News & Updates — NYC

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.

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...

The mack daddy of USA record fairs is moving to Brooklyn this year! Catch the WFMU show this coming weekend at the Expo center. Andujar & Studebaker Hawk will be there selling. Come and say hello!Details here. Studebaker Hawk’s Discogs page can be found here. And be sure to catch the Drums & Dreams exhibit up at Bronx Music Heritage Center. The opening is Saturday. Peace & Rhythm fully representing!