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Spanish Harlem’s Own

opens for Puerto Rico’s

Andy Montañez
@ Columbus, Ohio’s largest festival
Music in the Air

Friday, June 20, 2008
5 – 11 p.m.
Columbus, Ohio
Downtown  Genoa Park
Food- Marketplace – Dance
For ticket information: 614.645.3800

Tickets are also available at all Ticketmaster outlets and www.ticketmaster.com. To purchase tickets by phone, please call (614) 431-3600 or (614) 469-0939. Additional service fees apply to tickets purchased through Ticketmaster or by phone.

Guests are encouraged to bring blankets for lawn seating. Coolers, chairs, tents, pets, and umbrellas are not permitted.
* Friday admission is FREE for 10 and under

If rain location is necessary, the concert will be moved to the
Palace (34 W. Broad Street). Palace will also be general admission seating.



New York, NY –June 18, 2008
– Hispanic calls “Spanish Harlem’s , an outfit steeped in nostalgia while exploding into the future.”  Featuring Fania All Star legend, Yomo Toro and Cortijo alum, singer/songwriter Sammy Ayala, ZDB brings it’s foot-stomping Latin dance drive from the streets of Spanish Harlem to Global Stages. ’s debut CD, Cortijo’s Tribe / La Tribu de Cortijo, has been rated among the top ten of 2007 by France, ’s El de la Salsa, Cali, and South Florida’s stations.

A high octane dance band, is an innovative and dynamic New York Latin music band that brings the dance music from the streets of Latin New York to the stage.  From the plena (popular during the turn of the last century) to the saucy strains of salsa amid the back beat of reggaeton laced with jazz, brings the beat of the streets to the hearts of dancers everywhere.

An intergenerational band whose members range from 16 to 75, was founded and is led by Latin music historian, writer, composer and musician Aurora Flores with musical director David Fernandez. ’s Cortijo’s Tribe: La Tribu de Cortijo features two masters of Afro- music, Yomo Toro, the King of the cuatro (the national 10-stringed guitar of the island) and an original member of Cortijo y Su Combo: Sammy Ayala.

is a play on words for the musical genre of “son” found in all the “barrio zon”es of Latino communities world wide. Bringing dance style classic Afro-Antillian music from the barrios, bring its energizing, foot stomping, funk based classic salsa (Afro-), plena, bomba & boogalu to their “live” performances.

“Representin’ on 5″
Aurora & were the houseband for the National on Sunday, June 8th where the band’s music was showcased to millions of New Yorkers and over the and airwaves.

YouTube – Cortijo’s Tribe, Zon del Barrio, Sammy Ayala en Carnaval
pays tribute to Cortijo & Maelo in this concert featuring Sammy Ayala In this finale, .

MySpaceTV Videos: Carnaval w/Zon del Barrio: Severa by Zon del Barrio
Carnaval w/: Severa by Watch it on MySpace Videos.

Upcoming Performances:


Sunday, June 29th: will be taking the mainstage of the Boston in Franklin Park, Massachusettes where they will be joined by Sammy Ayala, Yomo Toro and 20 dancers from Danza Fiesta’s theatrical dance troupe.

Visit our websites at: www.zondelbarrio.com
Where History Becomes Music &
oldskool gets a new beat

www.myspace.com/zondelbarriony

www.youtube.com/aurorazdb

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