NY Bomba: Bomba Yo presents Brendaliz Cepeda (and the Cepeda family's Bomba story) - Sunday August 25, 2013

Bomba Yo presents Brendaliz Cepeda, Ms. Cepeda will be sharing her family's contributions to Bomba.

ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST RSVP - info@bombayo.org
Date: August 25, 2013
Time: 12pm -3pm
Location: Casabe Houses at 150 East 121 Street between Lexington & 3rd Avenue, New York, NY.

Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba Educational CD by Jorge Vazquez

After a fundraiser event on August 2nd, all that is needed to complete this project is $600! With your help the CDs will be ready in early September!

"Cuando La Bomba Te Llama: vol. 1"—a unique educational CD that provides practice tracks for seasoned as well as beginner bomba dancers and musicians. The first 5 tracks are 5 full minutes of 5 basic Afro-Puerto Rican bomba rhythms: sicá, cuembé, holandé, yubá and seis corrido. Those tracks provide great practice opportunity for dancers, singers, composers and primo/subidor players. The next 15 tracks feature what I call the "bomba minus 1" method, where the buleador, cuá or maraca is absent so that people can practice one of those instruments while having the support of the rest of the bomba ensemble. This CD is my contribution toward strengthening bomba and nurturing the next generation of bomberos and bomberas.

***Luego del evento de recaudación de fondos el 2 de agosto, solo faltan $600 para completar este proyecto. ¡Con tu ayuda, los Cds estarán listos para principio de septiembre!

"Cuando La Bomba Te Llama: vol. 1"—un CD educativo que ofrece pistas musicales de práctica para bailadores y músicos de bomba (tanto expertos como principiantes). Las primeras 5 pistas consisten en 5 minutos dedicados a 5 golpes básicos de bomba: sicá, cuembé, holandé, yubá y seis corrido. Ellas proveen excelente oportunidad de práctica para bailadores, cantantes, compositores y tocadores de primo/subidor. Las próximas 15 pistas consisten en lo que llamo el método "bomba menos 1" donde el buleador, cuá o maraca está ausente para que el individuo pueda practicar alguno de esos instrumentos con el apoyo del resto del conjunto musical. Este CD es mi contribución al fortalecimiento de la bomba y al cultivo de la próxima generación de bomberos y bomberas.

Austin Bomba: Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance Youth Talent Show International - Sunday September 15, 2013

Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance is celebrating our 16th birthday with a gift -- a Youth
Talent Show for our local and extended community! Talent from all world cultures welcome!
See below for entry information.

Winner will receive a personalized talent spotlight in our 11th original musical in
December. Winning performance will be promoted on Facebook to 8000 subscribers
world-wide!

Youth Talent Show Information

o Must be 18 & under (no fee to enter or to compete)
o Any performance art is eligible (dance, music, song, spoken word, etc)
o Talent from all world cultures welcome!
o How to enter? Send us a video sample by August 10th.
o Accepted participants will be notified by August 15th.
o Talent Show will be held on September 15th in Austin.
o Contact for entry information and questions: dance@prfdance.org

The Youth Talent Show will take place as part of Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance's 16th
Birthday Celebration, featuring performances by our PRFDance Family of performers. 

Date and Time: Sunday, September 15, 2013, 2-5pm 

Location: Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance & Cultural Center,
701 Tillery Street, Austin 78702. Our entrance is in the back, just steps away from the
free parking lot. 

Keep up with the excitement on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/prfdance 

Email: dance@prfdance.org 

Phone: (512) 251-8122 

New York Bomba: Obanilu Ire Bomba and Plena Dance & Percusion workshops - Saturdays afternoons

MAESTRO PERCUSSIONIST OBANILU IRE & SIEMBRA MAESTRA
WILL BEGIN CLASSES FOR PERCUSSION ON PUERTORICAN BOMBA MUSIC
NEXT SATURDAY (( July 14, 2012 AND EVERY SATURDAY AT 2:30pm ))
@ EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO'S BUILDING -- > 104ST & 5TH AVE.
--> LA CASA DE LA HERENCIA CULTURAL PUERTORRIQUEÑA,INC.
--> 4TH FLOOR, ROOM 458
* BRING YOUR OWN ( 2 CUA STICKS, 1 MARACA AND DRUM ) DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A BOMBA DRUM ... LETS CELEBRATE BOMBA Y PLENA !!
¡¡ SEE YOU THEN !! peace.love & progress

