Queens and Brooklyn Bomba: Raquel Z. Rivera and Ojos de Sofia play in NYC Friday Sept. 26 and Saturday Oct. 4

As many of you know, Raquel Z. Rivera and Ojos de Sofia play only once or twice in NYC each year... And this it!

Friday, September 26 | 9:00 pm
Terraza 7
40-19 Gleane St, Elmhurst, Queens, NY
$7

Saturday, October 4 | 8:00 pm
Barbès,
376 9th St., Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY
Suggested donation $10

We'll be playing original musica jibara, bachata, salves and bomba, as well as classic boleros, from our new song series titled Las Decimas del Amargue and Other Songs of Love. Come through if you missed these songs' NYC debut last December. Or come through if you want to hear them again.

And, yes, my fabulous sister Anabellie will once again be leaving everyone breathless with her renditions of classic boleros. If you haven't heard her, you must: https://soundcloud.com/anabellie-rivera/madrigal

The team: Bryan Vargas (musical director, arranger, guitar, cuatro),Anabellie Rivera (vocals), Camilo Molina (percussion), Jblak Negro Cimarron (percussion) and, yours truly, Raquel Z. Rivera (vocals). We will be sorely missing guitarist Yasser Tejeda, but he has a fabulous tour to attend to.

These NYC gigs are part of our fall tour which will also take us to Southern California, Boston, Western Massachusetts and Maine. I'll soon be posting our full schedule on our website:

www.ojosdesofia.com

Tour de Las Décimas del Amargue

September 22 | Time TBD

Artist talk and décimas writing workshop

Pomona College

333 N College Way, Claremont, CA

Free

September 23 | 7:00 pm

SCRIPPS College

1030 Columbia Ave, Claremont, CA 91711

Free

September 25 | 7:00 pm

Rutgers University

Gathering Lounge, Livingston Student Center, 84 Joyce Kilmer Ave., Piscataway, NJ 08854

Free

Friday, September 26 | 9:00 pm

Terraza 7

40-19 Gleane St, Elmhurst, Queens, NY

$7

Monday, September 29 | 1:30 pm

Artist talk and musical demonstration

Northeastern University

342 Huntington Ave, Blackman Auditorium, Boston, MA 02115

Free

Monday, September 29 | 8:00 pm

Makeshift Boston

549 Columbus Ave, Boston, MA 02118

Suggested donation $10

Tuesday, September 30 | 12 noon

Artist talk and musical demonstration

Tufts University
419 Boston Ave, Medford, MA 02155‎

Free

Wednesday, October 1^st | Times TBD

Bowdoin College
3725 College St, Brunswick, ME 04011

Free

Saturday, October 4 | 8:00 pm

Barbès,

376 9th St., Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY

Suggested donation $10

For the most up-to-date venue, time, and other details of these concerts and presentations, please contact 646.266.7182 or ojosdesofia@gmail.com.

For further general information please contact Tom Frouge @ Avokado Artists (505.771.3166 /tom@avokado.net) or Raquel Z. Rivera (646.266.7182 / raquelzrivera@gmail.com).