La Cantera continue their monthly residency at the California Clipper with special guest Erik Noel Rosado coming directly from Puerto Rico.

Erik Noel Rosado, musician, percussionist and singer. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1966 and grew up in Puerto Rico, between Carolina and Villas Palmeras. He is a student of masters of Caribbean percussion and Puerto Rican culture. Among them, Angel Cachete Maldonado, Luis Daniel Cepeda, Giovanny Hidalgo, Modesto Cepeda, Antony Carrillo and Tito Matos among other greats. He has collaborated as a percussionist, and singer in orchestras and groups in the genres of salsa, merengue, rumba, bomba, plena and more. Groups such as, Los Hermanos Cepeda, Areyto, Conjunto Tipikón, Pleneros del Truco, Truco y Zaperoko, Los Majaderos de Cachete, Yubá Iré, Roberto Roena, José Alberto “El Canario,” and Tito Nieves. Since Tito Matos’ return to Puerto Rico, for over 20 years he has formed part of Viento de Agua.

Free before 7:00 pm. $5 after.