San Diego Reader

Raul Rivera: Guitar (acoustic), Guitar (electric), Vocals | Joe Hager: Drums

Genre: Blues & Soul, Jazz, Latin | Tejano

Sound description: Jazzy, soulful, Latin sounds.

RIYL: Malo, War, Nortec Collective, B-Side Players

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Related Links

• HagerRivera Project website

Synoposis

Inception: Encinitas, 2000

Influences: Carlos Santana, the Yellowjackets, Weather Report, Benny Rietveld, Jaco Pastorius, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Nat King Cole, John Coltrane, Malo, El Chicano, Azteca, Voodoo Glow Skulls

Background:

The founders of the HagerRivera Project — Raul Rivera (guitar, vocals) and Joe Hager (drums) met in 2000 through an ad in the Reader. Originally called La Vagancia, their first EP in 2003, Cinco Rolas, was co-produced by Phil O’Keefe (Alien Ant Farm, Voodoo Glow Skulls). The band has no permanent singer, though Natascha Schalau frequently performs and records with them.

Discography