Pedrito Martinez is a Grammy-nominated Cuban rumba and timba drummer and singer. He is the world's 1st-call rumbero, and a true force of nature. In Yoruba tradition, he is Changó, the master of the drum, inventor of the sacred bata. Pedrito Martinez News Pedrito Martinez backs Cimafunk & La Tribu, featuring Chucho Valdés; at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village; … [Read more...] about Pedrito Martinez Backs Cimafunk & La Tribu, Featuring Chucho Valdés, at the Blue Note
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Cimafunk, “the James Brown of Cuba,” Plays Timba Backed by Chucho Valdés and Pedrito Martinez at the Blue Note
Cimafunk, Erick Iglesias Rodríguez, is a former medical student whose solid beats and infectious stage presence gets everybody dancing. He was the hottest singer in Cuba in 2019. News Cimafunk & La Tribu, featuring Chucho Valdés and Pedrito Martinez; plays Cuban timba at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village; Thursday-Sunday, September 28 - October 1, 2023, at 8 and … [Read more...] about Cimafunk, “the James Brown of Cuba,” Plays Timba Backed by Chucho Valdés and Pedrito Martinez at the Blue Note
Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Keep the Latin Big Band Format Alive
Arturo O'Farrill is a multi-Grammy winning, Mexican-born, New York Cuban jazz pianist, composer, and leader. He seems to win a Grammy almost every year. O'Farrill is one of the padrinos (godfathers) of Latin jazz and Latin music in New York City. He mentors artists and is very active in developing the next generation and giving back to the community. He also composes and … [Read more...] about Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Keep the Latin Big Band Format Alive
Forró in the Dark Plays Forró for Dancing Outdoors at the Brooklyn Public Library for Brasil Summerfest
Forró in the Dark is a New York Brazilian forró band with Mauro Refosco (zabumba, percussion), Guilherme Monteiro (guitar), and Jorge Continentino (pífano flute, saxophone). Forró is dance music from the countryside of Northeastern Brazil. It's a simple dance, danced in close position with interlocked legs. It's popular in Europe where an urban forró form is blended with … [Read more...] about Forró in the Dark Plays Forró for Dancing Outdoors at the Brooklyn Public Library for Brasil Summerfest
Grupo Niche Plays the New York Salsa Festival
Grupo Niche headlines the New York Salsa Festival with Willie Colón, El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, Victor Manuelle, Grupo Niche, Oscar de Leon, Jerry Rivera, Tony Vega, Edgar Joel, and merengueros Oro Sólido, with percussionists Bobby Allende and Marc Quiñones; at Barclays Center in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn; on Saturday, June 10, 2023 at 8pm. From $84. 🇵🇷 🇩🇴 🇨🇴 🇻🇪 Grupo … [Read more...] about Grupo Niche Plays the New York Salsa Festival
El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico Plays the New York Salsa Festival
El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico headlines the New York Salsa Festival with Willie Colón, Victor Manuelle, Grupo Niche, Oscar de Leon, Jerry Rivera, Tony Vega, Edgar Joel, and merengueros Oro Sólido, with percussionists Bobby Allende and Marc Quiñones; at Barclays Center in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn; on Saturday, June 10, 2023 at 8pm. From $84. 🇵🇷 🇩🇴 🇨🇴 🇻🇪 El Gran Combo de … [Read more...] about El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico Plays the New York Salsa Festival
Miguel Zenón Curates the American Composers Orchestra SONiC Festival
Miguel Zenón News Miguel Zenón & Angélica Negrón curate the American Composers Orchestra SONiC Festival with new Latin classical music featuring Ahmed Alom, Raquel Acevedo Klein, Victor Pablo, Darian Thomas; in the Repertory Theater at Hostos Center; on Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 4pm. From $25. Student ID ($5). hostos.cuny.org 🇵🇷 🇨🇴 🇮🇱 🇺🇸 Miguel Zenón is a Multiple … [Read more...] about Miguel Zenón Curates the American Composers Orchestra SONiC Festival
Remember “Evita” Eva Perón, “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina”
