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Rob Sequin | Havana Journal
The promoters of these Cuban musicians sent me a CD. From the moment I started to play it I knew this was something powerful.
Click on the image above to hear a sample of Madera Limpia’s music.
Madera Limpia captures the soul and power of the youth movement in Cuba and specifically in Eastern Cuba. The band is from Guantanamo, a very rural area of Cuba.
The name is known for having the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay but that really has no effect on the people…
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Billboard
As the annual Cuban music trade fair Cubadisco kicked off Saturday in Havana Cuba, promoters in the United States are hoping that a thaw in relations with Cuba could revive interest in the island’s music.
Encouraged by President Barack Obama’s remarks in April that he’s seeking a “new day” in relations with Cuba, U.S. promoters have quietly begun planning stateside concerts by Cuban artists for as early as June, pending their ability to secure permission from the U.S. Department of State to perform in this country. Washington hasn’t authorized such visits since 2003.
The a cappella group…
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Rob Sequin | Havana Journal
If you love Cuba, political intrigue and clandestine government operations, you’ll love Havana, Top Secret.
Renowned Miami surgeon, Raymond Peters, learns a secret that throws him into a life-changing whirlwind of danger, international intrigue, and the chance to reunite with his childhood sweetheart, Sonia. Peters, still grieving over the loss of his wife Rebbie, when his childhood friend Pepe Orozco, whom he hasn’t seen or heard of in thirty years, reappears in his life with a shocking secret. Sonia, the teenaged sweetheart Raymond left behind in Cuba, was pregnant. She had a son,…
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Rob Sequin | Havana Journal
Havana: My kind of Town is a hip, streetwise guide to understanding Havana and Cuba. The book is packed with stories that provide a taste of the unique flavor that is Cuba.
Readers and travelers alike will sample Cuba’s Culture, cuisine, lifestyles and US Cuba relations. Havana - My Kind of Town will provide not only the nuts and bolts of Cuba travel, but assure you of a memorable trip. From tame to wild, it is all here at your fingertips.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: The Island of Cuba 1
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Time.com
If this were a music video, it would start in this living room in Havana, with a tight shot of the skinny kid in the white tank top at the keyboard. He counts it off from four, and with a sort of animal ease, his fingers fly, and a montuno rhythm swells through the dented amp, surging until the drummer can’t help joining in with the five-beat clave that is the backbone of all music here. And then the camera swings to the timbalero with a pink star dyed into his fade, cracking into the rhythm, and here comes…
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PlazaCuba is hosting a unique dance party on October 25, 2008 from 4pm to 9pm in the San Francisco Bay Area, celebrating the launch of their new website and other new projects.
There will be live Music with the Rumba group Sandy y Su Lade featuring a talented line-up of local Cuban rumberos, including Sandy Perez, Carlos Aldama, Fito Reynoso and Mijail Labrada. Enjoy Cuban salsa with DJ Waltdigz of Añejo Productions.
This 21+ event will be held at the Air Lounge on 492 9th street at Washington in Oakland California (entrance is in the lower patio) and there is…
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Written by Julie Schwietert | Photo by Brayan Collazo Alonso | MatadorNights.com
From the tragically touristy to the totally local, our top 10 nightlife guide to Havana takes you to places that reveal Havana’s complexity… and, of course, its love of music, dance, and drink!
10. Casa de la Musica
Casa de la Musica is one of the best places for live music and local culture in Havana. With shows every night of the week and a punishing schedule (4 PM -7 PM and 10 PM – 2 AM), you’d be lying if you came home and said you weren’t…
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On May 27th, Putumayo World Music will release Café Cubano, a captivating collection that will transport listeners to the charming cafes of this musically-rich Caribbean island. This album features a selection of exceptional performers who have incorporated Cuba’s diverse musical traditions and distinctive styles into their music.
Several of the songs feature influences from the “nueva trova” movement,in which lyrical poetry is joined with Pan-American folk traditions. Others remain true to the sultry guajiras, romantic boleros and traditional sones which were the underpinning of the renowned Buena Vista Social Club recordings.
1. José Cónde…
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BY RAFAEL LAM | Granma.cu
SANTIAGO DE CUBA is the birthplace of Cuba’s trova music movement, a tradition that goes back to medieval singers who would wander from party to party, town to town, singing in plazas, parks, caves and homes. For this reason, every March, the Pepe Sánchez International Trova Festival is organized in Santiago, taking into account that the 19th is the birthday of the man for whom the event is named, which later became Trova Day. This year, the 125th anniversary of the first recorded bolero is being commemorated: “Tristeza,” by Pepe Sánchez.
There is no need…
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