre Hay Salida	Percussion, background vocals
2008	Cordero	De Donde Eres	Percussion
2008	Pistolera	En Este Camino	Drums, vocals
2014	Ani Cordero	Recordar	Vocals, guitar, drums, percussion
2017	Ani Cordero	Querido Mundo	Vocals, guitar, drums, percussion
2019	Ani Cordero	El Machete	Vocals, guitar, drums, percussion

References

^ "Smoke Fairies Live at Leeds College Of Music on Saturday, 19th October 2013". Leeds Music Scene, Warren Barner. October 21, 2013.
^ Mark Keresman, "Cordero,"^{[permanent dead link‍]}. Phoenix New Times, April 20, 2006
^ "Ani Cordero Brings the Sound of Love, Protest and Social Change," Archived September 28, 2013, at the Wayback Machine July 2013: Amy Lacount, Bust Magazine.
^ Modern Drummer Magazine, "Ani Cordero," October 2013: p. 14, article and photograph.
^ "Ani Cordero Pays Tribute to the History Of Latin Protest Music". NPR, June 28, 2014
^ "Víctor Jara. Siempre será canción nueva" Archived October 20, 2020, at the Wayback Machine. ZdeO, Jorge Leiva December 23, 2015
^ "Review: Ani Cordero, 'Querido Mundo'". NPR, February 16, 2017. Felix Contreras
^ "Ani Cordero delves into the past for 'Recordar'". New York Daily News, Jose Manuel Simian, May 1, 2014
^ "Review Ani Cordero – Recordar". Sounds and Colours, by Marco Canepari April 30, 2014
^ "Ani Cordero streaming protest album ‘Querido Mundo,’ made a video". Brooklyn Vegan, By Andrew Sacher February 22, 2017.
^ "Querido Mundo". AllMusic. Review by Timothy Monger
^ "How These Puerto Rican Musicians Are Soundtracking a Revolution". Nylon. August 8, 2019. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
^ "A fund helps Puerto Rico's independent musicians after hurricane's devastation". NBC News. February 23, 2018. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
^ "How These Indie Artists Are Helping Puerto Rico". Peoplemag. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
^ "Cordero En Este Momento Bloodshot Records". Hybrid Music Reviews

External links

Ani Cordero discography at Discogs
Ani Cordero at AllMusic

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