"Evita" Eva Perón was an actress and radio host who became a beloved first lady of Argentina. She is famous around the world for the Rice/Webber Broadway musical and movie "Evita." Eva María Duarte Eva María Duarte was born poor in the village of Los Toldos on May 7, 1919. It's a small town near Junin about four hours drive from Buenos Aires. Her father was French … [Read more...] about Remember “Evita” Eva Perón, “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina”
Alex Sensation is One of New York’s Top Latin DJs
Alex Sensation is one of New York's top Latin DJs. Listen to him on La Mega 97.9FM. The Colombian-born radio personality also makes his own music. He is one of New York City's most famous Colombians. 🇨🇴 Look for him at the Mega Mezcla and Mega Bash reggaeton and latin trap festivals. He occasionally spins at the La Boom nightclub. Alex Sensation in New York … [Read more...] about Alex Sensation is One of New York’s Top Latin DJs
Nélida Tirado Dances Traditional Flamenco
Nélida Tirado is a New York Puerto Rican, from The Bronx, who is one of the most interesting flamenco dancers in New York City. Her flamenco is very traditional Spanish, but she carries the heritage of Caribbean rumba flamenca and our Puerto Rican bomba and plena traditions. We were once New Spain. The flamenco of Andalucía is beautiful, and so is the flamenco of the … [Read more...] about Nélida Tirado Dances Traditional Flamenco
On Jackie Robinson Day, We Remember #42, the Great Man Who Broke Baseball’s Color Barrier
In 2020, Major League Baseball celebrated Jackie Robinson Day on August 28. Based on 2020, the next Jackie Robinson Day is Saturday, August 28, 2021. Major League Baseball seems to be remembering the teenage Emmett Till who was lynched on this day in 1955, and Dr. Reverend Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech on August 28, 1963. #42 Broke the Color Barrier in … [Read more...] about On Jackie Robinson Day, We Remember #42, the Great Man Who Broke Baseball’s Color Barrier
Villalobos Brothers Play Their Unique Blend of Mexican Folk, Jazz, Classical at Pregones/PRTT
The Villalobos Brothers make high-energy classical pop with a world of musical influences from a base of Mexican tradition with social consciousness in the mix. The Villalobos Brothers play their unique blend of Regional Mexican folk, jazz and classical; at Pregones/PRTT in Concourse, The Bronx; on Saturday, March 25, 2023 at 7pm. From $18+fees, $10 to stream. 🇲🇽 The … [Read more...] about Villalobos Brothers Play Their Unique Blend of Mexican Folk, Jazz, Classical at Pregones/PRTT
Remember Astor Piazzolla and Nuevo Tango Jazz
Astor Piazzolla was an Argentine bandoneon player and composer who transformed traditional Argentine tango into a fusion of tango, classical music and jazz that he called "tango nuevo" (new tango). The seeds of tango nuevo were planted in New York City and nursed in Buenos Aires and Paris. Piazzolla wrote 'Adios Nonino' as an homage to his grandfather. In it you can … [Read more...] about Remember Astor Piazzolla and Nuevo Tango Jazz
I’m a Storyteller and This is My Story “Lo Co-qui” Keith Widyolar
Buenas. ¿Todo bien? If I am any one thing, it is creative. Whether writing, singing, marketing, designing, photographing, dancing, or just having fun with friends; I am a storyteller. My first mentor taught me to write. My second taught me that marketing is always having an answer. I learned that lesson myself doing beauty photography backstage at New York Fashion … [Read more...] about I’m a Storyteller and This is My Story “Lo Co-qui” Keith Widyolar
Eliane Elias, “2022 Best Latin Jazz Album” Grammy & Latin Grammy Winner Opens Her 2023 Tour at Birdland
Eliane Elias is a Grammy- and Latin-Grammy-winning Brazilian jazz pianist and singer. Eliane Elias News 2022 "Best Latin Jazz Album" Grammy and Latin Grammy winner Eliane Elias opens her 2023 tour at Birdland in Hell's Kitchen; Tuesday-Saturday, March 28 - April 1, 2023. From $36. 🇧🇷 Elias was born into Brazilian Bossa Nova Elias was born in São Paulo, Brazil in … [Read more...] about Eliane Elias, “2022 Best Latin Jazz Album” Grammy & Latin Grammy Winner Opens Her 2023 Tour at Birdland
Remember Julia de Burgos, Puerto Rican Poet, ¡Río Grande de Loíza!
