This guy! Gotta get something by him:http://www.npr.org/2015/05/07/404945711/violinist-federico-britos-returns-to-the-hot-club
― dow, Friday, 8 May 2015 01:20 (nine years ago) link
interesting.
For those in New York:
http://gcmusic.commons.gc.cuny.edu/events/conference-congo-cuba-in-new-york/Congo-Cuba in New York: Palo Mayombe Music, Dance & Religion
DiscussionMay 11, 2015, 12:00 pm to 4:00 pmSkylight Room 9100 Join leading scholars, priests, and performers of Afro-Cuban Congo culture for enlightening presentations and discussions exploring the ways music, dance, religion, and philosophy influence how a people conceive of themselves, negotiate relationships with each other, and their history. Participants will elaborate the ways practitioners surface notions of warfare, identity, and power through drum and music practice. What theoretical organizing frameworks surface through the music, dance, and religious practice and what are their relationships to Congo, to Cuba, and to other Congo-influenced practices such as Petwo in Haiti? What is unique to Palo Mayombe and how does this impact current knowledge in Caribbean Studies, African Diaspora Studies, Ethnomusicology, and Cultural Studies?
Scholars will each identify and elaborate on the analytical lenses they employ in their scholarly and cultural organizing work with Afro-Cuban palo mayombe music and dance, updating the field on their recent findings and the implications this has for themes covered in Ethnomusicology, Cultural Anthropology, and History. Presentations and panel discussions will be followed by an interactive discussion with the audience. Schedule
12-12:10pm Welcome- Manuela Arciniegas, Ryan Mann-Hamilton, CUNY Graduate Center PhD Candidates in Music and Anthropology12:10-12:20 Introduction- Spirituality and Culture in the Diaspora- C. Daniel Dawson, Columbia University12:20-12:30 Connections to Caribbean Music Studies- Dr. Peter Manuel, Music Department, John Jay College, CUNY12:30-1:15 A Visit to Mbanza Kongo- Ned Sublette, Historian, Musicologist, Composer, and Producer1:15 1:45 Spirituality and Religion Through The Mambo - Alex LaSalle, High Priest, Singer1:45-2:45 The Congo Drum Hidden Language- John Amira & Co., Musician and Educator of Palo, Haitian Petwo, and Bata2:45-3:15 Embodying Warfare: W(rite) and Dance of Cuban Congos- Yesenia Fernandez Selier, Performer, Researcher, PhD Candidate/NYU3:15-4 Audience Question and Answer, Discussion
The day of activities will be followed by the Live at 365 Concert: Roman Diaz and Afro Cuban Music Ensemble on May 11, 2015 @7pm in the Elebash Recital Hall at the CUNY Graduate Center with a Pre-concert talk taking place @6:15pm. http://www.liveat365.org/concert08.php
Cosponsored by the Advanced Research Collaborative, the Music Department at the Graduate Center and the Dominican Studies Group.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 8 May 2015 13:22 (nine years ago) link
NYC-based Cuban drummer Dafnis Prieto has a new Latin Jazz effort out, and the NY Times and a freelance jazz critic on NPR like it and him
http://www.npr.org/2015/05/06/404657875/cuban-drummer-dafnis-prietos-crisp-rhythms-are-good-for-jazz
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/05/arts/music/review-triangles-and-circles-an-album-from-the-dafnis-prieto-sextet.html?_r=0
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 12 May 2015 15:01 (nine years ago) link
This is from last year. Elio Villafranca, live from the Steinway & Sons factory floor:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4PAYWL3Scohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxknykDTWPkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwDoXRI64S8
etc.
(Haven't watched all of this myself.)
― _Rudipherous_, Saturday, 16 May 2015 02:45 (nine years ago) link
that dude is hella cool.
― “audience participation” otherwise known as “touching” (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 16 May 2015 05:09 (nine years ago) link
I don't think I posted this song to this thread last year. It's a decent salsa version of an early Shiina Ringo hit, by a band with a Japanese singer, out of Bogota, Colombia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeQDbPpfcIQ
― _Rudipherous_, Monday, 18 May 2015 14:22 (nine years ago) link
I wish she would soneo in Japanese but maybe she sings straight in general.
