Alma Moyo

Alma Moyo

Genre: Bomba

Alma Moyo the Afro-Puerto Rican Music Group was established in 2002 at a lively drum jam session at “La Casita de Chema”, a community garden in the South Bronx. Founded by Alex LaSalle from Moca, Puerto Rico, Alma Moyo is an intergenerational group of Puerto Ricans and Dominicans who promote the diverse regional drum and vocal styles of Bomba with a Caribbean-blues sentiment. Alma Moyo’s Bomba is laden with revolutionary defiance, sorrowful lament, and invigorating sound. The group has been performing its rich vocals and dynamic dance in theaters, concert halls, universities and nightclubs throughout New York. Their debut album, No Hay Sabado Sin Sol, (There is No Saturday Without A Sunrise) is at once a harmonious ode to ancestral spirits, a call to unmask the exploiters in defense of the weak, and a recollection of bittersweet life experiences encountered in love, work, and community.

Alma Moyo’s refreshing pulse emits an Afro-Caribbean pride sailing above its cosmopolitan landscape. Alex LaSalle, the group’s director, is a soulful singer with a near-photographic memory who has learned hundreds of never recorded Bomba songs and has quickly become a beacon of this living musical tradition. A gifted singer and percussionist, Alex also performs with Grupo Folklorico Experimental Nueva Yorquino, Los Pleneros de la 21 (Grammy nominated), and other accomplished Caribbean music groups.

Live Music

Alma Moyo performing on Friday June 12th, 2015 9:00PM

Camaradas El Barrio
2241 1st Avenue
New York, NY 10029
+1212-348-2703