iLe: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Watch iLe play “Curandera“, “Contra Todo“ and “Sin Masticar“ at the Tiny Desk. More from NPR Music: Tiny Desk Concerts: Twitter: Instagram: Aug. 2, 2019 | Felix Contreras -- When vocalist Ileana Cabra Joglar and her band visited the Tiny Desk, they’d just arrived from the front lines of the historic demonstrations taking place in Puerto Rico. Two days earlier, they were part of a crowd of tens of thousands who were on the streets calling for the resignation of embattled Gov. Ricardo Rosselló. (Rosselló recently stepped down, effective Friday.) Right from the start, it was clear what was on iLe’s mind in her song “Curandera“ — “I am a healer / I don’t need candles to illuminate / I bring purifying water to cleanse / Removing pains so they never return“ — as congas and percussion shook the room with an Afro-Caribbean beat. The song is from the Calle 13 veteran’s most recent album Almadura, which is filled with metap