Grupo Fantasma's critically acclaimed "Sonidos Gold" has been nominated for a Grammy, a fitting end to a 2008 that was packed with rave reviews and massive touring across North American, Europe, and beyond. highlights include the New Orleans Jazz Festival, Bonnaroo, Montreal Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands, the horn section performing with Prince at Coachella and the "Tonight Show with Jay Leno," and a ten day engagement to entertain troops stationed in Kuwait and Iraq.
The band's reputation as the funkiest, finest and hardest working latin orchestra to come of the United States in the last decade was expanded by the June 2008 release of "Sonidos Gold" and the incredible response that followed. "They blast off in their own funktified, genre-breaking directions" exclaimed Billboard Magazine and the Boston Globe declared that "Fantasma is honing a decidedly 21st-century version of Latin groove." Their trademark innovative sound and incendiary live shows garnered a cover feature in Pollstar Magazine, radio spots on NPR's "Day to Day" and PRI's "The World" and extensive press coverage throughout North America and Europe. The album also spent several months in the top ten of the CMJ world charts.
With Sol Driven Train opening the night up, 9pm. $10 advance/ $15 day of show. Thursday, July 30, 2009.
