YERBABUENA

"YB UNDERGROWND" is YERBABUENA's Urban/Experimental/Contemporary expression. A "fussion" of traditional Boricua Roots Music with contemporary commercial sounds like Hip-Hop, Reggae, Reggaetón, Funk, etc.



A new Boricua generation is embracing their traditional musical expressions. YERBABUENA is the product of everything that leads to a contemporary Puerto Rican musical experience. YERBABUENA is a group of individuals who come together to play the music that they love under the musical direction of singer-composer-musician Tato Torres. It is composed of musicians, singers and dancers from the New York City area, who share an intense passion for the musical traditions of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.



While well-recognized Boricuas like Willie Colón, Marc Anthony and Ricky Martin are known worldwide for their "Latin" flavor, groups like Plena Libre, Los Pleneros de la 21, Viento de Agua, and now YERBABUENA, have been changing the way people listen to traditional Puerto Rican music in New York City and beyond.



For more info check out YERBABUENA's original profile on www.myspace.com/tatoyerbabuena



YERBABUENA RELEASES 1st CDNew York City's Hottest Boricua Roots Music Crew: Tato Torres & YERBABUENA released their first independent production "BORICUA ROOTS MUSIC" on October 14th, 2006.



The album titled "Boricua Roots Music" is available now on-line!!!



WHERE TO BUY THE CD????At the moment, you can buy the CD directly from YERBABUENA at any of our future appearances (check out our calendar).



The album titled "Boricua Roots Music" is available now on-line!!!Buy it on Line



CURRENTLY AVAILABLE @ The following lovcations in NYC:



El Barrio Music Center1870 Lexington Ave. (bet. 115 & 116 Sts.),

El Barrio, NYC



Casa Amadeo Record Shop786 Prospect Ave.,

The Bronx, NYC



Gradually, the CD will begin to be availabe in selected music stores in NYC, and very soon it will be available everywhere.



We appologize to everyone outside the New York City area and hope to make the CD accessible to you all very soon.



Sincerely,



Tato Torres

YERBABUENA, INC.



YERBABUENApronunced: YER-buh BWAY-nuh



yerbabuena, hierbabuena, n., f. : wild spearmint, mint

yerba, hierba, n., f. : herb : grass : weed

buena, n., f., adj. : good

Note: the Spanish name "yerba-buena" ("good herb") is used to describe several varieties of mint, including Satureja douglasii, Satureja chamissonis, and Mentha spicata (spearmint)



PRESS, PROMOTERS, BOOKING AGENTS & SPONSORS

Promoters with excellent network in the entertainment industry

Booking agents with clients interested in booking one of the fastest rising musical phenomenons of the current Puerto Rican/Latino Renaissance

Sponsors interested in having top of the line product endorsed all by artists that are delivering music and influences in today's new "Latin" era of entertainment.



CONTACT: 347-584-8915 or info@yerbabuena.biz



Tato Torres &YERBABUENABoricua ("Puerto Rican") Roots Music

A new Boricua generation is embracing their traditional musical expressions. The work of Tato Torres & YERBABUENA is the product of everything that leads to a contemporary Puerto Rican musical experience.



Tato Torres



YERBABUENA (one word) is a group of individuals who come together to play the music that they love under the musical direction of singer-composer-musician Tato Torres. It is composed of musicians, singers and dancers from the New York City area, who share an intense passion for the musical traditions of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.



The last thing that will come to your mind while at a YERBABUENA event is that you're watching a show, it feels more like a cross between a jam in the park, a spiritual ceremony and a family reunion. They convey wholeness and harmony, and their music is moving beyond belief. The music they play is, by nature, participatory. Whether bomba, plena or música jíbara, it's all interactive. And being witness to their vibrant sounds and the deep joy that making music together gives them, just leaves the audience no choice but to join in the chorus or dance for the drums. After a YERBABUENA session, you'll be uplifted, tired and happy.



The concept of YERBABUENA developed during the summer of 1999 at the renowned Rincón Criollo Cultural Center (aka "La Casita de Chema") in the heart of the South Bronx, and has been growing since. It developed out of the need for cultural expression, redefinition and re-appropriation of the Puerto Rican musical heritage by a new generation of Boricuas. For a long time, Puerto Rican musical traditions have been constricted by commercial culture and generally limited to holidays and "folkloric" presentations.YERBABUENA is an important part of the struggle to develop and promote identity through living Puerto Rican musical traditions such as bomba, plena and música jíbara.



While well-recognized Boricuas like Willie Colón, Marc Anthony and Ricky Martin are known worldwide for their "Latin" flavor, groups like Plena Libre, Los Pleneros de la 21, Viento de Agua, and now YERBABUENA, have been changing the way people listen to traditional Puerto Rican music in New York City and beyond.



YERBABUENA reclaims the Puerto Rican music often branded as "folkloric," refusing to accept its packaging as frozen-in-time museum pieces, only vaguely connected to contemporary culture. Instead, they make gorgeous music that incorporates past and present. YERBABUENA taps right into the core of who Boricuas are as a People.



Flaco Navaja gets his Bambula on!!!!



Flaco sings "El Blanco y EL de Color"



Shake yo' maracas with YERBABUENA: Urban Jibaros!