News & Updates — latin funk

Tonight! The Discoteca Latina party returns to Sevenstrong in Northampton MA, with Peace & Rhythm's DJ Bongohead and guest Rob Suave out of Boston, spinning classic salsa dura, mambo, charanga, boogaloo, bachata, merengue, mambo, cumbia and other Latin styles for the dancefloor, all direct from old school vinyl! It's at Sevenstrong (7 Strong Ave), Northampton. It rolls from 10pm to 2am and admission is free! http://www.sevenstrongavenue.com/#!

We're excited to be returning to one of our favorite spots -- The Alvah Stone! This fantastic restaurant, located in an old mill overlooking a falling river, is a perfect rural spot for a lively party! The restaurant is celebrating three years and the week-long festivities will be capped off by a tropical-funk dance party featuring DJs Andujar and Bongohead of Peace & Rhythm Records. The Alvah Stone offers incredible food, a great bar with plenty of local drafts and hand-crafted cocktails and a wonderful staff. The DJs will be spinning groovy international flavors, all from vinyl -- from cumbia...

NYC-based band Fulaso, featuring Erica Ramos, will be playing the next installment of the crucial ¡Vaya! 63 series at The David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center. The show is produced in association with NYU's Music & Social Change Lab. Barcelona native DJ Turmix (of the famous Boogaloo! NYC parties) will open with a vinyl DJ set. This all happens Friday, March 24, 7pm. The event is free admission, on a strictly first-come first-serve basis. And yes, they all "sell" out. 61 W 62nd St New York, NY 10023 With hefty brass and raucous rhythms rooted in Puerto Rico, Cuba, and...

Out in April, Peace & Rhythm will be dropping the debut single by psychedelic disco-cumbia Latin supergroup Locobeach. "The Devil Is A Charmer", written by Joshua "C.A.M.P.O.S." Camp, will be available as a digital single, the first in a series leading up to the band's full-length debut vinyl LP to be released in late 2017 on Peace & Rhythm. This fantastic group features members and ex-members of Los Crema Paraiso, Chicha Libre, Los Amigos Invisibles, La Muy Bestia Pop and C.A.M.P.O.S...Stay tuned!!

Here's some birthday recognition to one the most prolific and unsung musicians on the groovy music landscape, master percussionist Ralph MacDonald! Harlem-raised, his father was a musician from Trinidad & Tobago and the calypso and steelpan have always been with him. He played with Harry Belafonte from 17 until his mid 20s (including being the major artistic force behind Belafonte's 1971 Calypso Carnival album). That year he started his own publishing company and hit the big-time the next year with his composition "Where Is The Love" (recorded by Donny Hathaway and Roberta Flack, with Ralph on percussion). It was non-stop...