Event Details
Date: Thursday, June 21, 2012
Start Time: 8:00 PM
Event Type: Special Events
Last Updated: June 01, 2012
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The Boom Booms with KytamiThe Boom BoomsThe Boom Booms are a six-piece Latin-soul-funk-rock-reggae band, forged from friendships born on the school yards, soccer fields, cafe patios and eventually bars of East Vancouver.They make music that makes people want to dance or Get up and love somebody, as lead singer and guitarist Aaron Nazrul calls it. Whether breaking into song and dance on the streets of Paris, storming stages with Congolese musicians in Brussels, playing to thousands at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival or serenading abuelitas in South America, the charming sextet is able to reach across cultural barriers and connect with people of all stripes, on levels equally rhythmic and emotional.The video for their 2007 feel-good party anthem When the Night made it to #6 on the Much More Music countdown in 2008, and was optioned for a recent episode of 90210. Delivered, a surreal banjo ballad that conjures up images of a jungle river baptism, earned them the award for Best Roots Song at the Just Plain Folks Music Awards, which are judged by the worlds largest independent music organization.The talented lineup is: Aaron Ross on vocals and latin-friendly nylon guitar, Geordie Hart on stand-up, sit-down and strap-on bass, Sean Ross on vocals + ukulele/cavacino, Tom Van Deursen on black, sexy electric guitar, Theo Vincent on ragin percussion + drumkit, and Richard Brinkman on drums that he keeps deep in his pocket.