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Nicky Bomba's Bustamento @ The Thornbury Theatre
0 Comments. 750 Views. Posted 19 Jun 2012 @ 3:11pm.
Mento six-piece Bustamento are more commonly billed as Nicky Bomba’s Bustamento – and rightly so. Bomba has been doing the hard yards in the scene since the '80s, working in various outfits covering reggae, blues, roots and calypso, and he holds mento close to his Maltese heart. From the get-go, you can tell Bomba loves his job – and why wouldn’t he? With his sister in the crowd, his brother on... Read More
Nicky Bomba's Bustamento
0 Comments. 955 Views. Posted 9 Jun 2012 @ 12:17pm.
The first single from Bustamento, Nicky Bomba’s neoteric Mento-inspired group, is something pretty special. Mañana (meaning ‘tomorrow’ in Spanish) is a reggae-motivated romp with verses explaining why there’s all this pressing stuff to be done like earn some money and fix the damn roof. In the chorus, the six-piece sing in mariachi harmony: “Mañana, mañana, mañana is good enough for me... Read More
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