Chicago, we were at Hector's rehearsal this afternoon.  Hector is originally from Camaguey, Cuba, and is now based in Chicago.  The band was blowing the doors off the rehearsal space today - this IS the real thing.  Miss this for any reason other than illness, work, out of town or death, and your license to publicly complain about any aspect of the local concert scene will be officially revoked. For more details, see our Report From Chicago section for October 28, 2012.

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No rest for Timba.com's Chicago team.   We took in three bands in three cities, and all were worth it:

For Cosa Seria, an exciting band based in  Louisville, KY, click here

For Charangueo, Chicago's new Charanga ensemble, click here

For Tiempo Libre's appearance with the Elgin Symphony Orchestra, click here

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One of our favorite US-based bands, Tiempo Libre, returns to the Midwest on October 20th, 2012 at 8pm in Elgin, Illinois for a performance with the Elgin Symphony plus a separate TImba dance set by themselves.  It looks like this may be as close as they get to Chicago this fall, so catch them while you can!  Click here for their webpage for the event!

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The Chicago Metro area had two exciting events this past weekend:

For Bill Tilford's review and photos of Arturo Sandoval's concert at Viper Alley,    click here. 

For special guest photographer Joshua Bennett's wonderful photos of the Septeto Nacional de Cuba concert at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago,   click here. 

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