Abuelita always said yerbabuena was good for me like in a tea to calm los nervios for example. In New York City Yerbabuena is good for your ears too. yerbabuena is the name of a New York City based musical collective committed to the musical traditions of Puerto Rico. Tired of hearing musical forms such as bomba and plena labeled as folkloric or watered down by mainstream musicians, this eclectic mix of artists has been keeping it real since 1999. You don’t hear yerbabuena, you feel them. I dare you not to move, sing, clap and engage in the call and response portions, based in the African roots of Puerto Rico, when you experience one of their performances.

If you are in the Nueva York area you can catch yerbabuena every Thursday night , 9:30PM-Midnight at Camaradas el barrio, 2241 First Avenue at 115th Street.