ENGLISH:   From my point of view, the International Symposium held by CIDMUC (the Center for the Research and Development of Cuban Music) which takes place in Havana May 16-18 this year,   is one of the most interesting things about Cubadisco - lectures, debates, demonstrations of instruments etc.   However, it is also held entirely in Spanish, and it is often at a high technical level, so if you are not hispanohablante,  check out the multiple other wonderful things on this website.  My observation (I have attended before) is that those who attend the symposium without knowing the language find themselves  lost very quickly.  However,   if you do undertand Spanish, more details are available in the Spanish version of the post below. 
ESPAÑOL :  Desde mi punto de vista, el Simposio Internacional organizado por CIDMUC (el Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de la Música Cubana), que tendrá lugar del 16 al 18 de Mayo de 2017, es uno de los eventos más interesantes durante la Feria Internacional Cubadisco. Puede leer los detalles aquí.........

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Tom caught these two masters playing as a duo at St. Louis' Jazz at the Bistro and a few days later at the Jazz Standard in NYC. The second gallery is the Pedrito Martínez Group, also at the Jazz Standard, with new full-time bassist Sebastián Natal (a multiple threat talent who also plays piano with La Temáti-K).

Stay tuned for video pending approval of the artists. Also coming from Tom are photos from the historic 9th Annual San Francisco Salsa Rueda Festival with Timbalive backing a Van Van tribute lineup of Pedrito Calvo, Robertón, Samuel and Yeni.

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Today at Karl Marx Theater in Havana, Buena Fe begin the 3-day celebration of the release of their 9th studio album "Sobreviviente". Just four hours after they went on sale, tickets were sold out for all three concerts. The new album incudes collaboration with Silvio Rodriguez on the track "La tempestad", which has already been released as a video clip. Also guesting on the album are Luna Manzanares, Frank Delgado and Vincent Alejandro Trigo of D'CoraSon, who also contruíbuted to the arrangements.

If you can't make the concerts in Cuba to pick up a hardcopy, the digital album is on sale starting today at the usual digital retailers and streaming sites such as iTunes and Spotify . The physical album will go on sale internationally March 31st at international on-line sellers. You can pre-order the physical CD at Target and Amazon now.  I am listening to the digital album now but already pre-ordered the hardcopy. I am excited just to see the full CD sleeve, because the artwork is by the famous Cuban artist Roberto Fabelo .

Buena Fe will also hold a mega-concert on March 17th at the University of Havana stadium before embarking on a national tour from the end of March throughout April. In May they will hold three concerts in Canada: May 5 - Toronto at Opera House Toronto, May 6 - Montreal at South Beach, and May 7 - Vancouver at Russian Hall . Check out the current list of concert dates for Buena Fe in our tours section . You can also keep up on the latest by following Buena Fe at Facebook.

Track list:
Sin Arrepentimiento
Sobreviviente
Dijo el Diablo
La Tempestad - feat. Silvio Rodríguez
Si Nos Dan un Filo
Bolero Sangriento
Besos
Alabanza
De Ti Depende
Lágrimas Tras Cebollas
Una Mujer - feat. Luna Manzanares
Bodas
Hipibano - feat. Frank Delgado & Vicente Alejandro Trigo Junco

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Alain Almeida y La Constelación de Cuba have released the video to the title track from their debut album "Pa'lante y Con Fe" at YouTube. Their debut album was released in September of 2016 on Cubamusic .Enjoy!

Alain Almeida y La Constelación de Cuba han lanzado en YouTube el video de la canción "Pa'lante y Con Fe".  El álbum de debut fue lanzado en septiembre de 2016 por Cubamusic . ¡Disfrute!

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