Went to see the band Ozomatli last night at The Grand Sierra in Reno.

In their fourteen years together as a band, celebrated Los Angeles culture-mashers Ozomatli have gone from being hometown heroes to being named U.S. State Department Cultural Ambassadors.

Ozomatli has always juggled two key identities. They are the voice of their city and they are citizens of the world.

Their music, a notorious urban Latino and beyond collision of hip hop and salsa, dancehall and cumbia, samba and funk, merengue and comparsa, East LA R &B and New Orleans second line, Jamaican ragga and Indian raga-has long followed a key mantra:it will take you around the world by taking you around L.A.

To quote the vocalist and trumpet player Asdru Sierra "I've always felt that music is the key to every culture, the beginning of an understanding, its a language far more universal than politics".

The crowd was on their feet dancing and singing and having a great time. Check out this band!!