News & Updates — DJ Bongohead

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...

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...

VISUAL CLAVE 50 Years of Latin Album Cover Design Visual Clave documents the little known evolution of ‘Salsa Graphics’ and  the expression of Latino identities through the prism of album cover art over  half a century of music packaging and graphic design. This exhibit explores the evolution of Latin music album cover art over the last 50 years,paying critical attention to issues of identity and aesthetics through depictions of Hispanic people and cultures, with an emphasis on historical context and the unsung graphic artists who helped present Latin music — and its attendant socio-cultural themes — to the world. Visual Clave’s premise...

A joint exhibit between Charlie Rosario and Peace & Rhythm’s Pablo Yglesias is now showing at the Bronx Music Heritage Center, with an opening reception on May 2, with music by DJ Andujar and Charlie Rosario with Los Rumberos Callejeros. More info at Bongohead’s blog. “I just put up a new art show with my friend Charlie Rosario last week in the Bronx at the Bronx Music Heritage Center Lab (1303 Luis Niñé Boulevard). We hung our work side by side, and collaborated on a shrine to the great conga players, percussionists, and rumberos of Cuban and Puerto Rican origin...

We're back in the Big Apple this weekend! Fri 3/14 Boogaloo! Monthly Party Presents: Fulaso w/ The Boogaloo Brothers (DJs Turmix and Bongohead)...Nublu, 11pm Sat 3/15 DJ Bongohead (after Chia)...Barbés, 11:45pm More info: “Boogaloo!” Launched by DJ Turmix in January of 2011 with the support of Fania Records is bringing back bugalú to the Big Apple!…Along with Turmix and guest dj’s, this party includes live music by top latin groove bands. ABOUT THE BAND Erica Ramos was the lead singer of Spanglish Fly, now she presents her own band and we are very proud to present the debut of Fulaso...