South Texas "barrio-big-band" Bombasta blends horn-driven cumbia rhythms with politically-charged, cerebral flows into an infectious, borderless, Spanglish dance-party for the 21st century. The energy of their spirited live shows vibrantly redefines protest music with inspired, unencumbered compositions, revealing honest, resistance themed vocals that ring true, now more than ever. Press:
"It’s of
ficial: Bombasta has earned bragging rights as the baddest Latin alternative band in San Antonio..." - The San Antonio Current
"When Bombasta, 'San Anto's Barrio Big Band,' takes a stage, a stage is taken." - The San Antonio Express News
"Bombasta mastermind Roberto Livar may look like a west side San Antonio hipster, but he's one highly educated, highly cerebral, highly verbal young man who delivers his ideas in an onslaught of Spanglish. His natural singing style is a rapid, almost rap-like delivery that sounds loaded and dangerous.” - Texas Music Magazine
"Energetic, horn-driven Latin funk that prides itself on its political activism... but the band manages not to sound preachy; instead, their songs tend to energize crowds." - 210SA
"The 'San Anto' scene broke here in the late 1950s and ‘60s.. Today it stands on the shoulders of new pioneers of the sound like Bombasta's Roberto Livar, a musician with his feet planted at the center of the rock en español wave and his fingers dipped in almost every other genre in town." - San Antonio Magazine