― _Rudipherous_, Monday, 18 May 2015 14:23 (nine years ago) link
Original: http://nhacso.net/nghe-nhac/marunouchi-sadistic-marunouchi-sadistic.Vl1TUEZW.html
― _Rudipherous_, Monday, 18 May 2015 14:41 (nine years ago) link
One of many Tokyo Jihen live performances:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDu88M_1ZM4
(Nagoya, come on!)
― _Rudipherous_, Monday, 18 May 2015 15:11 (nine years ago) link
Cocoblue Salsa Band should have given it a harder arrangement.
― _Rudipherous_, Monday, 18 May 2015 15:16 (nine years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/18/arts/music/fire-and-ice-minnesotans-join-orquesta-aragon-in-havana.html?&moduleDetail=section-news-0&action=click&contentCollection=Music®ion=Footer&module=MoreInSection&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&configSection=article&isLoggedIn=true&pgtype=article
classical and charanga
― curmudgeon, Monday, 18 May 2015 18:04 (nine years ago) link
All you Nueva Yorkers went to this, Si?
http://remezcla.com/events/visual-clave-50-years-latin-album-cover-design/
Missed the opening night, but the exhibit is still there for a bit.
>Featuring a multimedia presentation by Izzy Sanabria, graphic designer for many album covers on the Fania record label, as well as the founder of the groundbreaking magazine, Latin New York. Presentation starts at 6:30pm. DJ Turmix, DJ Andujar and DJ Bongohead will be playing classic Latin vinyl throughout the reception. >The BMHC Laboratory in Crotona East is a 1,400 square foot performance, gallery, and retail space where Bronx artists can innovate and showcase their work, even before the permanent home to the BMHC opens in 2017. The Lab is a music incubator that hosts artists-in-residence, concerts, open mics, film screenings, galleries, arts retail, wellness events and roundtable discussions for musicians, artisans, and the community to enjoy. It is run by WHEDco (Women's Housing and Economic Development Corporation).
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 16:57 (eight years ago) link
Bronx and Brooklyn locations...
BMHC Lab | 1303 Louis Niné Boulevard, Bronx NY
Featuring slide lecture presentation by Izzy “Mr. Salsa” Sanabria and DJ Turmix, Andujar and Bongohead playing classic Latin vinyl
ABOUT VISUAL CLAVE:Visual Clave documents the little known evolution of ‘Salsa Graphics’ and the expression of Latino/a identities through the prism of album cover art over half a century of music packaging and graphic design.
This exhibit explores the evolution of Latin music album cover art over the last 50 years, paying critical attention to issues of identity and aesthetics through depictions of Hispanic people and cultures, with an emphasis on historical context and the unsung graphic artists who helped present Latin music — and its attendant socio-cultural themes — to the world. Visual Clave’s premise is that the record jacket is not just an ephemeral mass-produced object to be relegated to the trash heap of a bygone era, but rather a unique 12 by 12 inch window onto a culture’s soul.
GALLERY HOURS: June 5 - August 15Monday – Tuesday – Thursday: 4:00 – 7:00 PM; Saturday: 1:00 – 5:00 PM
**One show, two locations! Don't forget to check out the rest of the show at its Brooklyn location:VISUAL CLAVE: BROOKLYNPICTURE FARM GALLERY338 Wythe Ave., Brooklyn NY
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 17:00 (eight years ago) link
Sounds cool!
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 17:01 (eight years ago) link
No, missed it so far, but would like to go. Will ask around.
Samuel Torres has a great band playing tonight in my neighborhood.
― Never Mind The Blecchs, Here's The James Redd Orche (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 14 June 2015 00:00 (eight years ago) link
Gonna be in the NYC area in August I think, so maybe I will check it out then
― curmudgeon, Monday, 15 June 2015 14:03 (eight years ago) link
I'm still about as uninterested in most contemporary Cuban music as ever, but you might enjoy this cover by Pupy y Los Que Son Son, which has produced more of my favorite timba than any other act out of Cuba (for what that's worth):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=666bx2rLgg8
― _Rudipherous_, Monday, 15 June 2015 14:16 (eight years ago) link
It still doesn't do much for me, but I enjoy some Pupy-isms in it.
