Back in the day, circa 1990, Ceci Bastida was known on both sides of the U.S.- Mexico border as the little girl with the big presence. As a member of the legendary, politically in-your-face ska- ...

On Every Thing Taken Away, Bastida found that hints of the kids she’d come across at the Young Center began appearing in her music in abstract, subtle ways. “They somehow got in my brain and ended up ...

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The post Ceci Bastida on Tijuana No and Her New Solo Album Everything Taken Away: Podcast appeared first on Consequence. Bastida takes listeners through the history of Tijuana No, one of the most ...

Faithful listeners of Alt.Latino will recognize Ceci Bastida her unique musical style. The Mexican singer became famous in the ska-punk band Tijuana No! She then joined pop icon Julieta Venegas, and ...

Ceci Bastida was born and raised in Tijuana, Mexico in the shadow of the U.S. border. She watched the border fence become a wall and observed the militarization of the area. In the ’90s Bastida played ...

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KCRW’s Freeform Fridays features mixes from special guests and KCRW DJs. This week, we welcome California-based Mexican singer-songwriter Ceci Bastida. She offers up a set that is nothing short of ...

Ceci Bastida expresses her interest in global issues around migration and the oppressed by inviting Palestinian rapper Tamer Nafar to join her on “Corre,” or Spanish for “run.” Growing up on the ...

La Edad de la Violencia — "the age of violence" — is a pretty dire name for an album of upbeat synth-pop. Mexican-born singer Ceci Bastida... Ceci Bastida: Punk Roots, Pop Sounds And A Political Mind ...

Ceci Bastida grew up in Tijuana playing the piano because her mother told her to. “I guess that’s where it all started,” says the singer who lives in Los Angeles with her husband* and daughter. In the ...

Around the time that the musician Ceci Bastida started working on her album Every Thing Taken Away, she was also volunteering for the Young Center, a non-profit organization that champions the rights ...