Boricua Roots Music

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A Chat with Tato Torres of YERBABUENA
An Informal Discussion on Contemporary Puerto Rican Music in New York

6-8 p.m., Wednesday, April 30
Admission: $5
Cemí Underground, 1799 Lexington Ave., NYC's El Barrio

Description:
Tato Torres, singer/musician/composer and founder and director of the renown Boricua Roots Music band YERBABUENA hosts an informal open discussion on the history, presence and future of contemporary Boricua Roots Music.

Boricua Roots Music is a musical movement in which Boricua musicians have combined and re-combined elements of traditional and/or "folkloric" music as contemporary musical expressions. This style of modern music, which reaches back to the roots of Boricua (Puerto Rican) tradition has come to be called "roots music" or "música de raíz" in Spanish. The movement is also often referred to simply as "roots" or "raíces" in Spanish.


For more information, call (212) 860-2820 or e-mail info@yerbabuena.biz


(photo by Clarisel Gonzalez)

In the Mailbox

Saludos:

Aquí sólo un breve aviso para que sepan que nuestra película, "Ladrones y Mentirosos" (Thieves and Liars) ya está disponible en DVD.

Un abrazo,
Poli Marichal y Ricardo Méndez Matta

In the Mailbox




Dear Editor,

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The New York Civil Liberties Union is sponsoring its annual Freedom in Expression contest that asks youth to tell their stories, voice their opinions and speak out. Winners will receive cash prizes of up to $1,000.

Contestants can enter an essay, a song, a spoken word piece, a poem, visual art, a video, a public service announcement or something even more creative. Entries just need to express views on an aspect of justice in America.

The contest is open to all New York City youth younger than 20-years-old and the deadline is coming up! Entries must be submitted by Monday, May 19.

(For more information and to enter the contest, go to http://www.nyclu.org/contest.)

Good luck!


Donna Lieberman
Executive Director, NYCLU

Salsa Symphony

Salsa Symphony
Originally uploaded by clarisel.

The Bronx Arts Ensemble perform "Fifty Years of Salsa A Symphonic Odyssey" at the Hostos Center for Arts & Culture in the Bronx. It was a packed house Saturday night with audience members enjoying salsa hits such as "El Bombon de Elena" (50's), "Oye como va" (60's), "Periodico de ayer" (70's), "Lluvia" (80's), and "Vivir lo nuestro" (90's). All songs were performed with a symphonic twist. Boricua Raymond Torres-Santos served as the conductor and arranger.

From the PRSUN TV Archives

In March 2007, El Barrio and New York City celebrated the naming of East 106 Street in East Harlem in honor of the late Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos. The street is now also known as Julia de Burgos Blvd. PRSUN TV was there. This is a shorter version of the show, which originally aired on Bronxnet in the Bronx. -- Clarisel Gonzalez, producer