I hate what they do with the downbeat though (which has been de rigueur in timba for 15 years or more). To me it just totally deforms the beauty of the clave rhythmic framework.
― _Rudipherous_, Monday, 15 June 2015 14:18 (eight years ago) link
And now, youtube, I did not mean puppy candela. Does that really make any more sense than Pupy candela?
― _Rudipherous_, Monday, 15 June 2015 14:21 (eight years ago) link
Thanks for that. I am a fan of Pupy. I enjoyed he and his band live, and also what I have heard via recordings and video. Sacrilege I know, but I can largely deal with their timba downbeat
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 15:15 (eight years ago) link
Saw La India sing freestyle and salsa live sometime between 2004 and 2008, she is back in the area down at the Palace tonight in a Virginia suburb of DC. Tempted to go again.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 19 June 2015 14:49 (eight years ago) link
I'd like to see Pupy live. Here's another throwback-ish song from Pupy, this year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffaUuxWbGYE
― _Rudipherous_, Saturday, 20 June 2015 21:53 (eight years ago) link
He's definitely done far more interesting things than either of those songs.
― _Rudipherous_, Saturday, 20 June 2015 21:58 (eight years ago) link
Fabiano Do Nascimento - Dança do Tempo http://open.spotify.com/album/6PWdY8VAio3JPra3NJ3qq2
― example (crüt), Thursday, 25 June 2015 15:15 (eight years ago) link
Brazilian? Will check him out. Wonder if he was written about here;
Brazilian Music
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 25 June 2015 15:25 (eight years ago) link
I have been dancing to and having fun watching Peruvian Amazonian cumbia band Los Wembler's de Iquitos for free at the Smithsonian Folklife Fest. They are also playing Brooklyn July 9th. Their guitarist incorporates surf-rock licks in their sound and they helped inspire chicha music and have been linked to that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqV7m1n-1Zc
― curmudgeon, Friday, 3 July 2015 14:12 (eight years ago) link
Like that sound, thanks for the rec, doubt I can make it.
― I Want My LLTV (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 3 July 2015 14:37 (eight years ago) link
Fruko y sus Tesos are playing my town next Saturday night, July 11. It's at a club I can walk to from my house, and tickets are only $20. I am sorely tempted.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 3 July 2015 15:08 (eight years ago) link
This is a quick, mid-year reminder that all available tracks mentioned on this thread (and a handful of album selections from each listed) are being posted as updated to the thread-specific Spotify playlist. I just did a top-to-bottom sweep prior to posting this message and have updated as of today with everything that's been added on Spotify since it was first mentioned.
41 tracks from all over the map
ILX's Rolling Latin / Afro-Latin 2015 Thread Spotify Playlist
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Friday, 3 July 2015 15:26 (eight years ago) link
Although his voice is very weathered at this point, Jose Alberto can still sing. Would prefer a different (non- conjunto style) accompaniment, but I guess we can't be too choosy at this point:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfd3US84HmM
I haven't heard the entire album yet.
― _Rudipherous_, Sunday, 5 July 2015 21:47 (eight years ago) link
Saw Jose Alberto live a couple times many years back and he put on great shows both times. Will check that out
― curmudgeon, Monday, 6 July 2015 13:59 (eight years ago) link
More salsa choque. This one has a guest spot by Nejo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6sPuZkLlHk
― _Rudipherous_, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 16:18 (eight years ago) link
Not the best thing ever, but pretty much the only recent type of salsa that doesn't put me to sleep.
