Album Review: Bustamento - Intercontinental Journal 7

“Please mister, don’t touch me tomato. Please mister, don’t touch me tomato/Please mister, I’m a pumpkin potato. Please mister, don’t touch me tomato,” Nicky Bomba sings in the penultimate track of this album.

Yes, readers, it was necessary to mention that – these things have to be appreciated. Such nonsense is rarely utilised in such a juxtapositional way, matched with both expertise and musical frivolity. Drummer, ukulele player, band leader and singer Bomba, in one-of-many projects Bustamento, does that and much more. This album is to be taken with a hearty dose of carefreeness.