Julio 17 2011 marca la fecha del lanzamiento oficial de La Habana Tiene Su Meneo, el nuevo sencillo de Soneros All-Stars. Escúchalo aquí exclusivamente en Radio Timba . La composición, arreglo y producción del tema fue ejecutada por Jan Bogdan, el tresero, bajista y director del proyecto de música cubana basado en Suecia. 

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Prepárense para el Primer Festival de Salsa y Latín Jazz de Barcelona 2011. El festival tiene la ventaja de poder atraer a un publico autóctono amante del género (bailarines, melómanos , músicos) y a un público inmigrante, que siempre responde ante eventos que les acerquen a artistas referentes de la escena musical latina a nivel internacional.

Apertura de puertas 18:30H

PROGRAMA:
17H – La Sucursal S.A. (Salsa – Colombia – BCN)
20H – Chucho Valdés y A.C. Messengers (Cuba)
22H – Rubén Blades (Salsa – Panamá – NY)

El festival espera unas 5000 personas e incluye actividades y animaciones teatrales, muestras gastronómicas, una feria artesanal, encuentro de melómanos y DJs y venta de vinilos; todo al aire libre en pleno verano.

Abriendo el festival, el grupo La Sucursal S.A. presentará su nueva producción discográfica Sin Fronteras, y se destaca el tema "No Me Tumbas" aquí en Radio Timba.

Además encontrarán temas nuevos de La Combinacíon de La Habana (una colaboración con Tirso Duarte llamada "Ajústate el cinturón") y de Maraca, que nos trea su tema "Preguntale a mi mujer", del compositor y cantante Alexei "El Nene" Sánchez que estará en gira con Maraca.

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It's been 2 years since my last interview with Calle Real. At the time they were just about to release their second CD Me lo gané . This time we meet Kafry, Dony and Peter aka "El Señor Speedo" as well as Thomas. They talk about recent concerts, new songs and upcoming plans including a 5-stop promotional tour of Japan.

Interview with Calle Real by Michelle White, Stockholm 25-05-2011
English Subtitles

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photo by Tom Ehrlich
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Orlando "Maraca" Valle, ex-flautist of Irakere and, as the leader of Otra Vision, has chalked up a Grammy nomination, 5 Cubadisco awards and dozens of wildly successful tours.

With dual-residency in Cuba and Europe, Maraca was able to keep touring the US throughout the dismal 2000s by using all-star groups of expatriates, but the more enlightened post-Bush era has allowed him to return to his Havana roots and put together an actual working band of top Havana musicians that's been able to play gigs, rehearse, and develop unique original material.

Click "continue reading" below for a full list, but the two names that leap off the page are monster timbalero (and singer) José Miguel (ex-Irakere, ex-Issac, and the leader of Balanza), and Alexei "El Nené" Sánchez, who sang and wrote some of Revé's greatest hits of the 2000s, including No te doy más na' and La madrugada. El Nené wrote and sang several songs on Maraca's soon-to-be-released album, including this killer timba track, Pregúntale a mi mujer , an exclusive preview on timba.com. Nené packs more excitement into one syllable ("je!") than many singers can muster in a whole night.

The tour begins at the Napa Valley Opera House on Tuesday, June 14th . Then three nights at Yoshi's San Francisco (Wed-Fri) , then Seattle (21-22) , Boulder (24) , Salt Lake City (25) , Albuquerque (26) , Jazz Glenwood Springs (29) , Aspen (30, 7-1) , Minneapolis (7-6) , Madison (7-9), Chicago (7-10), Portland Indiana (7-14), Detroit (7-15), Sioux Falls (7-16) and Washington DC (7-25). 

IN OTHER NEWS: Team Bahía, with Carlos Caro and the incredible young singer Sulkary, will celebrate their first anniversary this Saturday in Oakland at Club Antón , and Ana Pérez and Luis Cancino of Los Muñequitos, along with Ana's son Sandy Pérez, of AfroCuba de Matanzas, will be giving classes in Santa Cruz on June 17, 18, 24 and 25. Click here for more details .

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