Queens NYC Bomba: Alma Moyo at Terraza 7 - Saturday December 20, 2014

Founded by Alex LaSalle from Moca, Puerto Rico, Alma Moyo is an intergenerational crew of Puerto Ricans and Dominicans who promote the diverse regional drum and vocal styles of Bomba with a Caribbean-blues sentiment. Illegal throughout parts of Puerto Rico as recently as the 1940's, Alma Moyo's Bomba is laden with revolutionary defiance, sorrowful lament, and invigorating sound.

The group has been performing its rich vocals and dynamic dance in theaters, concert halls, universities, and nightclubs throughout New York. Their debut album, No Hay Sabado Sin Sol, (There is No Saturday Without A Sunrise) is at once a harmonious ode to ancestral spirits, a call to unmask the exploiters in defense of the weak, and a recollection of bittersweet life experiences encountered in love, work, and community.

Artists: Alma Moyo

Date and Time: Saturday December 20th, 2014 at 10:30 pm

Venue and Location: Terraza 7 at 4019 Gleane Street, Elmhurst, NY 11373

Admission: $7 cover charge for mezzanine

For more information on Terraza 7 call (718) 803-9602 or info@terraza7.com

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).

Queens, NYC Bomba and Plena: Siembra Maestra Return to Terraza 7 Cafe - Saturday March 29, 2014

)

Event: Siembra Maestra Return to Terraza 7 Cafe
Artist: Siembra Maestra
Date and Time: Saturday March 29, 2014 at 10:30PM
Venue and Location: Terraza 7 Cafe at 40-19 Gleane Street, Elmhurst, NY 11373 (Queens, NYC); Directions via NYC subway - Take the 7 subway train to 82 Street Jackson Heights
Admission: Not Listed

Queens Bomba and Plena: Obanilu Ire Allende & Siembra Maestra at Terraza 7 - Saturday August 10, 2013

Obanilu Ire Allende & Siembra Maestra at Terraza 7 on Saturday August 10, 2013 at 10:30 pm.


Siembra Maestra is a unity of a new sow of seeds (artists) who create soothing art and music with the New World Diaspora expressions without doubting to forget the challenging disciplines of its Old Advanced World Mastery. It's where you can have a painter and a musician, or a dancer and a photographer make music through their art's consciousness and wisdom due to their everlasting practical energy to keep learning about each other as one....From Chile to New Orleans, from Spain to Africa's natural ancestral expressions, Siembra Maestra is a Nuyorican experience with a 21st Century state of mind, body and soul.

Obanilu Ire Allende & Siembra Maestra at Terraza 7 on Saturday August 10, 2013 at 10:30 pm.

$5 cover charge for mezzanine