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Argentina’s La Bomba de Tiempo

La Bomba de Tiempo (“Time Bomb”) is one of the hottest shows in Buenos Aires these days. It’s a percussion explosion – 18 musicians dressed in bright red overalls playing djembes, bass drums, claves and congas.

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La Bomba de Tiempo (“Time Bomb”) is one of the hottest shows in Buenos Aires these days.

It’s a percussion explosion — 18 musicians dressed in bright red overalls playing djembes, bass drums, claves and congas.

David Sommerstein went to one of their show’s recently and brings us this report.