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This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. HORBATH: One of my best friends sent me a message where she was saying, like, I just wanted to let you know that I had a very important interview for my career, and what kind of calmed me down and made me feel confident was your song 'Florecer.'īENK: You can see Nicolle Horbath's Tiny Desk Contest submission on her YouTube channel.Ĭopyright © 2023 NPR. And she says her song 'Florecer' is inspiring people in all kinds of ways unrelated to COVID or the pandemic blues. I think a lot of the songs that I write kind of come from a place where I am like a third person talking to myself and saying, everything is going to be OK.īENK: Three years later, Horbath says she's been able to build a family of brilliant friends, many of whom are musicians, in Miami.īENK: It's a natural place for her music. What this is is kind of a letter to myself as well. But I decided to transform those feelings into something positive. HORBATH: I was super sad all the time, and I felt really lonely. No, she says, at that time, what the world really needed was a reminder that happiness can start on the inside.

#Bossa nova nyc full

Check out the full line-up for the third edition of Dweller below with artwork by Hassan Rahim. The result is a breezy pick-me-up, perfect for easy summer listening - not at all something you'd expect to come from such trauma.īENK: Nicolle Horbath says she didn't want to write something that would be a reminder of that very outward sadness. Dweller is usually based at the New York venue Bossa Nova Civic Club, but after being damaged in a fire earlier this month the building is closed, therefore the location for this year’s festivities is still to be announced. Even though what is outside is overwhelming, I need to water myself and take care of the inside so better things can bloom.īENK: Her song 'Florecer' spans two continents, melody and chords written in California, lyrics scrawled out on a bus from Bogota to Barranquilla, Colombia. HORBATH: That feeling of I really need to water myself with good things. Share Your Experience Select a Rating Select a Rating 5 star: 0 votes: 0: 4 star: 0 votes: 0: 3 star: 0 votes: 0: 2 star: 0 votes: 0: 1 star: 0 votes: 0: Top Reviews of Bossa Nova. Instead, Horbath looked inward and found a different feeling. Stuck in her tiny dorm room on campus, like most international students with no family in the States, she resisted the urge to just sit there, her nose pressed up against her window, dreaming of the outside world. She was a student at the University of California, Berkeley, in March of 2020, when the world seemed to stop.

NICOLLE HORBATH: So I was in a moment where I couldn't find myself.īENK: Horbath is originally from Barranquilla, Colombia. The Miami-based musician started writing the song when it felt like the world she knew was wilting. We wanted something that sparkled.' Bossa Nova is still under repair, but Barclay is estimating hell be able to reopen its doors fall 2022. As the title of Nicolle Horbath's new single, its more accurate meaning is to bloom. 'But its also inspired by classic NYC establishments like the Palladium, Studio 54, Paradise Garage, and just a time where dance music was more about the people than the DJs. RYAN BENK, BYLINE: Directly translated, the Spanish word florecer means to flourish. (SOUNDBITE OF NICOLLE HORBATH SONG, 'FLORECER') They were busted for not having a liquor license, then finally shut down by the city for a slew of safety violations in June.Ĭommunity members have also expressed concerns about ensuring the safety of the increasing number of party-goers coming to the area, for fear they will get drunk and stumble through the industrial zone with unguarded train tracks that remains mostly desolate at night.You've probably heard many stories from musicians over the years about writing songs about the pandemic, but Tiny Desk Contest entrant Nicolle Horbath put a kind of bossa nova twist on what are usually more melancholy anthems for the COVID years. Relations between big venue operators and Community Board 1 are still raw from a controversy that boiled over this summer when Brooklyn Mirage and CityFox operators tried to open a 6,000 person venue about a block away from the Randolph Street site. was recently used by the Bushwick Collective as a gallery show during their annual spring block party blowout. He declined to elaborate more on the venue, saying he had just begun the permitting process.Ī sample menu for the restaurant submitted to the community board featured light and healthy snacks including kale chips, quinoa bowls and sunflower falafel and juices with ingredients like eucalyptus, grapefruit, ginger, ginseng, nettles and activated charcoal. 'We are trying to follow every possible rule and we are very open to any input from the community board,' said Barclay, following Wednesday night's meeting.

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