On Monday night, Eaman and I partook in a porteno (slang for Buenos Aires locals) tradition and hit up the weekly percussion jam session known as La Bomba de Tiempo. The 17-member group, whose music sounds like a mixture of Latin, African and dhol music, plays in an open-air space in the city with a new special guest each week. We were lucky enough to come on a week when the group welcomed Brazilian beat-boxing, rapping, melodizing sound machine Marcelo Pretto.
It was one of the coolest concerts I’ve ever been to. And thanks to the mosh pit of dancers and that one guy who took his shirt off, it was also one of the most energetic.
I took a bunch of videos from the concert, but unfortunately, our iPad isn’t cooperating to get the videos in the post, so a link will have to do. So check out a sampling of Bomba’s music from a past show here. It’s worth the click!
This looks like FELA! Did you ever see that on Broadway? OBSESSED WITH YOUR UPDATES! Can’t stop reading! Please keep posting!!! Miss you two!!! xoxoxo
I never saw Fela, so I guess this was my cheapo way of kind of sort of seeing it! Thanks for always reading, Tans. Missing you and your hilarity much!
Like you said it was a great music !!!!