We can safely call this a historical event. Two of the most influential bands in the international cumbia revolution playing together in NY's first ever Cumbia festival.
MERIDIAN BROTHERS from Bogota, has been reinventing and redefining Colombian music for almost two decades - adding electro-acoustic and psychedelia to its quirky mix and influencing countless musicians around the world.
SON ROMPE PERA, from Mexico City, has been updating their father's marimba tradition with hardcore and rockabilly, claiming that "Cumbia is the New Punk."

Both bands have played Barbès on some of their previous tours, but this time, we needed to host this at a much larger venue...Elsewhere is ten times larger...
This is an extension of our long-running Tropical Vortex series.

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THIS WEEK AT BARBES

Thursday 01/05 8pm

OURIDA
The Franco-Algerian pianist and singer in a trio with Ari Folman-Cohen - bass and Jeff Miles - guitar

Thursday 01/05 10pm

LA BANDA CHUSKA

Peruvian Surf, indie cumbia and prog punk.

Friday 01/06 5pm
Oscar Noriega's CROOKED QUARTET
Every Friday 5-7:30pm

Oscar Noriega - alto sax; Marta Sanchez - piano; Christopher Tordini - bass

Friday 01/06 8pm
MAMIE MINCH

Retro-futurist blues 

Friday 01/06 10pm

YOTOCO

Cumbia, son and jibaro music.

Saturday 01/07 6pm

TIM BERNE
Every Saturday in January @ 6pm

This week: Tim Berne - saxophones; Gregg Belisle-Chi - guitar; Jeff Davis - drums;
Eivind Opsvik - bass and Chris Potter - saxophone

Friday 01/07 8pm
CURTIS HASSELBRING & HIS CURHACHESTRA
The trombonist and electronic composer's brilliant new project

Saturday 01/07 10pm

BANDA DE LOS MUERTOS

Oscar Noriega and Jacob Garchik's Mexican Brass band, Sinaloa Style

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