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BackStage Pass
Thursday, February 18, at 8 p.m.
on WKAR-HD and WKAR-23
"BackStage Pass" Features Salsa Group
The lively sounds of Michigan’s premier salsa band, Orquesta Ritmo are featured on this week's edition of BackStage Pass.
Orquesta Ritmo performs salsa covers and original compositions before a live studio audience in the hour-long concert. Rehearsal footage and interviews with the musicians take viewers “backstage” and deeper inside the creative craft of the performance. In the interviews, band members discuss how the group came together, how the individuals got started in music and their specialties.
Musicians in the group hail from Lansing, St. Johns, Haslett, Kentwood, Swartz Creek, Grand Rapids and Davison, Michigan. The band is made up of: Mike Eyia Jr., Tenor / Baritone Sax; Carl Poposki, Trombone/Arranger; Mike Sailors, Second Trumpet; Russ McMartin, Lead Trumpet; Tim Thalen, Timbales; Mike Eyia, Director/Lead Vocals/Guitar; Rob Mulligan, Percussion Director/Vocals; Oscar Gonzales, Vocals/First Percussion; Carmelo Sanchez, Latin Percussion/back up vocals; Terry Newman, Bass; Paul Lizinski, Keyboards.
Featured selections include “Mama Guela,” “Llego La Banda,” “Malaguena Salerosa,” “La Musica es mi Vida, “Dejame Sonar,” “Odiame,” and “La Salsa Vive, among others.
Two of Orquesta Ritmo’s BackStage Passselections, “Dejame Sonar” and “Aguanile” can be watched as “Director’s Views” at http://youtube.com/wkar. Photographs from the concert are available in hi-res at http://flickr.com/wkar.
BackStage Pass will begin recording its next season of performances in April. Visit http://wkar.org/backstagepass to reserve your seat for this these free events.
For additional information about BackStage Pass, visit WKAR.org.
published: February 17, 2010
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