New York Bomba: Tato Torres & Yerbabuena Celebrate Camaradas El Barrio's 10th Anniversary - Saturday August 16, 2014

YERBABUENA 
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Tato Torres and New York City’s premier Boricua Roots Music crew:YERBABUENA: Boricua Roots Music, celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the now legendary Camaradas El Barrio.

Come enjoy the sounds of YERBABUENA’s Bomba, Plena and Lelolay!!!

"YERBABUENA Not to be confused with the Afro-Latin pop band Yerba B...uena, this is the Puerto Rican band from New York led by the singer Tato Torres. It’s Boricua roots music with some updating and flexibility: percussive bomba and plena, jíbaro folk songs and deep electric-bass grooves." -BEN RATLIFF, The New York Times


Event: Tato Torres and Yerbabuena Celebrate Camaradas El Barrio's 10th Anniversary 
Artist: Tato Torres and Yerbabuena
Date and Time: August 16, 2014 at 9PM
Venue and Location: Camaradas El Barrio 2241 First Avenue, New York, NY 10029, camaradaselbarrio.com/
Directions: #6 Subway to "116th Street", walk east to First Avenue, then right to 115th Street.
Admission: Not listed

Afro-Inspira at La Marqueta, Spanish Harlem - Nelson

There's a new Bomba group in the New York City area, Afro-Inspira. Founded and directed by Yeli Mara the group brings a fresh prospective and vibe to the Bomba music community.  They are currently performing every Thursday at La Marqueta in Spanish Harlem (located at East 115 and Park Ave).

I got a chance last week to go "Uptown" and check them out in person.  I shot four videos of group members dancing during the show. Here's group member Nelson stepping out and giving us a demonstration of Bomba male dancing.  I'll post later the other three videos later in the week. Enjoy

New York Bomba: Afro Inspira Every Thursday at La Marqueta in El Barrio (Spanish Harlem)

La Marqueta Retoña y habla BOMBA!!!

Come for your weekly dose of live Afro Puerto Rican Bomba music. Enjoy of an interactive performance in the heart of El Barrio. Join Afro Inspira Frienmily in honoring our powerful story of freedom, healing and empowerment. 
Co-create with us a safe space for self and collective expression. Our mission is to be present for your story and share it with the world through dance-singing and drumming.
Every Thursday hasta que Sol se oculte!!!
Free!!!
6:30pm
115th st and Park Ave!!!

Afro Inspira BOMBA performance group come from the need to re-create our Bomba roots traditions in the here and now. Afro Inspira have the intention to educate, empower, and provide a safe space for self and collective expression. We understand that there is healing, transformation, values, and power embedded in the Afro Puerto Rican Bomba tradition. Bomba is an oral tradition and as so we have the responsibility to narrate our stories through songs and dance. Our story is full of struggles, chaos, love, happiness, resistance, and many other feelings that need to be share and liberate in conversation with the drum. We are a community of artists, cultural warriors, political organizer, freedom fighters, moms, teachers, and therapists that promote healing and a space for it. Enjoy the power of the group and "remenea" el espiritú. Afro-Inspira pa' tí!

New Jersey Plena: 8va Feria De Artes Y Musica - Saturday August 9, 2014

Event: 8va Feria De Artes y Musica (8th Arts and Music Fair of NJ)
Artists: Johnny Olivo y Herencia De Plena; Pastrana y Plena Dulce
Date and Time: Saturday August 9, 2014 from 12 Noon till 8pm
Venue and Location: Elwood Park, (North), Newark, New Jersey 07104 enter Summer Ave and (or) Lincoln Ave
Admission: Not listed

San Franciso Bomba: Puerto Rican Bomba & Plena Workshop w/ Hector Lugo - Saturday August 9, 2014

This hands-on workshop focuses on four of the most popular seises de bomba (bomba sub-genres) from the Santurce tradition of Puerto Rico — the sicá, the yubá, the cuembé and the holandés — as well as the basic percussion rhythms of the Puerto Rican plena. Participants will learn the techniques of playing traditional instruments, including the barriles (barrel drums), cuás (sticks) and maraca (shaker), as well as the panderos (hand-held frame drums) and güícharo (the Puerto Rican güiro or scraper) essential to plena. Participants will also learn songs for each of these rhythms, gaining an overview of the origins, evolution, and significance of plena and bomba in Puerto Rico’s rich musical culture. The workshop will be led by Héctor Lugo, director of La Mixta Criolla and The Bomba y Plena Workshop, with the assistance of Juseff Pili Martínez and Sandra García-Rivera. 

Students are encouraged to bring their own drums to class; some instruments will be provided.

Event: Puerto Rican Bomba and Plena Workshop
Artist: Hector Lugo
Date and Time: Saturday August 9th, 2014 at 4pm
Venue and Location: SF Jazz Center, Joe Henderson Lab (see contact info for location)
Admission: $5 for children, $20 for adults

For more information and tickets go to http://www.sfjazz.org/events/sessions/2014/education/puerto-rican-bomba

Boston Bomba: Bomba Sankofa at Puerto Rican Festival of Massachusetts - Saturday August 3, 2014

Bomba Sankofa will be bringing Bomba to the Puerto Rican festival this Sunday! Join them for a day of Celebration - Bomba is about community and conversation - they want you to be part of the dialogue! 

Event: Bomba Sankofa at the Puerto Rican Festival of MA
Artists: Bomba Sankofa
Date and Time: Sunday August 3, 2014, performance time not listed
Venue: Boston City Hall Plaza 

Bronx Bomba: Bombazo Dance Co and Bomba Yo at Boogie on the Boulevard: Summer Sunday - Sunday August 3, 2014

Celebrate the Bronx's 100th anniversary with three pedestrian Sundays on the Grand Concourse between 165th and 167th Streets.
Schedule

11:00am, - 11:25am

Bombazo Dance Company will perform as the opening act for Blvd.
Founder, Choreographer and Bronxite Milteri Tucker and her diverse group of dancers will perform there fusion of Bomba with Modern Dance.

1:30pm-2:00pm

Bomba Yo performs as closing act.