Under The Sun

“Fuacata” features the Spam Allstars, by Kenny Malone

A still from the documentary Fuacata!/Courtesy of director David Orth

The Spam Allstars are about as Miami as you can get, says Kenny Malone. Their music fuses electronica from South Beach, funk from Overtown and hot salsa rhythms from Little Havana. (They also provide the theme music for our show!)

But the group plays to a large international audience too, and is the subject of a documentary by David Orth called Fuacata!, featured in the Miami International Film Festival this year.

As Malone reports, the film traces the group’s roots to an off-beat South Beach pirate radio show and jam sessions organized by Andrew Yeomanson, also known as DJ Le Spam.

Today of course the Spam Allstars are the kings of live music on Calle Ocho, where they own Thursday nights at the club Hoy Como Ayer.