Three of my favorite Denver bands all on the stage…one after the other.

Literally the first pic of the night. Onda.

Scary how tight these guys were. I’d really like for our band to perform with them. Onda.

Every one of their musicians: tight. If I wasn’t behind the lens, I’d be dancing. Onda.

…and then came Quilombo. Boulder-based reggae and cumbia.

I had my doubts at first cuz these guys were missing their amazing flute player. But this boy on sax held that sh*t DOWN! Hell yeah! Quilombo.

I just like this pic. Quilombo.

Juan, Quilombo.

But the night belonged to Mono Verde. It was their CD release party.

These cats work hard. Mono Verde.

Mono Verde.

Elvis of Mono Verde.

Roberto, Mono Verde.

Aneudy, Mono Verde.

Next time the Behind the Lens blog recommends as kick ass show…my advice: GO! : )

Wuttup…welcome to the music section of my photo blog. Music is my other artistic passion so I plan on photographing musicians A LOT.

That being said, if you like Reggae and live in the Denver area, I would check out Mono Verde’s CD Release party this weekend. This show is gonna be hot and I’ll be there, camera in hand.

Rafa, Mono Verde.  Photo: Ric Urrutia

They’ll will be playing with another one of my favorite bands: Quilombo. These cats mix up the reggae and the cumbia and also get the crowd CRUNK.  Onda and Huerfano will also be there.  I’ll be seeing them for the first time.

Ysmael, Quilombo.  Photo: Ric Urrutia

Chances are I’ll be blogging about these cats a lot. This is Debajo del Agua, the band for which I play bass. Standing L-R: Fafo, Dascrybe, Zay, Dov, Rogelio. Squatting L-R: Pablo, Pepe, me.

Me, Ric Urrutia.  Photo: Drew York

Our band is composed of musicians from Chile, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Peru, El Salvador, and France. We mix hip hop, Andean, Bossa, Cumbia, Reggae, Cuban Son, Funk, and other types of music and layer some bad ass revolutionary lyrics on top.

Chances are Debajo del Agua won’t be around after August. Sucks. Really sucks. I’ll leave that for Sunday’s blog though.