Not salsa, but same act as above:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLxokkBQFaE
― _Rudipherous_, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 16:26 (eight years ago) link
Yes to ChocQuibtown. Below is an hour live performance video of Peruvian Amazonian cumbia and surf band Los Wembler's de Iquitos, whose final US gig (I think) on their current tour is tonight at Tropicalia in DC
http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/videos/?id=M6387&type=A
― curmudgeon, Friday, 10 July 2015 15:45 (eight years ago) link
RIP Joan Sebastian, dead at 64 (bone cancer).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YicJ12EUZz8&list=PLhcFW8IkJSPLpJ8ziFTJ38ydsub5rc1AQ
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 14 July 2015 18:32 (eight years ago) link
Cuba's Los Van Van, led by the late founder's son are on a tour now. Have liked them live in the past:
07th WASHINGTON DC – Howard Theatre 08th NEW YORK CITY – Lehman Center 09th CHICAGO – Thalia Hall 13th LOS ANGELES – Conga Room 14th SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco Jazz Center 16th LAS VEGAS – Sam’s Town Hotel 19th ALBUQUERQUE – National Hispanic Cultural Center Plaza Mayor 20th DENVER – City Hall 21st NEW YORK CITY – BB King’s22nd SAN JUAN, PR – Centro de Convenciones 28th ORLANDO – Majestic Convention center 29th MIAMI – James L Night Center
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 6 August 2015 17:05 (eight years ago) link
I was away and missed Los Van Van's gig near me.
Chico O"Farrill just was in Cuba again:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/22/arts/music/cuba-the-conversation-continues-and-live-in-cuba-expand-a-musical-dialogue.html?ribbon-ad-idx=24&rref=arts/music&module=Ribbon&version=origin®ion=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Music&pgtype=article
― curmudgeon, Monday, 24 August 2015 17:45 (eight years ago) link
Surely you mean his son, Arturo.
― Is It POLLING, Bob? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 24 August 2015 18:35 (eight years ago) link
Ha, of course.
Speaking of Cubans, the current version of Buena Vista Social Club is on tour and the Pedrito Martinez Group is opening.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 24 August 2015 20:09 (eight years ago) link
Author Ned Sublette is doing tours of Cuba starting soon. Twice a year I think
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 27 August 2015 19:08 (eight years ago) link
This YouTube channel is pretty great. A lot of amazing album covers.
http://www.youtube.com/user/carlosgulfo/videos
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 27 August 2015 19:30 (eight years ago) link
http://www.billboard.com/charts/latin-songs
Put here to remind me to check out some pop
― curmudgeon, Friday, 28 August 2015 15:29 (eight years ago) link
Will do the above shortly, as I was checking out a live review of ArcAngel and De la Ghetto, reggaetoners who still/used to make the charts.
But Saturday night I instead saw NYC based Cuban percussionist/singer Pedrito Martinez and his combo do a half-hour opening set for Buena Vista Social Club(4 oldtimers plus 9 newer folks of various ages) out at Wolf Trap Park. Very enjoyable all around.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 31 August 2015 15:24 (eight years ago) link
The 2015 edition of Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band is at the Blue Note in NYC this week. Brother Andy G is just there on certain nights. Tain Watts is drumming
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 2 September 2015 23:12 (eight years ago) link
I guess he still lives in Spain now. No US gigs anywhere else
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 3 September 2015 15:23 (eight years ago) link
Today on Burning Ambulance, I premiered a track from Banda de los Muertos, a group of Brooklyn jazz dudes who play Mexican banda, and do it straight up, no Tzadik-y "let's mix it with Cambodian surf rock!" BS. Check it out if you want.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 3 September 2015 16:43 (eight years ago) link
Thanks. I am barely keeping up on another ilx contributor's blog that covers banda and more
http://nortenoblog.com/2015/09/02/who-played-it-better-ariel-camacho-or-these-dudes/
― curmudgeon, Friday, 4 September 2015 14:07 (eight years ago) link
Wow, that Youtube old-school salsa channel with the album covers linked above is something...
― curmudgeon, Monday, 7 September 2015 05:03 (eight years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/reunited-arcangel-and-de-la-ghetto-spice-up-reggaeton-but-sizzles-missing/2015/08/30/34a78170-4f33-11e5-b225-90edbd49f362_story.html
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 8 September 2015 15:40 (eight years ago) link
So that Brooklyn banda band mentioned upthread just got mentioned on NPR Morning Edition ( a focus on 3 albums their global music person likes--others were a Bollywood soundtrack and a Sekou Keita kora one). But has a Mexican banda band ever been mentioned at NPR I wonder?
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 8 September 2015 20:12 (eight years ago) link