ENGLISH: Septeto Santiaguero will perform at Lincoln Center's Midsummer Night Swing on Tuesday, June 28 at 6:30 PM.   A performance venue of this caliber in the United States is long overdue for this group, whose album No Quiero Llanto won a Latin GRAMMY® last year.  If I were in New York, I would be there.   For complete details and tickets, see the Lincoln Center's event page. 

ESPAÑOL :  Septeto Santiaguero se presentará en el Midsummer Night Swing del Lincoln Center el martes, 28 de junio a las 6:30 PM.  Un lugar de actuación de este calibre en los Estados Unidos es largo atrasado para este grupo, cuyo álbum No Quiero Llanto ganó un GRAMMY Latino®  el año pasado.  Si yo estuviera en Nueva York, estaría allí.  Para obtener todos los detalles y entradas, consulte la página de eventos del Lincoln Center.

To see a gallery of their May 2016 concert at the Teatro Nacional in Havana / Para ver una galería de fotos de su concierto del mayo 2016 en el Teatro Nacional en La Habana, 
Click Here / Haga click aquí

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Tonight Buena Fe , Cuba's most popular trova-fusion band, kicks off their US tour with a concert at the James L. Knight center in Miami. From their humble beginnings as a duo in Guantanamo, Buena Fe has grown to become a mega-group on the island, with a fan base spanning ages 9 to 90 and a faithful international following as well. This year Buena Fe is working to increase their exposure throughout the Americas, and the US tour will include some firsts such as their first concerts in Puerto Rico, Houston and Tampa. Later this year they will tour Argentina and possibly Chile.

Musically Buena Fe mix pop and rock with just about anything they want: changüí, son, rumba, reggae. But what really makes Buena Fe stand out are the lyrics. Descendants of the Nueva Trova movement, they always have a message that is worth listening to whether they deliver it in a ballad or via double entendre in a changüí. Recent collaborations with timba and reggaeton bands include "La Carta" with Alain Daniel, "Esa mujer" with Orquesta Revé, "Cuba isla bella" with Orishas, and Los 4 who recorded a timbaton cover of Buena Fe's first hit "No juegues con mi soledad".

If you are unfamiliar with their music check out their Vevo page: BuenaFeVEVO . I wil just give you a sample of one of my favorites Pi 3,14 - which has now entered the vernacular as a popular refrain that you can hear in "Yo vengo de Cuba" by F Clan and Havana D'Primera. Click here for the list of tour dates and venues.

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Wil Campa kicks off his Canadian Tour in Medicine Hat, Alberta tonight. He will be in Canada until mid August. Click here for a list of the tour dates .

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A few weeks ago when Orishas announced they were getting back together they really made my day. This is my kind of Cuban urban music with intelligent lyrics and a taste of son and Cuban music traditions combined with modern hip-hop. Today they released their first new single,  "Cuba Isla Bella" featuring a pantheon of guest artists from various genres: Buena Fe, Descemer Bueno, Issac Delgado, Leoni, Waldo Mendoza, Laritza Bacallao, Gente de Zona and Pedrito Martínez. You can buy the single at digital retailers such as iTunes and Amazon.

Orishas will follow up the release of the new single with a US tour. Click here for the tour dates . Now sit back and enjoy "Cuba Isla Bella" and join me in hoping for a renaissance of Cuban hip-hop!

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