Julia De Burgos, (1914-1953), was a renowned Puerto Rican poet and human rights activist. Her writings show a strength and independence that preceded the women’s rights movement in the United States by twenty years. En todo me lo juego a ser lo que soy yo”(I gamble it all to be exactly as I am) “Songfest: A Cycle of American Poems for Six Singers and Orchestra” (1977) by … [Read more...] about Remember Julia de Burgos, Puerto Rican Poet, ¡Río Grande de Loíza!
Bárbara Martínez Flamenco is at Sala Astoria
Bárbara Martínez News Bárbara Martínez sings and dances Spanish flamenco tablao for Flamenco Tuesdays; at Sala Astoria, a Spanish tapas bar in Astoria, Queens; on Tuesdays through March 21, from 7-9pm. 🇪🇸🇦🇷🇻🇪 Bárbara Martínez joins the New Andalucia Ensemble for Spanish flamenco at the Bronx Music Heritage Center in Longwood, The Bronx; on April 22, 2023 at 3pm. … [Read more...] about Bárbara Martínez Flamenco is at Sala Astoria
Fleur Seule Plays Latin Jazz at the Hard Rock Hotel
Fleur Seule is a retro jazz band and salsa band led by Allyson Briggs, "The Glamour Girl of Jazz," and "La Rubia de la Salsa." (The Blonde of the Salsa). She is a talented multilingual cabaret singer. Fleur Seule is a Trip Back to the 1940s The band plays jazz, swing, ballroom and salsa in a presentation that channels 1940s glamour. The band's name is French for "lonely … [Read more...] about Fleur Seule Plays Latin Jazz at the Hard Rock Hotel
Gilberto Santa Rosa “De Amor y Salsa” Brings Puerto Rican Salsa to Bergen PAC
Gilberto Santa Rosa is a legendary salsa romántica and bolero singer and bandleader with over 25 albums and six Grammy Awards behind him. Known for his improvisational skills, Santa Rosa was born in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico on August 21, 1962. Gilberto is a big fan of Puerto Rican Bolero and Salsa singer Tito Rodríguez. His collection of Rodríguez memorabilia … [Read more...] about Gilberto Santa Rosa “De Amor y Salsa” Brings Puerto Rican Salsa to Bergen PAC
Remember Gabriel García Márquez and Magical Realism
Gabriel García Márquez is the most famous Colombian writer. He is the author of many iconic Latin American novels including "One Hundred Years of Solitude" (1967), "The Autumn of the Patriarch" (1975), and "Love in the Time of Cholera" (1985). ARACATACA, Magdalena, Colombia Born in Aracataca, Magdalena, Colombia on March 6, 1927, Márquez rose to prominence during the … [Read more...] about Remember Gabriel García Márquez and Magical Realism
Edna Vázquez Blends Regional Mexican with Folk Pop Rock for Carnegie Hall Citywide at the LGBT Community Center
Edna Vázquez is a Mexican mariachi singer-songwriter and LGBT advocate originally from Jalisco, Mexico, the mariachi heartland. She is known as a mariachi singer and you can hear those strains in her music, but Vázquez gathers many different influences into a bluesy personal style that might be called post-mariachi. She is what happens when you leave mariachi-land and that's … [Read more...] about Edna Vázquez Blends Regional Mexican with Folk Pop Rock for Carnegie Hall Citywide at the LGBT Community Center
Happy Birthday to La Mala Rodríguez, One of Spain’s Top Rappers!
