Nick Straccini Band
- Ottawa, ON
- Wedding Band
- 60 Verified Bookings
Raivyn H. said “Had these folks for a holiday celebration and it was delightful! The vocalist was very skilled and had our staff's children dancing in delight. The…”
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Get everyone in your party or event dancing!
forget the gym & zumba, this band gets you doing all sorts of steps.
Loose some calories so you can drink some more!!!
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Price Range: Contact for rates
Gig Length: 20 - 120 minutes
Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
Gets thinkers dancing & dancers thinking!
The tables will be tossed and the dance floor will be full!
Bombolessé's music is a Tropical Party for everyone from 4 to 84 years old!
All the musicians play on various instruments and come from the world's 4 corners creating a high energy show. Their songs are in French, Portugueuse and Spanish : it gets thinkers dancing & dancers thinking!
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Bombolessé has been sharing its fiesta since Carnaval day in 2003.
Cuban-born Franco-Spanish Bassist/Singer Julien Álvarez Thomet was raised in Brazil. His tropical influences are emphasized by a multilingual multi instrumental band!!!
On Keyboard/Accordean/Singer, Alix Noël a Montreal born Haitian gives a creole touch to the singing.
Martin Bonin, the band's percussionist founded Montreal's biggest samba school.
Recently settled from Brazil is the drummer Aquiles Melo bringing the northeast manguebeat craziness to the band's grooves!
And last nut not least Dominique Poirier gets everyone wild with her thrusting trombone and her wild dance steps!
in 2007 Their first hit "W" was selected in various compilations.
in 2011 Movimento, the 2nd album was nominated best world album.
In 2012 Their show was awarded Galaxy's (Sting radio now) best world music show.
Their 3rd album is coming up this summer 2015 and will probably be acclaimed.
Together they deliver an explosive tropical fiesta.
After 800 live shows in over 10 countries (Canada, USA, Mexico, Brazil, Europe, etc.) they've mastered the tricks to get everyone partying!
in 2007 Their first hit "W" was selected in various compilations. The album went #1 in the CIUToronto, CIBL Mtl world music charts. 3 stars w/ Le VOIR.
in 2009 the band played Rio's Carnaval (also Salvador & Brasilia)
in 2010 the band did a European Festivals tour
in 2011 Movimento, the 2nd album was nominated best world album (GAMIQ). The album went #1 in CIBL Mtl world music charts. 3 stars w/ Le VOIR again!
In 2012 Their show was awarded Galaxy's (Sting radio now) best world music show. They have started playing the US east coast every 8 months since 2011 (SOB's @ NYC, Bee Hive @ Boston, Concert of colours @ Detroit).
Their 3rd album just came out and is already acclaimed went #1 in the CKUT Mtl, CIBL Mtl world music charts. A great critic in Le Devoir..
we adapt to every situation
Brazilian covers + songs from our 3 albums
in Portuguese, French & Spanish
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Raivyn H. said “Had these folks for a holiday celebration and it was delightful! The vocalist was very skilled and had our staff's children dancing in delight. The…”
Samantha K. said “Zach helped us surprise my boss for her birthday with a signing telegram. He was on time, responsive, and hilarious. Would 100% re-hire in the future,…”
Michael T. said “From a logistics perspective it could not have been any smoother. JW called me to confirm the details and finalize the terms. The day of the event, the…”
Alyssa said “We wanted to add some live music to a birthday party and decided to hire Peter from The Sidewalk Crusaders to play the saxophone for us. Peter was very…”