News & Updates

Peace & Rhythm Tour This Week!!

Peace & Rhythm's DJs Andujar and Bongohead will be hitting the road next week to spin some funky latin vinyl delights in a few spots. We'll be joining some friends and some P&R bands. We'll also have plenty of merch with us available for purchase. You will also be able to hear test pressings of forthcoming Peace & Rhythm releases! Come and hang out with us! Here are the details: UPDATE: Sorry but we had to cancel this night. NYC Trust DJs will be there with the band. We'll be back soon Barbés. Mon 8/31 Barbés--Brooklyn...We'll be spinning after excellent...

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Check out this Video-Souvenir of Visual Clave!!

As Visual Clave winds down its nine-week run at Bronx Music Heritage Center this weekend, we have this souvenir short film put together by Mathew Ramirez Warren and Rodrigo Balseca Carmona recapping the event, featuring Mr Salsa Izzy Sanabria and our own Pablo Yglesias. With footage from the Brooklyn, Bronx and UMass-Amherst shows, there are so many friendly faces popping up in this, along with all that great album cover art! Check out the video.

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Visual Clave Closing Reception Featuring Live Music By Bronx Descarga All Stars 8/14

DJ Bongohead’s Visual Clave exhibit closes it’s two-month stay at Bronx Music Heritage Center this weekend. Coinciding with the Bronx Salsa Fest 2015, there will be live music by Bronx Descarga All Stars. Schedule of events for Friday evening are as follows: 6pm  The Latin Music Tertulia Series by Joe Conzo is a free series presented by the BMHC that explores the history of Latin music (what we call mambo and salsa) in New York City, as well as the musicians who created it. 7pm  Join us for the closing reception for Visual Clave! Visual Clave documents the little known evolution...

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DJ Turmix’s Boogaloo! Party with Yotoco (live) and DJ Bongohead 8/14

Another fantastic Boogaloo! party presented by DJ Turmix: THIS FRIDAY #BoogalooParty w/ Yotoco and the Bugalu Brothers at Nublu! About the band: Made up of ex-members of Bio Ritmo, Cumbiagra, and Umoja Orchestra, Yotoco is lighting up venues and dance floors throughout New York City with their unique and original mix of Rumba, Afrobeat, Son Cubano, Puerto Rican Bomba,funky Merengue, and Cumbia. + Dj Turmix and the bugalu brother DJ BONGOHEAD (Vampi Soul, Peace & Rhythm) on the turntables spining vinyl from the 60s allnight! FRIDAY AUGUST 14th Nublu 62 Avenue C (Between 4th and 5th st) Lower East Side,NYC...

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Ola Fresca Breaks In New Venue in Montpelier VT 8/14

Ola Fresca breaks in a brand new venue in Montpelier VT this Friday!! Come check out the Brooklyn-based salsa band at La Puerta Negra, support a new spot for music and enjoy the Vermont energy! Ola Fresca have a brand new album out called Elixir, with a vinyl LP version out 9/1 on Peace & Rhythm. The event is FREE and runs from 10pm until 2am. La Puerta Negra will celebrate the opening of its top-floor nightclub with a free blowout bash. Fittingly, the show features a kick-ass Cuban band from Brooklyn, Ola Fresca. Led by Cuban American firebrand José...

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