Issac, Freddy Cole (brother of Nat King Cole) and an all-star band featuring the great Reinier Guerra on drums, will be holding court at Yoshi's Oakland Friday, Saturday and Sunday promoting their new album L-O-V-E. 

And after the Saturday show, you can get your timba dancing fix right around the corner at Club Antón, Team Bahía is the brainchild of DJ Walt Digz and features an all-star band of the Bay Area's top timberos playing an exciting collection of classic timba charts. 

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Click here for Tom Ehrlich's review of Alfredo Rodríguez' amazing new album Sounds of Space. 

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Things are solidifying around the US tour of Adalberto Álvarez y Su Son which begins next week! We have published a number of concert dates and will update with more as soon as they are confirmed.

If you've never seen Adalberto live you are in for a treat. The music is perfectly suited to the dancer and the band sounds as good live as on CD. Plus you get the excitement of the interaction with the bandmembers. You will be surprised just how hardcore well-played son can be!  On my last visit to Cuba I went to see Adalberto every week. This band keeps you coming back for more.

They have a new CD, "El Son de Altura", on the way...any minute now it should be released. As usual it is on my must-buy list. Here s a little sample from the CD, the hit "El Melón".

Adalberto Álvarez y Su Son con su nuevo éxito "El Melon" del disco "El son de Altura"

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Peter Maiden, whose photo for "Live in the USA"...

... resulted in one of the all-time classic timba album covers, has a new gallery from the group's  recent San Francisco tour.

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