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Tag Archives: Cuba
ANUTHA YES MI SELEKTAH…. SUMMER JUST ARRIVED PT. 2. Haiti, Cuba…
From the Cabo Verde archipelago we travel to Haiti with Paris based Nigerian master drummer Tony Allen for another Afro Futurist meltdown before heading off to Cuba… The Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra‘s album is a meeting of minds and deep rhythmic … Continue reading
Posted in Deep stuff, Is That Jazz?
Tagged Afrobeat, Cameroon, Cuba, David Murray, Geri Allen, Habana, Haiti, Lakou Mizik, Pedrito Martinez, Richard Bona, Tony Allen
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LA CLAVE: Gilles Peterson Goes In Search Of Deep Cuban Rumba
Last night I found myself in a packed ICA cinema soaking up the UK premier of the ‘HAVANA CLUB RUMBA SESSIONS… LA CLAVE’ – an invigorating and enlightening investigation into the heart and soul of Cuban culture – RUMBA! – … Continue reading
Posted in Deep stuff
Tagged Abakua, Cuba, dance, Daymé Arocena, Esteban 'Chacha'Vega Baccalao, Gilles Peterson, guaguancó, Havana Club, Havana Cultura, ICA, Matanzas, Palo, rumba, Santeria, yambú
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Daymé Arocena: The Spirit of Young Cuba @ St Pancras Old Church
Daymé Arocena launched her forthcoming debut album on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood imprint in the intimate setting of St Pancras Old Church in front an audience charged with anticipation. Last night I ventured into hinterlands of Kings Cross in search of … Continue reading
COOL BREEZE! HAVANA meets DMZ’s Mala
Despite rejecting ’nuff offers of projects over the years something about Gilles Peterson’s Cuba project f elt right! The results of their visits to Havana and beyond are now beginning to surface… here’s a taste… “I was totally out of … Continue reading
Posted in Words, Sound & Power
Tagged Brownswood, Cuba, DMZ, dubstep, electronica, Gilles Peterson, Havana, Mala, Roberto Fonseca
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BLACK ROOTS OF SALSA… The Film… soon come!
Just come across this up ‘n’ coming film , ‘The Black Roots Of Salsa: The Emancipation of Rumba’, which is due out in 2012 and set to be shown at AFRO-CUBAN SALSA CONGRESS 2012 : 8TH – 10TH JUNE 2012 … Continue reading
Posted in Words, Sound & Power
Tagged Abukua, Afro Cuban Salsa Congress, Attic Independent Production, Cha Cha Cha, Christian Leibich, Cuba, Havana, Palo Congo, rumba, Salsa, Timba, Yoruba
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ON THE TURNTABLE…. a few tunes…. a tropical storm is brewing!
Just thought a little round up of tunes was in order…. the music just keeps on coming… OK…FIRST UP COMES ANTHONY JOSEPH’S LATEST OFFERING which he’s elusively named ‘Rubber Orchestras’. This poet, novelist, performer along with his Spasm Band has … Continue reading
Posted in Words, Sound & Power
Tagged Analogue Africa, Anthony Joseph, Bossa Nova, Burkino Faso, CDs, Cuba, Ebo Taylor, Ghana, Gilles Peterson, Havana, Jazz, Nicola Conte, spoken word, Strut, Trinidad
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Tonight… TWO BAAAD SESSIONS…. LIVE….
RUMBA ORISHA presents a night of Cuban roots music. Sacred bata drumming and songs for the Orishas and vibrant Cuban rumba. With special guests Martha Galarraga (ex-Conjunto Folklorico Nacional de Cuba) and Gerardo de Armas Sarria (ex-Yoruba Andabo), two of … Continue reading
Posted in Deep stuff
Tagged Adam 'Rokers' Moses, Bata, Conjunto Folklorico Nacional de Cuba, Crispin Robinson, Cuba, Gerardo de Armas Sarria, Ifa, Jason Yarde, Jazz Refreshed, Kaidi Tatham, Martha Galarraga, Mau Mau, Movimientos, Orisha, Rich Mix, rumba, Santeria, Spry, WAH1, Yoruba Andabo
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