Papo Lucca y La Sonora Poncena/Bio Ritmo

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A little spam, I suppose. My brother is playing bass in the second band, Bio Ritmo. If you are in NYC and are free on Sunday afternoon, you ought to come check these two bands out. Being chosen to play by Papo Lucca is a huge honor to these guys.

Papo Lucca y La Sonora Poncena

Formed in 1944 by Papo Lucca’s father Enrique Lucca, Sonora Ponceña is the oldest active band from Puerto Rico. Originally formed by local musicians in the Puerto Rican town of Ponce, Sonora Poncena has reached audiences across the world for over 50 years.

The Afro-Caribbean salsa band Bio Ritmo formed in the early 90s in the unlikely city of Richmond, Va. Since their inception, the band has released four albums, including the critically acclaimed self-titled Bio Ritmo. The Village Voice writes, “Its a classy mass of pulsating rhythm and wry wordplay on which Bio Ritmo comment on their connection to the musics 70s roots while, you know, swinging relentlessly into the future.”

Bio Ritmo

Embracing the straight-up, street-wise classic salsa sound of the 1970s Puerto Rican New York, Bio Ritmo brings hard-core groove, creativity, and pure energy back to the forefront of music.  Bio Ritmo is a veteran salsa band out of Richmond, Virginia, creating a buzz everywhere they go.  They recently won the Disc Makers Independent Music World Series (IMWS) Northeast finals in New York City, beating out 1,700 other independent bands from the entire Northeast region. 

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Just to bring this to the top, my brother usually plays an upright, but bought an Ampeg Baby Bass specifically for this band to get that real Salsa sound. I don't know if you've ever been in the same room with a baby bass, but the plastic wreaks! I'm told that hard plastic from the 1960s is very different from the plastic of today.

This is an image of a typical Ampeg that I found on a google search. I've seen ads with Richard Davis and Charles Mingus endorsing this instrument at its advent.