SUMMER THUNDER: JOE BATAAN + DJ TAHLEIM New York Performances

At Union Pool, Joe Bataan brings a body of work that helped define New York’s Latin soul moment in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when barrio sounds and pop songwriting overlapped on local dance floors. The Filipino-American singer-songwriter appears alongside NYC DJ Tahleim, whose approach favors clean transitions and patient pacing over hype. Tahleim’s selections move between live Latin recordings and club structure, giving Bataan’s songs room to register as social history as much as entertainment. The pairing reads like a small survey of the city’s long, looped feedback between stage and booth.