Abraham Rodriguez Reception at La Sala de Pepe

Join us for a reception for one of NYC’s cultural treasures.
In preparation for his upcoming show at Nublu, Abraham Rodriguez Jr. will lead a discussion on the history of rumba and bata drumming in New York City.

During his 50+ years performing Afro-Caribbean music, Abraham Rodriguez Jr. has pioneered blends with doo-wop, soul, Santo, and rumba. Join us for a meet-and-greet, historic video footage, and conversation.

Abraham Rodriguez Reception at La Sala de Pepe
Thursday, Oct 10th
Free & open to the public
7pm
Refreshments will be served.

La Sala de Pepe
73 Avenue C,
New York, NY 10009

Veteran Nuyorican singer and percussionist Abraham Rodriguez brings his mastery of ritual, secular music of the Caribbean, blending Son & Santo, Rumba and R&B in a potpourri of musical strains that could only have emerged and thrived in NYC.  

Abraham Rodriguez’s combination of soulful voice and skillful delivery has made him one of the most sought-after musicians in the salsa and folkloric scenes. He has been touring for over 30 years and has worked with renowned artists such as Manuel “El Llanero” Olivera, Eugenio “Totico” Arango, Orlando “Puntilla” Ríos, Grupo Folklorico y Experimental Nuevayorquino, and Michelle Rosewoman, to name a few. When it comes to Afro-Cuban drumming and singing, especially, Abe is a seasoned practitioner and staple in the Regla de Ocha community. A student and godson of the late great Cuban Bata and Rumba master musician Orlando “Puntilla Rios”, Abraham has maintained the traditions of his teacher while infusing it all with a uniquely NuYorican flavor.  


Presented by MOMENT NYC and Music Works NYC

…and the following Thursday, Oct 17th, at Nublu

Abraham Rodriguez Jr. y su Cachimba Inolvidable – A night of Nuyorican Son, Santo, Rumba & Soul
Thursday, Oct 17th
10 pm

Nublu
151 Ave C, NYC

Presented by MOMENT NYC and Music Works NYC

Art Party Happening with Clara Joy

MOMENT NYC’s next event is this Saturday, June 29th at 8pm. Guest curator Clara Joy presents an evening with music and dance — traditional, of the moment, and bound only by the limits of imagination. This is guaranteed to be a spectacular happening!

From Clara:

HEY ARTISTS, SCENESTERS, CHAINSMOKERS, LONERS, STONERS, WALLFLOWERS, PUNKS, UNDERDOGS, HIPSTERS, DOOMERS, FREAKS: GET YOUR ASS OUT OF THE HOUSE AND COME UPTOWN TO THE SCREAMJAZZ-RAP-FLAMENCO-PERFORMANCE ART PARTY OF THE SUMMER. WE’LL START WITH FLAMENCO DANCE ON THE OPEN FLOOR, THEN YOSHIKO CHUMA AND THE SCHOOL OF HARDKNOCKS WILL TRANSFROM THE SPACE, DARTING OUT WITH MOVEMENTS THAT DIVIDE TIME.
FOLLOWING IS PRINCE PALACE, USING FABRIC INSTALLATION AND ART RAP TO CREATE HIS OWN UNIVERSE AND FINALLY WE’LL HAVE THE ONE AND ONLY NU JAZZ, WHERE THE SCREAMS OF DANNY ORLOWSKI FLY OVER FREE JAZZ PUNK. COME TO THE SHOW! BUY A TICKET NOW! DOORS AT 8, $15
TICKETS ON VENMO (Venmo: Clara-Joy-1) OR AT DOOR BUT THEY’LL GO QUICK. LETS CELEBRATE ART TOGETHER. JUNE 29 B*TCHES!

La Rumba de Yuniskleyvis in NYC feat: Barbaro & Jaime Ramos, members of Los Muñequitos de Matanzas

Tuesday, June 4th – Nublu 151 Ave C, NYC
9pm

Experience the artistry of Matanzas, Cuba’s legendary Ramos rumba family under the leadership of Yuniskleyvis Ramos, featuring Barbaro and Jaime Ramos. Yunis and his family of rumba masters are members of the legendary group Los Muñequitos de Matanzas. They will perform drumming, dancing, and singing from the Afro-Cuban rumba traditions of Matanzas, Cuba along with local NYC rumberos!!!

Rumba has been a part of NYC’s music culture for decades providing a direct connection to Cuba, Africa and beyond as a secular tradition developed primarily in Havana and Matanzas Cuba in the 1880s. Much of its history is unclear but the three main traditional rumba forms, yambú, guanguancó, and columbia are believed to be developed from the African music and dance traditions of Abakuá and yuka and Spanish-based coros de clave. This music displays the vibrant reality of music’s power. It makes you dance, it makes you sing, laugh, meet new people, see old friends. It brings people together. If you know, you know. If you don’t you should!! See you there! You will dance, you will sing, you will remember that you are alive and be grateful.

According to one source the first commercial studio recordings of rumba were made in NYC by Carlos Vidal Bolado and Chano Pozo in 1947.

Free Rumba Dance & Drum Workshop

We are very happy to once again provide this free workshop in partnership with the Loisaida Center and Music Works. Our last dance and drum workshop led by visiting rumba masters from Matanzas, Cuba – featuring the legendary Ramos rumba family’s Yuniskleyvis, and Barbaro Ramos was a great success. This time they will be joined by another of their family members, Jaime Ramos. The Ramos family marks two generations of the world-renowned rumba group Los Muñequitos de Matanzas and are keepers of the flame of Afro-Cuban traditions unique to Matanzas Cuba.  All ages and levels are welcome.

Thursday, June 30th at The Loisaida Center

710 East 9th Street, NYC, NY 10009

7 to 8:30 PM – FREE

Space is limited, email [email protected] to reserve a spot

Pinc Louds + Naturally Occurring Music Communities panel

Join MOMENT NYC for a conversation about Naturally Occurring Music Communities and why they matter(ed) in New York City, with author and NYC music tour guide Jesse Rifkin, Douglas Sherman (Musical Host, The Loft), Julie “DJ Shakey” Covello (Warper Party, Shakey’s Record Fair), and Federico Ausbury (Pinc Louds). Followed by a live set by Pinc Louds.

There will be giveaways, stories and discussion about past and present underground music scenes. The role of these kinds of music communities in the birth of world-changing music genres such as Hip Hop, Punk, Disco, Jazz, Doo Wop, House and many others is undeniable. In their early forms, many of these small outsider music communities were actively despised and vilified by the mainstream press, radio, and society at large. How are these scenes developing in present-day New York, with globalized social media, and what, if any, realizations have come up in the post-pandemic world?

If you haven’t experienced the inspired joy of Pinc Louds’ infectious songs, come laugh, sing, dance and just be free to be yourself while finding out what you’ve been missing. If you’re already a convert come support this Drom takeover! Costumes and characters welcome!

Doors at 7pm
Panel 7:30
Pinc Louds 9PM


$15 in advance
$20 at the door

email [email protected] for discount options