MUSIC
Explore Latin Music in NYC and Global Roots from rumba to salsa, rap, and reggaeton; from the blues to rock, rap, and trap; and from classical and opera to Latin jazz and mariachi. There’s also bachata, cumbia, flamenco, global, house, merengue, música Mexicana, pop, samba, tango, and more.
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The Birth of Hip-Hop, and You Don’t Stop!
Hip-hop roots go way back, but what is generally considered hip-hop’s birthday was Clive and Cindy Campbell’s “Back to School Jam” block party at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in Morris Heights, The Bronx, on August 11, 1973. 🇺🇸 🇯🇲
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El Destino Milonga is Popular with New York’s Best Tango Dancers
SOLAS, East Village, Manhattan 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
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Merengueras Dominicanas: Ninoshka, Lidia de la Rosa, & Indira Rubiera Bring Quisqueya to Hostos Center
HOSTOS CENTER, Mott Haven, The Bronx ~ Three legendary women play their own flavors of Dominican merengue. 🇩🇴
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ACO SONiC Festival with Miguel Zenón and Angélica Negrón Creates Avant-Garde Puerto Rican Classical Music at Hostos
Classical Music, Colombian, Cuban, Hostos Center, Indigenous, Jewish, Latin Jazz, Mexican, Mott Haven The Bronx, MUSIC, Puerto RicanA primer on some of the young Latin artists who are doing incredible work stretching the jazz and classical music canon in New York City. HOSTOS CENTER Mott Haven, The Bronx Sunday, June 4, 2023 🇵🇷 🇨🇴 🇮🇱 🇺🇸
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Calpulli Mexican Dance Company “Monarcas” Celebrates the Contributions and Sacrifices Mexican Immigrants Make for the USA
Calpulli Mexican Dance Company, DANCE, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Queens, Mexican, Queens Theatre, Roots MusicQUEENS THEATRE IN THE PARK, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens 🇲🇽
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Nation Beat Plays Brazilian Maracatu Forró Funk Jazz Fusion at Flushing Town Hall
This New York Brazilian maracatu, forró, funk jazz band is fun! FLUSHING TOWN HALL Flushing, Queens Saturday, May 13, 2023 🇧🇷
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk Was the First Composer to Notate the Rhythms of Congo Square
New Orleans May 8, 1829 🇭🇹 🇺🇸
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Banda Iroko Will Make You Want to Dance Like You’re Madly in Love
Banda Iroko is Israeli bassist Avishai Cohen and Nuyorican conguero-vocalist Abraham Rodriguez Jr’s Nuyorican jazz project. It’s the perfect blend of singing bass and singing drum. BLUE NOTE Greenwich Village Tuesday-Sunday, April 25-30, 2023 🇮🇱 🇵🇷