New York Bomba y Plena: Siembra Maestra at Camaradas El Barrio - Saturday August 24, 2013

IN SPANISH HARLEM'S CAMARADAS El BARRIO 115 St & 1 AVE. EVERY LAST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH SIDE BY SIDE WITH LES'S OWN SALSA BAND AVENIDA B
SET YOUR CALENDARS AHEAD FOR THEIR NEXT SHOW ((AUGUST 24 9PM)) COME BY CHECK OUT WHAT THE BUZZ IN EL HARLEMS DRINKS FOOD & MUSIC SCENE IS ALL ABOUT... YOU WONT REGRET IT !! PEACE & HEALTH
SEEEEEMBRAAAANDOOOOO CULTURA LLENA DE SALUD !!! 
PARA NUESTROS PUEBLOS !!

SanTana, California Bomba: Bombazao en SanTana - August 31, 2013

The SanTana Bomba Workshop and Arte de la Tierra invite you to:

Arte de la Tierra
1415 N Main Street
SanTana, California
August 31st, 2013
5pm - 1am
6pm special presentation:
SanTana Bomba
ages - participants are 5 yrs to adult
Bombazo and DJ Michelle follows
$$$ Donations accepted $$$
Food and Drinks 
For questions about the event contact: Hector Rivera at 714-585-1437.

Spanish:

Arte de la Tierra
1415 N Main Street
SanTana, California
31 de Agosto, 2013
5pm - 1am
6pm presentacion especial:
SanTana Bomba
edades - 5 a adulto los talleristas
Bombazo y Dj Michelle sigue 

$$$ Se aceptan donaciones$$$
Comida y Bebidas

Irresistible Bomba - a review of Higos De Agueybana's new CD "Agua del Sol" by Angel Romero

This review was originally published in World Music Central.org on August 13, 2013 by Angel Romero. The original link is available at the end of this post.

Hijos de Agüeybaná

Agua del Sol (Tumi Music, 2012)

Bomba, a lively Afro-Puerto Rican musical genre is the focus of the album Agua del Sol by Hijos de Agüeybaná. The outstanding group presents a wide range of bomba forms, from the very traditional to salsa, jazz and electronic explorations. The album opens with ambient an electronic music and drums piece tiled Saludo al sol (greeting to the sun). From there, Hijos de Agüeybaná quickly shift to acoustic bomba, using barrel drums and the characteristic call and response vocals.

Although salsa contains a high percentage of Afro-Cuban rhythms, Hijos de Agüeybaná demonstrate how bomba was also incorporated into salsa. The title cut ‘Agua del sol’ shows us this exciting form of modern bomba by adding piano and brass. The last piece on the album showcases a great jazz arrangement of ‘Te Invito.’

Drummer, multi-instrumentalist, and researcher Ángel Luis Reyes grew up in New York City and discovered bomba at a photo shoot as a young man. “I thought it was African music. I was stunned to hear it was from my island, from my home,” he recollects. Ángel Luis returned to Puerto Rico and interviewed a lot of elder musicians and dancers to learn more about bomba. “Ask any elder and they will tell you: Bomba is respect. You have to have respect throughout, for the drums, for your partners,” Ángel Luis explains.

What’s really exciting about Hijos de Agüeybaná is that most of the songs are original compositions by Otoqui Reyes Pizarro. This means that fresh new songs are being added to the bomba music pool.

“Bomba is your heart expressing itself freely,” adds Ángel Luis. “It’s the letting go. Letting it flow freely and reach out to the world.”

Agua del Sol is an impressive album, full of irresistible rhythms that celebrate the African roots of bomba.

Buy Agua del Sol in North America

Buy Agua del Sol in Europe

For the original link go to Irresistible Bomba