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VARADERO JOSONE MUSIC FESTIVAL 2019
Rumba, Jazz & Son
ENGLISH: The 2019 edition of Varadero Josone Music Festival is almost upon us. The concerts begin at 9:00 pm on Thursday, August 22nd and run into the wee hours of the morning on Monday the 26th. This festival is a veritable feast for Cuban music fans. You can get your rumba, jazz and dance music fix over 4 nights at one of Cuba's most iconic beaches. Click here for the full schedule.
ESPAÑOL: La edición 2019 del Varadero Josone Music Festival está casi por llegar. Los conciertos comienzan a las 9:00 pm del jueves 22 de agosto y se siguen hasta la madrugada del lunes 26. Este festival es una verdadera fiesta para los fanáticos de la música cubana. Puede disfrutar de la rumba, el jazz y de la música bailable durante 4 noches en una de las playas más emblemáticas de Cuba. Haga clic aquí para ver el programa completo.
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Los Hermanos Arango
At Freight & Salvage Tonight (Friday)
La familia Arango really brought it to Kuumbwa tonight. It's an entirely different repertoire from what we heard at Ashkenaz two years ago and it's easily the farthest anyone has come towards integrating the full array of Afro-Cuban folkloric rhythms and singing into Cuban popular music. Cuban shows are often a smorgasbord - a little danzón, a little guaguancó, a little bolero, a little of everything.
This is not that.
Everything is seamlessly fused together into a powerful and original musical identity. Every song is a throbbingly danceable, hook-filled, harmonically interesting creation. The differences between songs--and there are plenty--are provided by shifting from arará to palo or from abakuá to batá, but nothing is derivative, nothing is gratuitous, and everything sounds like Los Hermanos Arango and nobody else. It has the harmonic interest of jazz, the rhythmic interest of folkloric music, and the raw drive of NG La Banda and North American R&B, but it's not any of these things. It's something new, and something that's been a long time coming. Don't miss it. Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, tonight, August 2. [Kevin Moore] [photos by Tom Ehrlich]
FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE LA TIMBA
POR SIEMPRE FORMELL
ENGLISH: The first annual Festival Internacional de la Timba ...por siempre Formell, begins tomorrow with on Juan Formell's birthday with an exclusive dinner and inaugural concert at Salon Rosado de La Tropical. The concert will feature Pupy y Los Que Son Son, Los Van Van as well as guests such as Mayito Rivera and José Luis Cortez "El Tosco". Saturday, August 3rd at 23 and Malecón there will be a Mega Concert featuring top international DJs and more than 10 of Cuba's hottest bands including Havana D'Primera, NG La Banda, Issac Delgado, Maykel Blanco y su Salsa Mayor, Pupy y Los Que Son Son and Van Van, of course. The closing concert at La Tropical will begin Sunday, August 4th at 6:00pm and will include concerts by Giraldo Piloto & Klímax, En Niño y La Verdad, El Noro y Primera Clase, Leonel Limonta & Azúcar Negra, Bamboleo, Monika Mesa, Tanja Pantoja and Havana D'Primera.
The Festival isn't only about concerts. For the inauguration, Sala Juan Formell at El Sauce will host a photo exhibition by Iván Soca as well as a panel discussion with the founding Van Van members and Juan Formell's children. Hotel Comodoro will have showings of Nathanael Mergui's Van Van documentary "Legado" and after parties every night after midnight. If you're in Cuba, don't miss this historic premier edition of the International Timba Festival!
ESPAÑOL: El primer Festival Internacional de la Timba ...por siempre Formell, comienza mañana, el día del cumpleaños de Juan Formell, con una cena exclusiva y un concierto inaugural en el Salón Rosado de La Tropical. El concierto contará con Pupy y Los Que Son Son, Los Van Van, así como invitados como Mayito Rivera y José Luis Cortez "El Tosco". El sábado 3 de agosto en 23 y Malecón habrá un Mega Concierto con los mejores DJ internacionales y más de 10 de las agrupaciones más populares de Cuba, incluidas Havana D'Primera, NG La Banda, Issac Delgado, Maykel Blanco y su Salsa Mayor, Pupy y Los Que Son Son y Van Van, por supuesto. El concierto de clausura en La Tropical comenzará el domingo 4 de agosto a las 6:00 pm e incluirá conciertos de Giraldo Piloto y Klímax, En Niño y La Verdad, El Noro y Primera Clase, Leonel Limonta y Azúcar Negra, Bamboleo, Monika Mesa, Tanja Pantoja y La Habana D'Primera.
El Festival no se trata solamente de conciertos. Para la inauguración, Sala Juan Formell en El Sauce organizará una exposición de fotografías de Iván Soca, así como una mesa redonda con los miembros fundadores de Van Van y los hijos de Juan Formell. El Hotel Comodoro presentará el documental "Legado" sobre Van Van de Nathanael Mergui y after parties todas las noches después de la medianoche. Si te encuentras en Cuba, ¡no te pierdas esta histórica edición principal del Festival Internacional de la Timba!
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Los Hermanos Arango in Santa Cruz and Berkeley
Thursday at Kuumbwa - Friday at Freight & Salvage
Seminal timba bassist Feliciano Arango, founding member of NG La Banda, comes to the Bay Area for the second time with his jazz-folkloric-fusion group Los Hermanos Arango, featuring his siblings Ignacio on guitar, Eugenio on percussion and Cristina on vocals. They'll be at Kuumbwa Jazz Center on Thursday and Freight and Salvage on Friday. Click here for Tom's gallery from the group's performance at Ashkenaz in 2017.
