CUBADISCO 2016 APPROACHES / CUBADISCO 2016 SE ACERCA

ENGLISH: Cubadisco 2016, Cuba's premiere awards program for recordings plus a week-long concert series, symposium and trade fair, will take place from May 14-22, 2016 and various locations in Havana. This year's theme is Música Bailable, and the Country of Honor is Mozambique. We eagerly anticipate some special edition recordings in genres like Timba and can't wait to see what happens this year.

In the meantime, we have prepared something special in the aftermath of Cubadisco 2015; our Cubadisco 2015 section now contains pages with links to reviews and videos of many of the nominees, especially in the dance music and Jazz categories. This is an opportunity to dive deeper into these wonderful recordings, and the videos are (usually) excellent.
You can visit the English language version of the section here.

A program on shortwave radio which your servant hosts, From the Isle of Music, is dedicated to several different genres of Cuba's music and also features interviews with the artists in addition to the music. One of the stations that transmits the program is in Germany, the other in the United States.

ESPAÑOL: Cubadisco 2016, el programa de premiaciónes más importante en Cuba para la música grabada, además de ser una serie de conciertos durante una semana, un simposio y una feria comercial, tendrá lugar del 14 al 22 de mayo de 2016, en varios lugares de La Habana. El tema de este año es Música Bailable, y el País de Honor es Mozambique. Esperamos con muchisimo entusiasmo algunas grabaciones de edición especial en géneros como la Timba y no podemos esperar a ver qué va a pasar este año.

Mientras tanto, hemos preparado algo especial en las secuelas del Cubadisco 2015; nuestra sección de Cubadisco 2015 ahora contiene páginas con enlaces a reseñas y videos de muchos de los nominados, especialmente en la categorias de música de baile y el Jazz. Es una oportunidad para profundizar más en estas maravillosas grabaciones y los videos son (usualmente) excelentes.
Se puede visitar la versión en español de la sección aquí.

Un programa radial de onda corta, de lo cual su siervo es presentador, From the Isle of Music, se dedica a multiples géneros diferentes de la música de Cuba y también cuenta con entrevistas a los artistas, además de la música. Una de las emisoras que transmiten el programa está en Alemania, la otra en los Estados Unidos.

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Sunday, 20 March 2016, 02:50 PM

ENGLISH: One of the mainstays of the small but impressive Jazz scene in Santiago de Cuba is Ivan Acosta and his Grupo De Cuba Somos. I had the opportunity to meet him, record an interview and listen to his music in December. You can read a review, see some photos and listen to the interview (in Spanish) here. You can also listen to the interview and some music by the group on the radio program From the Isle of Music on Monday night, March 21; for more information, see the From the Isle of Music Facebook page.
ESPAÑOL: Uno de los pilares de la pequeña pero impresionante escena del jazz en Santiago de Cuba es Ivan Acosta y su Grupo De Cuba Somos. Tuve la oportunidad de conocerlo, grabar una entrevista y escuchar su música en diciembre. Usted puede leer una reseña, ver algunas fotos y escuchar la entrevista (en español) aquí. Tambíen pueden escuchar la entrevista y la música del grupo en el programa radial From the Isle of Music el lunes, 21 marzo; para más infomación, visiten la página Facebook de From the Isle of Music.

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Wednesday, 16 March 2016, 04:10 PM

ENGLISH: On Friday, March 18, a stellar collection of artists from Cuba will be performing at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas: Telmary, Yissy Garcia & Bandancha, Dayme Arocena, X Alfonso y La Flota, Kelvis Ochoa. This is a "do not miss" lineup.
ESPAÑOL: El viernes 18 de marzo, una colección estelar de artistas de Cuba se presentará en el South by Southwest Festival en Austin, Texas: Telmary, Yissy García y Bandancha, Dayme Arocena, X Alfonso y La Flota, Kelvis Ochoa. Se trata de una "no se lo pierdan " alineación.

And in Chicago.....

Master percussionist Joaquin "El Pulpo" Pozo will be in town to teach some master classes and to perform as a guest artist with the Angel d'Cuba Septet.
The classes are:
1. Thursday, 3/17, 7:30pm: Latin Music School, 2725 W. Division, Chicago,
Facebook page for event: https://www.facebook.com/events/987941537947443/
2. Saturday, 3/19, 12-2 PM; Worlds of Music Chicago, 4161 N. Damen
For more information, see http://www.worldsofmusicchicago.com/#!events/c7bs

The performance with the Angel d'Cuba Septet
is
Friday, March 18, 8:30pm
Old Town School of Folk Music
4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago
For more information, see:

https://www.oldtownschool.org/concerts/2016/11-24-2015-gdp-angel-dcuba-830pm/

Angel d'Cuba's group is also sporting Roy McGrath on saxophone and Edwin Sanchez on keyboards. This could be a great show.

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Wednesday, 09 March 2016, 03:32 PM

Miami: This weekend, Global Cuba Fest returns to Miami. This year's theme centers on Cuban artists in Spain. Of special interest to TIMBA.com readers is the March 12 concert by Ivan Melon Lewis, who has made his mark in both Timba and Jazz. For more information and tickets, see http://www.fundarte.us/fundarte_event.php?id=221

New York: On Saturday, March 12, Cuban Jazz giant Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Esperanza Fernández, one of the world's leading Flamenco singers, present Flamenco Meets Cuba (Oh Vida! A Tribute to Beny Moré and Manolo Caracol). This will take place at Roulette in Brooklyn. For complete details and tickets, visit
http://robertbrowningassociates.com/flamencomeetscuba.html

Here is a video of Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Esperanza Fernández together: