Lunchtime Listening with Elena La Fulana, Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with an energizing performance that brings Latin American musical traditions to life. — Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with an energizing performance that brings Latin American musical traditions to life. Elena La Fulana is a Latin Grammy-nominated instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and leader of the D.C.-based, Wammie-nominated, bilingual, Latin folk band Elena & Los Fulanos. Originally from Managua, Nicaragua, Elena identifies as both American and Nicaraguan and her music, which ranges from twangy, heartbreak-themed folk Americana to soothing, introspective, violin-infused Latin cumbia, reflects this dual identity. Her band’s second album, Volcán , was hailed as ”a bilingual folk album for the resistance” by the Washington City Paper, a publication that also selected Elena for their People Issue 2017 highlighting notable Washingtonians. In 2019 Elena began touring with the Latin Grammy-winning and Grammy-nominated band Flor de Toloache, and with whom she performed at the Kennedy Center Honors in 2019, at the White House in 2021, and at the Latin Grammys in 2021, and was nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2022. She is an eight-time recipient of the DC Commission on Arts and Humanities Artist Fellowship and the curator for “Pa’lante,” a Latin American cultural series out of Joe’s Movement Emporium in 2024. In 2025, she launched Mamá Elena, a bilingual music project for children and families. Elena La Fulana, instrumentalista nominada al Lati
