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Escucha la Voz (Listen to your inner voice)
Escucha La Voz composed by Nancy Friedman, lyrics by Gustavo "Chacho" Schartz, speaks of listening to our inner voice and trusting our intuition.
Performed by Sandra Rodríguez and ¡Retumba!
Performed by Sandra Rodríguez and ¡Retumba!
¡Retumba! Plena Fusion
¡Retumba! performing a Plena Fusion. The Plena, a rhythm and dance from Puerto Rico, is fused with Flamenco and Samba, to demonstrate our similarities and our uniqueness.
¡Retumba! Performing Bomba
Yvette Martínez dances before the drums in this performance of bomba, a genre of folkloric music and dance from Puerto Rico.
“A Dream Come True” original composition by Nancy Friedman and performed by ¡Retumba!
Cover photo of ¡Retumba! performing “A Dream Come True” on a beach.
Interactive Performance with ¡Retumba!
Outdoor Performance in Lancaster Pennsylvania performing music of Puerto Rico for The Latin American Alliance.
¡Retumba! On Stage
Outdoor Performance in Lancaster Pennsylvania performing music and dance from Puerto Rico for The Latin American Alliance.
¡Retumba! performances are both entertaining and educational. As seen in this photo, ¡Retumba! encourages people of all ages…
¡Retumba! performances are both entertaining and educational. As seen in this photo, ¡Retumba! encourages people of all ages…
¡Retumba! performance at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts
5th Graders from PS 155 performing with ¡Retumba! at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts' Lovinger Theater
NYC Mayor’s Awards for Arts & Culture Ceremony
¡Retumba! dance group pictured with Mayor Bloomberg at the Mayor's Awards for Arts & Culture. ¡Retumba! performed in collaboration with four other NYC groups at The Mayor’s Award Ceremony at City Center, February 2013.
¡Retumba! Full Company
Outdoor Performance in Lancaster, Pennsylvania performing music of Puerto Rico for The Latin American Alliance.
Silent Knight - Stayin' Busy (Official Music Video)
Busy Is My Best Friend music video.
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"The video would be released and pass 100,000 views, making it my biggest stand alone song thus far."
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"The video would be released and pass 100,000 views, making it my biggest stand alone song thus far."
Silent Knight - Pop Culture Shock
Music video for "Pop Culture Shock".
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
At the same time, I was again noticed by a familiar record label, LOUD Records, the very label that signed Wu-Tang Clan, Big Pun, Dead Prez, and other artists…
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
At the same time, I was again noticed by a familiar record label, LOUD Records, the very label that signed Wu-Tang Clan, Big Pun, Dead Prez, and other artists…
A Pretty Normal Day with Afro-Cuban Dance Group Oyu Oro
This short video was created by Xavier Diaz of Pretty Normal Productions about Oyu Oro Afro-Cuban Experimental Dance Ensemble after meeting Danys Perez aka La Mora, a teacher, choreographer, proud Afro-Cubana and the founder of Oyu Oro, at an event…
Welcome to Babylon's Basement
A page from one of Silent Knight's early notebooks, which became an excerpt from an unreleased and yet unrecorded track called "put down the linoleum".
Silent Knight Early Writing - Salute
A page from one of Silent Knight's early notebooks. Some of the words from this page were used in the song "Salute" on the album "Busy is My Best Friend".
Additional words that were added in the recording:
high command, rebel outlaw
but Cy is…
Additional words that were added in the recording:
high command, rebel outlaw
but Cy is…
1983 - 8th month - 30th day
A page from one of Silent Knight's early notebooks. This writing was later recorded as a song but not released.
Silent Knight 2022...To be continued
Selfie photograph of Silent Knight taken in 2022.
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"Which brings us to now. A residency booked for Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), planning of a world wide tour, and a possible major TV appearance…
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"Which brings us to now. A residency booked for Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), planning of a world wide tour, and a possible major TV appearance…
Redemption
Collage of digital photographs taken by and of Silent Knight in 2022.Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline: "After a couple of years of hardship, granted with some victories too, some sense of normalcy started to return. 2022 would…
Wu Tang: An American Saga
Still shot from "Wu Tang: An American Saga."
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"Wu Tang struck again soon after. My music was featured in a show about (and produced by) his favorite group. Hulu's Wu Tang: An American Saga. Season…
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"Wu Tang struck again soon after. My music was featured in a show about (and produced by) his favorite group. Hulu's Wu Tang: An American Saga. Season…
World News Now
Still shot from ABC World News Now "Hip-Hop Polka".
Timeline excerpt:
"The news reached out. ABC's World News Now. The very first Hip-Hop rendition of the 30+ year running tradition known as the World News Polka was produced by an in-house…
Timeline excerpt:
"The news reached out. ABC's World News Now. The very first Hip-Hop rendition of the 30+ year running tradition known as the World News Polka was produced by an in-house…
A New Normal
Silent Knight working virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"Just as things were building up with News Beat, the Innocence Project, and The Band Called FUSE, the pandemic hit. Things would never…
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"Just as things were building up with News Beat, the Innocence Project, and The Band Called FUSE, the pandemic hit. Things would never…
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