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Charanga Habanera Coming to Yoshi's SF
So far, the only dates scheduled for the Charanga Habanera tour are Monday and Tuesday, April 9th and 10th at Yoshi's SF, and Friday, March 30th in Louisville, KY, but shows in other cities are being arranged we'll update the tours page when LA, NY and Miami shows are confirmed.
Due to popular demand, Yoshi's is selling a special "all-night" ticket, enabling you to go to both shows for a reduced price. See you there!
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Free Download of Alain Pérez Tracks!
Ayva Records, producers of Alain's 2005 album En el aire, have made several tracks available as free downloads. To get the free tracks you have to click the "GET IT NOW" button, not the picture itself. Check out the solo on the title track. That's Alain on two of the batás, by the way.
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Charanga Habanera in the Midwest
Those of you within traveling distance of Louisville, KY can see Charanga Habanera on Friday, March 30 at the Coconut Beach Nightclub, now in a new location at 2787 South Floyd St., Louisville KY. Advance tickets (cheaper than at the door) may be purchased at
https://www.ticketriver.com/event/3218-charanga-habanera-2012-kentucky-tour
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Timba and The United States, Part II
The Initial Reception of Timba in The United States
La Timba y Los Estados Unidos, Parte II: La Recepción Inicial de la Timba en los E.E.U.U
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If musical merit was the only ingredient necessary for mass popularity in the United States, Timba would have quickly taken the country by storm the same way that the Mambo did years earlier. However, that is not enough, as many Jazz musicians have also learned the hard way over the years. An infrastructure to support the music is also required for any genre to reach large numbers of listeners, and that was not in place for Timba when its sounds first reached the United States. In order to fully understand the reasons for this, we first need to briefly revisit the three decades prior to Timba’s emergence as a distinct style.
In the 1960s, there was no significant ongoing cultural exchange between the United States and Cuba. This does not mean that there was no exchange of ideas of any sort - musicians both here and there were listening to each other by various means, and radio enthusiasts such as this writer were keeping up with what was happening in Cuban music via shortwave stations such as Radio Habana Cuba, Radio Rebelde etc. However, most of the general American public remained....click "continue reading" below for the full article
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