MUSIC

CHICHA-LICIOUS The Brooklyn-based band Chicha Libre is a specialist in the colorfully uplifting and easily digestible sounds of chicha: The word refers to a homemade corn-based liquor that has been drunk in the Andean region for centuries, but has also been used to define this Peruvian musical genre for decades. Chicha — the music — combines Colombian pop, known as cumbia, with traditional Andean melodies, and the psychedelic sounds of surf guitars. The genre became popular in the late 1960s and ’70s, and truly embodies all the guilty pleasure-inducing qualities of music associated with Latin America. Afro-Cuban rhythms are set by congas, bongos, and timbales, mixed with basses, electric guitars, and synthesizers, and the music has a reputation of inspiring dance parties wherever it’s played. The band brings the music out of the Andes and into Park Slope, even mixing in some French tunes — making it appropriate for the home of the concert, the French-inspired performance space, Barbès. The bar happens to boast one of the best selections of single malt scotch the city has to offer. So the question really is: What will not be mixed into this eclectic Monday night out? 9:30 p.m., Barbès, 376 9th St. at Sixth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn, 718-965-9177, $10 suggested donation.

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