David Rivera Y La Bámbula on Boston Public Radio FRI | MAR 20, 2026 with Jim Braude & Margery Eagan.

David Rivera Y La Bámbula performed at Lincoln Center in New York. The band was chosen out of over 2000 applicants from around the world for the 2026 edition of the very prestigious globalFEST. Rivera is a hot Puerto Rican singer, songwriter and drummer who is going places. In fact, he has already shared the stage with noted artists such as Puerto Rican singers Pedro Capó and Obie Bermudez, Nicaraguan singer Luis Enrique, singer/songwriter Danny Rivera, saxophonist/composer Miguel Zenon, bandleader/singer Gilberto Santa Rosa and many others. David and his group “La Bambula" offer a mix of tropical elements seamlessly combined with R&B and hip hop as well as the powerful dance music of the Caribbean from the 1970s and then the music is overlayed with modern, provocative lyrics. His music attracts an audience that enjoys the risk of listening to new rhythms and sounds. Rivera’s recent 2025 tour brought the La Bambula band to nine cities and towns in Puerto Rico as well as dates in New York City, Madrid and Barcelona, Spain. And, this past summer he was also a band member and a featured Special Guest with the six-time Grammy® winning Puerto Rican bandleader and singer Gilberto Santa Rosa. With Santa Rosa, David toured Europe hitting the cities of Murcia, Milan, London, Barcelona and Madrid.