Yerba Buena

The brainchild of producer Andres Levin, New York's Latin-funk collective Yerba Buena came together as an outgrowth of Levin's extensive discography, including work as principal producer of the Red Hot Organization's Red Hot + Rio album (year-end TOP-10 in Rolling Stone, TIME & The New York Times). That critical praise was just as instant and far-reaching with Yerba Buena's 2003 Grammy-nominated debut album President Alien. The group's infectious live-band party feel changed Latin groove with an Afro-Cuban/Afrobeat/hiphop attack.