Mercedes Escobar – Passim Summer Series

Bring a picnic and some friends and join us for a good time! The Passim Summer Series Concerts & Festivals are family-friendly and welcome the entire community.

Growing up performing the blues in Guatemala wasn’t easy, but Mercedes ultimately created a space for it in Central America. She’s been dubbed by newspaper Siglo 21 “la peregrina del blues,” The Blues Pilgrim. Mercedes’ unique, raw, guttural –and at times even violent- vocals have often been compared to a mix between Janis Joplin, Chavela Vargas and Patsy Cline, creating her unique genre which blends the rawness of old blues/country with the cultural and sonic traditions of her Latin home culture.