The best Modern World Music returns to the open air amphitheater at North Beach Bandshell. The Heineken Transatlantic Festival kicks off this Friday, brought to us by the Rhythm Foundation.  Come out to the Bandshell and enjoy the music.

8th Heineken TransAtlantic Festival
Featuring:
Bomba Estereo (Bogota Colombia)
Orquestra Contemporanea de Olinda (Recife Brazil)

Friday April 9th, 7PM sharp
North Beach Bandshell, 7275 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach 33141

Tickets $20 advance on sale through Groovetickets.com or by phone at 305-672-5202 or area outlets
Complete Heineken TransAtlantic Festival info:  TransAtlanticFestival.com “Best Concert Series” – you know it!

“Bomba Estereo‘s music hit me like a wave.  The only thing I could do was ride along with it.  There was no point in resisting the band’s infectious groove, Colombian cumbia and champeta rhythms reside at the root, layered underneath psychedelic and surf guitar, keyboards, dancehall vocals and dub bass.” — NPR (hear the complete feature here)

Orquestra Contemporanea de Olinda:  From music-crazed Northeast Brazil, comes a band of Permanbuco’s top young musicians, carrying forward the legacy of the late musical genius Chico Science – a groove-filled fusion of frevo and forro with Afrobeat, dub, rock and world rhythms.  The Som Livre recording artists make their US debut tour this spring.

Enjoy a track from Orquestra Contemporanea de Olinda:  click here
Enjoy a track from Bomba Estereo:  click here
Youtube videos and more here