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The Powerful Voices of Women in African Music

29 Friday Mar 2019

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Malian singer and songwriter Fatoumata Diawara. Photo by Aida Muluneh

Twenty years is a lifetime in popular music. Twenty years of a popular music event in South Florida is, well, unheard of. And then, there’s the Afro Roots Fest, still growing and still surprising as it launches its 21st edition. Two extraordinary vocalists, Mali’s Fatoumata Diawara and Mauritania’s Noura Mint Seymali headline this year’s Miami Beach program, a celebration of, as organizers put it, “the feminine spirit of world music.” The event, held at the North Beach Bandshell, is a collaboration between Community Arts & Culture, MDC Live Arts and the Rhythm Foundation.

“I wanted to focus on women in global music,” says Jose Elias, founder and artistic and executive director of Community Arts & Culture. “That is our theme this year. But the curatorial aspect of this show was a collaboration. You’ve seen the work MDC Live Arts has done, and the Rhythm Foundation have been the maestros of presenting world-class global music in this community for many years now.”

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Daymé Arocena, Rumba, Jazz, And The Rhythms Of The Saints

18 Monday Mar 2019

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Cuban singer and songwriter Daymé Arocena. Photo by Tony Martinez, courtesy of Fundarte

In the music of Cuban singer and songwriter Daymé Arocena Santeria rhythms brush against rumba and samba grooves. She has a rich, caramel-toned contralto voice, both powerful and expressive and from song to song, her phrasing may hint now at filin’, now at classic soul and R&B, or she may break out into her own style of jazz scatting  — and yet the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
She has an irrepressible, engaging personality and makes it all sound as her birthright.

Her approach can be heard on recordings such as Havana Cultura Mix: The Soundclash! and the EP One Takes. and on two albums under her own name, Nueva Era ( 2015), and Cubafonia (2017). A third one, Sonocardiogram is scheduled for release in a few weeks.

Arocena and her quartet, are part of a promising double bill with Cuban singer and producer Cimafunk (aka Erick Alejandro Iglesias), perform as part of the Global CubaFest 2019, at the North Beach Bandshell, Miami Beach, Saturday, March 30 at 6 p.m.

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Cuban Music With a Classical-Pops Twist

08 Friday Mar 2019

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Pianist Joachim Horsley performing with the NuDeco Ensemble Nucleus conducted by Nu Deco Ensemble co-founder and co-artistic director Jacomo Bairos at The Light Box, Miami.

The second of three nights of Global Cuba Fest 2019, presented by Miami Light Project and Fundarte at The Light Box in Miami, delivered an entertaining evening of classical-pops takes on Cuban music.

Impeccably anchored by the slimmed-down, Nucleus version of Miami’s chamber group NuDeco Ensemble, the concert featured Cuban multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter Yusa, and German pianist, composer and arranger Joachim Horsley in a program that included music by Ernesto Lecuona, original songs; a rumba version of  “Close to You;” Danzas Cubanas 2.0, a sort of Cuban music sampler by Nu Deco Ensemble co-founder and co-artistic director Sam Hyken; and several of Horsley’s What-if Mozart/Beethoven/Saint-Saens had-been-born-in-Havana? confections.

Will classical music lovers in attendance last night be intrigued now into finding out more about Los Muñequitos de Matanzas, Arsenio Rodríguez or Los Van Van? Will hardcore Cuban music fans want now to hear a full-bodied reading of Mozart’s “Lacrimosa”? Who knows? It’s hard to tell what’s the ultimate impact of these hybrids, but in the meantime, a good number of music enthusiasts in Miami kicked back last night, put preconceptions in their bags and back pockets, enjoyed themselves, and rewarded players and presenters with a standing ovation.

Purists beware, you might have a good time.

 

Global Cuba Fest 2019 continues tonight. For more information and tickets check here.

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