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2010, a year of timba
Patrick Bonnard's 2010 Photo Retrospective
Timba photographer Patrick Bonnard has posted a photo retrospective of 2010, the year in timba at his site http://www.patrickbonnard.com. As 2010 draws to a close and we look forward to the upcoming timba tours and events of 2011, take a few minutes to look back at the year that has passed. Patrick captured some powerful moments that will leave you feeling inspired and excited for the coming year.
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Tours 2011 Updates
Bamboleo y Azúcar Negra mano a mano at Festival Bailar Cuba
I've been on vacation and off-line for a couple of weeks and have three more weeks to go before I'm back at my desk, but I the dates are beginning to come in for European tours 2011, so I wanted to post a little update. A great match up will take place at the festival Bailar Cuba which will take place from March 4 - 6 in Orvault (Nantes), France. Lázaro Valdés & Bamboleo will perform the 4th and Leonel Limonta & Azúcar Negra the 5th. Now that's a serious match that you don't want to miss.
Bamboleo will also be performing at the New Year's Eve party in Mexico City at Mama Rumba de la Roma. You can get your tickets in advance for 200 pesos.
Other upcoming 2011 tours include Issac Delgado in Europe in February and July and Los Van Van in February/March. Stay tuned as we can give you the actual dates and look for more exciting tours in the US in 2011. Melao has info about plans in the works for Paulo FG y La Élite and Havana D'Primera as well as plans to set up a Cuban music festival in the US.
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Virtual Vacation in Havana
Yemayá's Verse - currently being updated from Havana almost daily - is opinionated as hell, but she pulls no punches, and for giving you the ambience of being there, nothing comes close - unless of course you want to dig up one of Bill Wolfer's Hunter S. Thompson-calibre rants from the early 2000s. The takeaway? Watch out for a new Los Que Son Son singer named Dayán. And on a related opinionated subject, the San Francisco brain trust (myself included) have come to the unanimous conclusion that the hottest bass player we've seen in years is Pupy's Daymar Calvario.
And CUBAN WOODSTOCK? If this thing happens, I'll definitely be on a plane for Miami.
Killin' It!
Yeni Valdés - Después de todo
Yeni Valdés has arrived. She's developed an effortless command over her powerful, perfectly in-tune voice and a personal charisma that knocked everyone out each of the 8 sets at Yoshi's. I got major chills on two separate occasions.