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Tato Torres & YERBABUENA: Boricua Roots Music |
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| Location: | NUYORICO, New York |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Oct 25, 2007 (318 days back) |
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YERBABUENAyerbabuena, hierbabuena, n., f. : wild spearmint, mintyerba, hierba, n., f. : herb : grass : weed buena, n., f., adj. : good Note: the Spanish name "yerba-buena" ("good herb") is used to describe several varieties of mint, including Satureja douglasii, Satureja chamissonis, and Mentha spicata (spearmint) photo by Angelo Valentin click on image to read full article PRESS, PROMOTERS, BOOKING AGENTS & SPONSORS Promoters with excellent network in the entertainment industry Booking agents with clients interested in booking one of the fastest rising musical phenomenons of the current Latino/Puerto Rican Renaissance Sponsors interested in having quality product(s) endorsed all by artists that are delivering increasingly popular music and significantly influencing today's new "Latin" era of entertainment. CONTACT: 845-641-3095 or info@yerbabuena.biz Tato Torres &YERBABUENABoricua ("Puerto Rican") Roots MusicA new Boricua generation is embracing their traditional musical expressions. The work of Tato Torres & YERBABUENA is the product of everything that leads to a contemporary Puerto Rican musical experience. Tato Torres YERBABUENA (one word) is a group of individuals who come together to play the music that they love under the musical direction of singer-composer-musician Tato Torres. It is composed of musicians, singers and dancers from the New York City area, who share an intense passion for the musical traditions of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. The last thing that will come to your mind while at a YERBABUENA event is that you're watching a show, it feels more like a cross between a jam in the park, a spiritual ceremony and a family reunion. They convey wholeness and harmony, and their music is moving beyond belief. The music they play is, by nature, participatory. Whether bomba, plena or música jÃbara, it's all interactive. And being witness to their vibrant sounds and the deep joy that making music together gives them, just leaves the audience no choice but to join in the chorus or dance for the drums. After a YERBABUENA session, you'll be uplifted, tired and happy. photo by Amy Ponce The concept of YERBABUENA developed during the summer of 1999 at the renowned Rincón Criollo Cultural Center (aka "La Casita de Chema") in the heart of the South Bronx, and has been growing since. It developed out of the need for cultural expression, redefinition and re-appropriation of the Puerto Rican musical heritage by a new generation of Boricuas. For a long time, Puerto Rican musical traditions have been constricted by commercial culture and generally limited to holidays and "folkloric" presentations.YERBABUENA is an important part of the struggle to develop and promote identity through living Puerto Rican musical traditions such as bomba, plena and música jÃbara. photo by Felipe "El Jibaro" Garcia While well-recognized Boricuas like Willie Colón, Marc Anthony and Ricky Martin are known worldwide for their "Latin" flavor, groups like Plena Libre, Los Pleneros de la 21, Viento de Agua, and now YERBABUENA, have been changing the way people listen to traditional Puerto Rican music in New York City and beyond. YERBABUENA reclaims the Puerto Rican music often branded as "folkloric," refusing to accept its packaging as frozen-in-time museum pieces, only vaguely connected to contemporary culture. Instead, they make gorgeous music that incorporates past and present. YERBABUENA taps right into the core of who Boricuas are as a People. Boricua Roots MusicBoricua 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 raÃz" in Spanish. The movement is also often referred to simply as "roots" or "raÃces" in Spanish.YERBABUENA RELEASES 1st CDNew York City's Hottest Boricua Roots Music Crew: Tato Torres & YERBABUENA released their first independent production "BORICUA ROOTS MUSIC" on October 14th, 2006. The album titled "Boricua Roots Music" is available now on-line!!! WHERE TO BUY THE CD????At the moment, you can buy the CD directly from YERBABUENA at any of our future appearances (check out our calendar ).The album titled "Boricua Roots Music" is available now on-line!!! buy it on-lineCURRENTLY AVAILABLE @ The following lovcations in NYC: El Barrio Music Center1870 Lexington Ave. (bet. 115 & 116 Sts.), El Barrio, NYC Casa Amadeo Record Shop786 Prospect Ave., The Bronx, NYC Gradually, the CD will begin to be availabe in selected music stores in NYC, and very soon it will be available everywhere. We appologize to everyone outside the New York City area and hope to make the CD accessible to you all very soon. Sincerely, Tato Torres YERBABUENA, INC. |
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Music:Member Since: 1/4/2006Band Website: yerbabuena.biz Band Members: YB 2006:Tato Torres * (direction, lead/back-up vocals) Flaco Navaja * (lead/back-up vocals) Aubrey Barbosa * (lead/back-up vocals) Melissa "MellyD" DÃaz (lead/back-up vocals & minor percussion) LaFlaka" / Norka "La Flaka" Nadal (lead/back-up vocals & minor percussion) Julissa Vale (back-up vocals & percussion) Hector "Slick" Mercado * (accoustic cuatro & guitar) Hector "Pucho" Alamo * (accoustic & electric cuatro) Guillo "El Vampiro" Colón (accoustic & electric bass guitar) Jorge "White Rice/Pega'o" Vázquez * (percussion & back-up vocals) Luis "Bebo" Reyes * (percussion & back-up vocals) Niko Laboy * (percussion & back-up vocals) Camilo Molina Gaetán (percussion & back-up vocals) Jonathan "JBlack" Troncoso (percussion & back-up vocals) ( * ) on recordings Also on CD ("Boricua Roots Music"): Bryan "Mofongo" Vargas (accoustic & electric guitar) Frank "Vaya" Cotto (electric upright bass) Obanilú Iré "Papirito" Allende-Solana (percussion & back-up vocals) Sandra Garcia Rivera (lead & back-up vocals & minor percussion) Upcoming ShowsOur Favorite MySpace Friend: Boricuation-- Our Current Label: Guasábara Records Influences: Mon Rivera, Ismael Rivera, Rafael Cortijo, Rafael Cepeda, Ramito, Germán Rosario, Antonio Cabán Vale "El Topo", Andrés Jiménez "El JÃbaro", Hector Lavoe, Angel Luis Torruellas, Los Pleneros del Quinto Olivo, Los Pleneros de la 21na, Los Instantaneos de la Plena, etc... Sounds Like: Like nothing you've ever heard before, and yet like everything that leads to a contemporary Puerto Rican musical expression... like our parents record collection on our turntables... Description: YERBABUENA preforming "El Embruja'o" ("Boricua, Boricua") at SoB's in New York City on July 23rd, 2007. Recorded by Julian GQ www.barriomedia.com Description: YERBABUENA with poets Mariposa and melleSOL preforming "Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico" at SoB's in New York City on July 23rd, 2007. Recorded by Julian GQ www.barriomedia.com Description: Melissa DIaz on vocals with YERBABUENA preforming "Boricua, Boricua" at El Grito de Lares in Puerto Rico on September 23rd, 2006. Directed by Julian GQ www.barriomedia.com Description: Flaco Navaja gets his bomba on with YERBABUENA preforming "A la Linea" with Norka "La Flaka" on vocals for June '07's "RAZA" at Cielo. BounceFMdotCom Channel Record Label: Guasábara Records Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Roots Music / Latin / Afro-beat) |
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Upcoming Shows - NYC & Puerto Rico - November 2007 |
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| ----------------- Bulletin Message -----------------From: YERBABUENADate: Oct 5, 2007 4:12 PMRE: YERBABUENA: Upcoming Shows - NYC & Puerto RicoYERBABUENA: Upcoming ShowsClick on each Flyer for more In... Posted by YERBABUENA on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 01:16:00 PST |
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YERBABUENA's Summer Stage Event op Pic for August on NY DaylyNews' Viva |
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| YERBABUENA's SummerStage Event: DaylyNews/Viva Top Pic 4 Aug '07YERBABUENA's upcomin Summer Stage Event @ Central Park (NYC): selected as Top Pic for August on NY DaylyNews' Viva Summer Music Calendar... Posted by YERBABUENA on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:08:00 PST |
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Desde el sur del Bronx: Música de raíz boricua del grupoYerbabuena |
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Desde el sur del Bronx:Música de raíz boricua del grupoYerbabuenaRamón LópezESPECIAL PARA EN ROJO
ACTUALIZADO: Jueves, 14 de junio de 2007 a las 12:07am.
http://www.clar... Posted by YERBABUENA on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:06:00 PST |
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YERBABUENA mentioned on New York Post's TEMPO's 50 GREATEST MOMENTS |
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| YERBABUENA mentioned on New York Post's TEMPO's
50 GREATEST MOMENTS
A HISTORY OF SOME OF THE MARCH'S DEFINING EVENTS
www.nypost.com/tempo
2006 - Rocking a guayabera, Mayor Bloomberg marches alongsid... Posted by YERBABUENA on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 08:31:00 PST |
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YERBABUENA, dj BOBBITO GARCIA & "¡Yo soy Boricua, Pa'que Tu Lo Sepas! June Edition of RAZA @ Ci |
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| ----------------- Bulletin Message -----------------From: YERBABUENADate: May 19, 2007 1:47 PMRE: RAZA BORICUA: YERBABUENA & BOBBITO @ Cielo, Wed., June 6thYERBABUENA & dj BOBBITO GARCIA& Rosie Pérez'... Posted by YERBABUENA on Sat, 19 May 2007 02:04:00 PST |
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"YERBABUENA vs. Yerba Buena" NY Daily News article |
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| YERBABUENA vs Yerba Buenaby Pablo CalviNy Wed. December 13, 2006, Daily News: "Viva NY" Section, Page 10YERBABUENA IS THE SPANISH name for peppermint, the aromatic herb. According to the Encyclopedia ... Posted by YERBABUENA on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 09:16:00 PST |
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Yerbabuenas 1st CD REVIEW from LatinPulseMusic.com |
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| Yerbabuena's "Boricua Roots Music" CD Release!** NYC Street Report**http://www.latinpulsemusic.com/articles/show/20Octob
er 26, 2006By Laura Ortiz-Meléndezfor www.latinpulsemusic.comYerbabuena, the New... Posted by YERBABUENA on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 12:23:00 PST |
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YERBABUENA & CAMARADAS in Time Out New York (timeoutny.com) |
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| YERBABUENA & CAMARADAS el barrio in Time Out New York (timeoutny.com)
YERBABUENA Rules El Barrio's Nightlife!!!click on logo-image to read full article in Time Out New York or vis... Posted by YERBABUENA on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 09:15:00 PST |
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"Boricua Roots Music": YERBABUENA RELEASES 1st CD |
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| "Boricua Roots Music"
YERBABUENA RELEASES 1st CD
New York City's Hottest Boricua Roots Music Crew: Tato Torres & YERBABUENA recently released their first independent production "Boricua Roots Mus... Posted by YERBABUENA on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 02:37:00 PST |
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YERBABUENA's CD RELEASE PARTY(NUYORiCAN POEtS CafE) |
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| YERBABUENA RELEASES 1st CD
YERBABUENA's CD RELEASE PARTY
New York City's Hottest Boricua Roots Music Crew: Tato Torres & YERBABUENA released their first independent production "Boricua Roots Musi... Posted by YERBABUENA on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 10:46:00 PST |
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