News & Updates — tour dates

Peace & Rhythm's DJ Bongohead continues his Ontario tour on Sat, Feb 18 at Danse Avec Moi Studio in Milton, ON.  Lesson: 8:30 to 9:30 pm with Lucky Sipin! Social Dancing: 9:30 - 1:00 am with DJ Bongohead from Massachusetts, DJ Gury Gury and DJ Tarek playing salsa on vinyl! Fully Licensed Bar! Plus Prizes: We will be giving away Full Passes to the Toronto Salsa Festival in April to the person with the most beads at the end of the night! Cover: $10.00 Playing the best in salsa dura, bachata, kizomba, cha cha Danse Avec Moi Studio 781 Main...

To celebrate their one-year anniversary Toronto's La Rumba Buena are flying up a very special guest from the US, Peace & Rhythm's own DJ Bongohead. DJ Bongohead has been playing Latin music for more than two decades in venues large and small all across the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Spain. He has played at private parties for Fania Records, the Lincoln Center’s David Rubinstein Atrium, and Fez in NYC. He has guest DJed with DJ Turmix's Boogaloo Party at Nublu in Manhattan and has opened for old-school salsa greats like Tipica ’73, Orquesta Típica Novel, The Mambo Legends Orchestra, and...

(Photo, Paul Teeling) Well here's a wonderful treat! Peace & Rhythm and Klezperanto team up to bring you the official world premiere of the brand new Klezperanto video for "Arroz Con Coco", a tribute to the great Lucho Bermúdez of Colombia. Clarinetist Ilene Stahl is a veteran of the Klezmer Conservatory Band (often with violinist Itzhak Perlman) and she formed the Boston-based six-piece ensemble Klezperanto in 1999 to stretch into other styles of dance music. "We formed Klezperanto to play everything BUT traditional klezmer music!” she says. Indeed, the mix includes Balkan & Mediterranean styles, Eastern European, cumbia, danzas, ballads,...

Our favorite bhangra / funk / go-go / dhol n' brass party band Red Baraat is hitting the road this Spring in anticipation of their forthcoming album Bhangra Pirates, out March 24 on Rhyme & Reason. The record will be released on digital, CD and on LP. (The group's first vinyl, believe it or not!). Pre-order here. The band will be hitting both US coasts, as well as a gig in Abu Dhabi. Dates: 02.17.2017  Abu Dhabi @ NYUAD Arts Center   Tickets       Info       03.04.2017  Miami, FL @ Carnaval on the Mile   Tickets...

"Peace & Rhythm Presents" is a weekly eclectic music series every Wednesday night at The Root Cellar, downtown Greenfield's newest music venue. This premier season features bands and performers of various genres and styles, including funk, world music, jazz, reggae, rock, folk, DJs and more. Every Wednesday is FREE ADMISSION, 21+. Doors open at 8, music starts pumping at 9 and goes until 1230. ---Wed, July 27...The Boogalistics (soul-jazz/funk) and Doctor Thing (freak-out psychedelic jazz-funk) - The Boogalistics bring fresh energy to the classic sound of soul jazz. Boogaloo, soul-jazz, funk, this brand new group out of Northampton will satisfy...