Spanish urban, house, rap, reggaeton, music … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday to La Mala Rodríguez, One of Spain’s Top Rappers!
Pedro Giraudo Plays Argentine Tango on Valentines Day at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
PedroGiraudo.comTwitter @pedrogiraudoFacebook @pedrogiraudojazzInstagram @giraudo_pedro New York Argentine tango jazz music 🇦🇷 … [Read more...] about Pedro Giraudo Plays Argentine Tango on Valentines Day at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Happy Birthday Gloria Trevi!
Gloria Trevi was Mexico's biggest rock star in the 1990s. She was named the "Mexican Madonna" by the press for her naughty image and the taboo topics in her songs. It all seems tame now, but at the time, Trevi's bad girl image was just as shocking as Madonna's, and even more so because the Latin world is generally more conservative. Gloria Trevi News Gloria de los … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday Gloria Trevi!
Remember Benito Juárez, Indigenous Founding Father of Modern Mexico!
Benito Juárez, was President of Mexico from 1858 to 1872. He overcame the disadvantages of being Indigenous and poor to became a well-educated lawyer and politician. The third Monday in March is a national holiday in Mexico in honor of his birthday on March 21, 1806. A Reformer who laid the foundations for modern Mexico Juárez was a progressive reformer who worked … [Read more...] about Remember Benito Juárez, Indigenous Founding Father of Modern Mexico!
Remember Cesar Chavez, the Mexican American Labor Leader!
Cesar Chavez was a Mexican American labor leader and civil rights activist. Cesar Chavez Practiced Non-Violence Chavez grew up working in the fields of California with his parents. It's notoriously backbreaking work in an environment that can be very hazardous. The co-founder of the United Farm Workers union is remembered for improving the lives of agricultural … [Read more...] about Remember Cesar Chavez, the Mexican American Labor Leader!
Remember Frederick Douglass Who Brought the Words of the U.S. Constitution to Life
Frederick Douglass (c. 1817 - 1895) was the American who is perhaps most responsible for the way we see ourselves as a "good people" and a constitutional democracy. He was both an abolitionist and supporter of women's rights. The Guardian of the U.S. Constitution The founding fathers wrote beautiful words, but didn't live up to them. Today we celebrate Abraham Lincoln for … [Read more...] about Remember Frederick Douglass Who Brought the Words of the U.S. Constitution to Life
Nella Rojas Sings Venezuelan Jazz at Carnegie Hall with Flor de Toloache
Nella Rojas is On Her Way You probably haven't heard of her, YET, but mark my words, Nella Rojas is going to be a huge star. The young singer is already well on her way. Nella is from Margarita, Venezuela Nella was born in Margarita, a Caribbean island on the Venezuelan Caribbean coast. Like many of us, as a child she used to sing along with her favorite pop … [Read more...] about Nella Rojas Sings Venezuelan Jazz at Carnegie Hall with Flor de Toloache
Flor de Toloache, New York’s Female Mariachi, Plays Carnegie Hall with Nella
For more information, visit flordetoloache.com Mexican Regional Mexican, mariachi, music … [Read more...] about Flor de Toloache, New York’s Female Mariachi, Plays Carnegie Hall with Nella
Happy Birthday Mario Vargas Llosa!
NEW YORK Sep 25, 2012 ~ Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, one of the world's leading writers and winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize for Literature, was interviewed by Javier Royo, director of Instituto Cervantes, New York's most important school of Spanish language.The event was part of the celebration of the release of the 50th Anniversary edition of Mr. Llosa's first book, the … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday Mario Vargas Llosa!