TROPICAL VORTEX presents: EL VAPOR DE BROOKLYN
Mon, 18 Aug 2025
9:00 - 11:55 PM (EDT)
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Refund Policy: No refunds
TROPICAL VORTEX is Barbès long-running series showcasing all manners of tropical styles from Latinolandia with live band and DJs playing cumbia, chicha, guaguanco, mambo, plena, Sanjuanitos and other styles of vintage or not so vintage styles.
Past artists include Combo Chimbita, Chicha Libre, Los Cumpleaños, Bulla en el Barrio, Yotoco, La Manga.
Past artists include Combo Chimbita, Chicha Libre, Los Cumpleaños, Bulla en el Barrio, Yotoco, La Manga.
As well as : Son Rompe Pera, Chico Trujillo, Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto, Ceferina Banquez, Son Palenque, La Sonora Mazuren, Meridian Brothers, Frente Cumbiero, Paito y los Gaiteros de Punta Brava, , Yeison Landero, Hit La Rosa, La Cuneta Son Machin, La Perla, Banda Chuska and many more
Live set this week:
EL VAPOR DE BROOKLYN
El Vapor de Brooklyn is born out of the NYC Boricua diáspora. Much like their antecessors and inspirations Los Pleneros de la 21 and Viento de Agua, VdB is intent on keeping and furthering Puerto Rican music, particularly through the diasporic lens. The Brooklyn-based octet, comprised of Puerto Rican (some, members of LP21), Latinx, and American musicians, takes an unconventional approach to plena and bomba, with influences from jazz, contemporary music, timba, r&b, and reggaeton - much in the spirit of Rafael Cortijo more than 60 years ago while based in this same City. With a foot in PR and another in NYC, VdB brings a fresh influenced take on the genres while keeping true to their original spirit of carrying on the stories of those who practice them at their time and place. These are our stories, today. And this is what they sound like.
Live set this week:
EL VAPOR DE BROOKLYN
El Vapor de Brooklyn is born out of the NYC Boricua diáspora. Much like their antecessors and inspirations Los Pleneros de la 21 and Viento de Agua, VdB is intent on keeping and furthering Puerto Rican music, particularly through the diasporic lens. The Brooklyn-based octet, comprised of Puerto Rican (some, members of LP21), Latinx, and American musicians, takes an unconventional approach to plena and bomba, with influences from jazz, contemporary music, timba, r&b, and reggaeton - much in the spirit of Rafael Cortijo more than 60 years ago while based in this same City. With a foot in PR and another in NYC, VdB brings a fresh influenced take on the genres while keeping true to their original spirit of carrying on the stories of those who practice them at their time and place. These are our stories, today. And this is what they sound like.
Pi Lebrón : vocals
Jailene Michelle : flute/vocals
Raul Ríos : trumpet/vocals
Emily Pecoraro: bass clarinet
Dariel Peniazek : guitar
Bam Rodríguez : bass
Nelson Matthew “Mateo” González : barriles
Victor Pablo : drums/vocals/compositions/lead
Jailene Michelle : flute/vocals
Raul Ríos : trumpet/vocals
Emily Pecoraro: bass clarinet
Dariel Peniazek : guitar
Bam Rodríguez : bass
Nelson Matthew “Mateo” González : barriles
Victor Pablo : drums/vocals/compositions/lead
With resident DJ's SONIDO CHICHADELICO and ADRIAN IS HUNGRY and Special Guests
$20 suggested
Pay now online or in person that night.
PRODUCED WITH OUR FRIENDS AT ILEGAL MEZCAL
Pay now online or in person that night.
PRODUCED WITH OUR FRIENDS AT ILEGAL MEZCAL