MIAMI

Notwithstanding occasional rumors to the contrary, some quality music from Cuba is still making it to the city.  Global Cuba Fest looks great this year, with the most  relevant highlights as follows:

Saturday, March 7 (North Beach Bandshell):
8pm | Brenda Navarrete and the Miami Debut of Mi Mundo
9pm | Yelsy Heredia and the Changüí Project

Saturday, March 14  (Miami Dade County Auditorium) 
8pm | Piano Marathon Cubano featuring Jorge Luis Pacheco
9pm | Mambo #2020 “Mambo meets Timba” by Alain Perez and Julio Montalvo Orchestra in Concert

Full details can be found on the Fundarte website

CHICAGO
A series of events is coming up fast:

March 8, Old Town School of Folk Music, 909 W. Armitage, Chicago
Roberto Fonseca's Chicago stop on his national tour will take place in the Old Town School of Folk music's original building on Armitage.   



March 12-15, Jazz Showcase, Chicago
Omar Sosa is presenting for 4 nights.  Our friend Thomas Pena of the Latin Jazz Network has a nice review of his recent New York performances here......






March 20 and 21:
Award-winning singer-songwriter Alex Cuba is touring in support of his album Sublime, which Felix Contreras of NPR named as one of the best albums of 2019, as follows:
March 20  Freedom Hall, Park Forest 
March 21: The Den Theatre, Chicago

April 8: Old Town School of Folk Music,  4545 N. Lincoln, Chicago
Harold López-Nussa returns!

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A great new album from Alain Pérez has just dropped - fabulous hardcore timba - El cuento de la buena Pipa:

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Roberto Fonseca will play in the Bay Area on March 5th at Kuumbwa in Santa Cruz and at Freight and Salvage in Berkeley on March 7th. Here's the rest of the extensive tour.

And here's Tom Ehrlich's gallery from Roberto's last tour.

Bassist Yandy Martínez (ex-Havana d'Primera) will also play the current tour.

Raúl Herrera

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ENGLISH: The Festival de la Salsa en Cuba is in full swing. Last night the Los Van Van concert was cancelled due to rain, but they will perform tonight from 1:20am to 2:30. What a fantastic line-up! If you want to keep up with each day of the festival, you can follow their official facebook page. I also highly recommend following the page of Nathanaël Mergui Photographe, who is posting stunning photos everyday from the festival as well as pictures the city of Havana and her people.

ESPAÑOL: Festival de la Salsa en Cuba está en pleno apogeo. Anoche, el concierto de Los Van Van se canceló debido a la lluvia, pero actuarán esta noche de 1:20 a.m. a 2:30 p.m. ¡Qué alineación tan fantástica! Si deseas mantenerte al día con cada día del festival, puedes seguir su página oficial de Facebook. También recomiendo que sigas la página de Nathanaël Mergui Photographe, quien publica fotos impresionantes todos los días del festival, así como fotos de la ciudad de La Habana y su gente.

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