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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ACAS played two sold out shows at Freight & Salvage in Berkeley with several new members and several new pieces, including a tremendous timba original (Se fue y me dijo) and a show-stopping medley of classic Puerto Rican plenas. Alto songo featured a fascinating set of improvised décimas in Controversia Cubana style--featuring vocalist Emilio Suárez and De Marcos, who has become a formidable lead vocalist in his own right, incorporating subtle blues and hiphop inflections at various points. Bay Area master John Santos introduced the show and sat in for a fiery conga solo.

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Juan de Marcos and Emilio Suárez

New pianist and rumba dancer Orlando Cardoso

Laura González, Caleb Michel and Tony Perigo

Gliceria González and Juan De Marcos González

Gliceria Abreu

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I haven't fully explored this new program but it looks amazing: educational software for rueda dancers, covering gears, clave changes, et al. Here's the website, and there's a screenshot below. More info will be posted soon. [Kevin Moore]

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