Once again, Bossa’s own Jim Thomson, Booking Agent Extraordinaire, presents Flash of the Spirit – a worldwide music series brought to you by Multiflora Productions. This festival of global sound brings to stages across DC the delicious songs of faraway places as varied as Perú, Haiti, Niger, Rwanda, and many[…]
Guitarist Rob Coltun explains the concept behind The Tributary Project with elegant simplicity: “Our music flows from the essence of the beautiful music from various cultures while creating unified new sounds. All tributaries flow into a bigger body of water.” Rob wears many hats at Bossa – co-owner, sound guy,[…]
Bossa’s very own musical curator, Jim Thomson, is gifting DC with live world music during the entire month of October. His Flash of the Spirit Worldwide Sound Festival aims “to present emerging and remarkable international musicians from abroad as well as local musicians from our diverse immigrant communities to celebrate[…]
In today’s precarious times, the world needs more all-inclusive, take-no-BS bands like Democratoz. A product of their Oran roots, the group is perpetuating the spirit of raï (literally “opinion”, an influential musical genre born from Bedouin desert music and pop) for the 21st Century, boosting it with a reggae backbone and party vibe. These[…]