Bobby Oroza with Gabriel Da Rosa [all ages] // Mill Valley
His dark and intimate debut single ”This Love” [below video] reached the ears and hearts of a worldwide soul music community – and is already a proper classic amongst the lowrider and soul collector scenes.
During frequent family parties Bobby’s Bolivian grandfather would pick up a guitar and sing Latin canciones and Cuban classics. Bobby’s mother is a singer and his father a gypsy-style jazz guitarist.
All Ages
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Doors: 7pm Show: 8pm
$26
Sweetwater Music Hall,
19 Corte Madera Avenue, Mill Valley, CA 94941
Video:
About show!
After years of grinding as a sideman in the Finnish music scene, Bobby Oroza has stepped up to make his voice
heard. Always with an air of crude romanticism, Bobby pushes towards an expression transcending the borders of
soul and rock balladry.
His dark and intimate debut single ”This Love” didn’t take long to reach the ears and hearts of
a worldwide soul music community and is already a proper classic amongst the lowrider and soul collector scenes.
Bobby was born in Helsinki, Finland into a family of musicians and artists. During frequent family parties Bobby ́s
Bolivian grandfather would pick up a guitar and sing Latin canciones and Cuban classics. Bobby ́s mother is a singer
and his father a gypsy-style jazz guitarist.
All his siblings work in show business and music. As a kid, Bobby was lucky to grow up surrounded by his parents’ record collection which included early jazz and blues, Motown hits, gospel ensembles, and doo-wop groups like The Drifters and The Clovers. The Soul records were balanced out by Brazilian ones, African ones, his mother’s collection of North and South American folk songs, and Nuyorican Salsa
albums. All of these influences show up in Bobby’s music.
Bobby started working professionally as a musician in his early teens. His main instruments are guitar and
percussion. Before finishing high school Bobby decided he needed to experience the rhythmic source that had
inspired him the most, and travelled to Santiago, Cuba. There he studied percussion and singing intensively for
months. Since his return he’s been producing, recording and performing music to make a living for his family.
Teaming up with the Timmion Records house band Cold Diamond & Mink, led by Jukka Sarapää, Sami Kantelinen,
and guitarist/composer Seppo Salmi, he has a tight quartet of musicians to support his vision. With his instant classic,
debut album “This Love” Oroza has shared his strange and unique shade of Soul with the world, creating a cult-like
following for his sound from Finland to sunny Southern California and beyond.
Video 2:
Video information:
Taken from the Bobby Oroza full length album, “This Love,” out on Big Crown Records. Purchase now: https://bigcrownrecords.com/store/thi…
CAST : Manuela Bosco, Bobby Oroza WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY : Anssi Lihtonen & Bobby Oroza CINEMATOGRAPHY & EDIT : Juice Huhtala F.S.C. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR & MAKE-UP ARTIST : Malla Malmivaara GAFFER : Eero Lämsä ELECTRICIANS : Lassi Vierikko, Alexander Schimpf, Jukka Sarapää, Sami Kantelinen, Seppo Salmi AERIAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & COLORIST : Hannu Käki VFX : Ilkka Pitkänen TITLES : Jukka Sarapää PRODUCER : Anssi Lihtonen EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Big Crown Records “This Love” performed by Bobby Oroza and Cold Diamond & Mink, recorded at Timmion Records Studios, Helsinki, Finland.
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