The History of Salsa with DJ Bongohead and Banda Criolla
WHAT: The History of Salsa with Dj Bongohead and Banda Criolla
WHERE: Center for the Arts Flex Space at 33 Hawley, Northampton, MA 01060
WHEN: Sunday, April 28, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Get your tickets here: https://www.freshtix.com/events/the-history-of-salsa-live or over the phone. You can call 678-701-6114. Tickets are sent via email moments after the transaction is completed.
Join us on Sunday, Apr 28, 2024, at 33 Hawley Street Northampton for an exciting journey through the roots of Salsa music, culture, and history. Get ready to dance and learn from the best in the business as DJ Bongohead and Banda Criolla guide us with rhythm, harmony, and storytelling from Salsa’s Cuban, Puerto Rican, Caribbean, and Latin American origins to its explosion as a unifying cultural force in 1960s/70s New York City to the worldwide movement it is today.
Pablo E. Yglesias, aka DJ Bongohead, kicks off the event with a vinyl set and visual projections, paired with his deep knowledge of Salsa and global music movements. Next, Jose Gonzalez and Banda Criolla take the stage for a high-energy live set of Latin dance rhythms in celebration of the musical styles of Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Latin America.
You will not want to miss this unique presentation as we turn up the heat and dance in the spring in preparation for our 2024 Salsa in the Park season!
DJ Bongohead
Pablo Yglesias is one of the founders of Peace & Rhythm DJ collective & record label. He thrills us with his endless enthusiasm and knowledge of global funkiness. As a writer and historian he has informed on many musical subjects from latin & funk to jazz & punk via the likes of Wax Poetics, his Rough Guides overviews and more. The author/curator of Cocinando! Fifty Years of Latin Album Cover Art (PAP), he also regularly spins vinyl as DJ Bongohead and works in the fields of art and graphic design. His compilation series The Afrosound of Colombia has helped re-launch a worldwide focus on the riches of Colombian music. Peace & Rhythm are proud to be teamed with Vampisoul Records of Madrid to continue bringing the Colombian rare-groove heat! Thanks to Bongohead for all his dedicated hard work in the Discos Fuentes reissue program.
Banda Criolla
New England’s hottest Latin music ensemble! "Banda Criolla" is a 5-piece Latin Dance Band performing top Latino artists such as Luis Fonsi / Daddy Yankee, Enrique Iglesias, Carlos Vives to standard Latin American/ Cuban Classics from Tito Puente, Santana, Los Panchos , Juan Luis Guerra, Gypsy Kings, Strunz and Farah, Celia Cruz and Banda Criolla. Hundreds of performances in USA, Puerto Rico and Cuba. The explosive rhythmic energy of today’s festive Latin music from Puerto Rico/ Cuba / Latin America!
Watch a video of Banda Criolla performing live
Headline Sponsor: Lathrop Community
Media Sponsors: The Daily Hampshire Gazette, The Republican, 93.9 FM the River, WHMP, Northampton Open Media
Organizational Support:
Massachusetts Cultural Council, City of Northampton
