ENGLISH: It's been three yeas since the release of the Cubadisco Winning album "La Vuelta al Mundo" and Alexander Abreu & Havana D'Primera are back with another award-ready CD. "Cantor del Pueblo" contains ten tracks and continues the line of previous CDs, being a timba album but with pan-Caribbean nuances, for example "Tres Dias" slips into 20 seconds of bachata and then back to timba. It works beautifully.

The album has been released by CDBaby in MP3-320 format. It should be up soon at the other digital retailers and streaming sites. A full review will be coming soon, but for now the track list is below.

ESPAÑOL: Han pasado tres años desde el lanzamiento del álbum ganador de Cubadisco "La Vuelta al Mundo" y Alexander Abreu & Havana D'Primera vuelven con otro CD listo para premiar. "Cantor del Pueblo" contiene diez canciones y continúa la línea de CD anteriores, siendo un álbum de timba pero con matices pan-caribeños, por ejemplo "Tres Días" se entra en 20 segundos de bachata y luego regresa a la timba. Funciona maravillosamente.

El álbum ha sido lanzado por CDBaby en formato MP3-320. Debería estar disponible pronto en los otros minoristas digitales y sitios de streaming. Pronto se publicará una reseña completa, pero por ahora la lista de canciones está a continuación.

Tracks: 
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Tres Días
La Mujer Piropo
Cantor del Pueblo
Manatiales
Mujeriego
Habana Mía
Energías Oscuras (ballad)
Pastilla de Mente
Lamento Yoruba

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Calixto Oviedo, timbero por excelencia, is bringing his Cuban Jazz Train to Copenhagen's legendary Jazzhus Montmartre for three consecutive shows starting tomorrow, April 5-April 7. Calixto has been touring Europe and below you can check out a video of a recent concert at Nefertiti in Gothenburg, Sweden. As always, Calixto is collaborating with the best. Check out the line-up below. Visit Jazzhus Montmartres webpage to book a table and buy tickets.

Calixto Oviedo (drums / Cuba)
Lily Hernandez (vocal / Cuba)
Fredrik Kronkvist (alto sax / Sweden)
Abel Marcel (piano / Cuba)
Yasser Pino (bass / Cuba)
Eliel Lazo (percussion / Cuba)

On April 10th the Cuban Jazz Train will be stopping at Yoshi's in Oakland. Doors open at 7:30pm. Visit Yoshi's website to get your ticket.

Calixto Oviedo
Lily Hernandez
Oscar Hernandez
Oskar Cartaya
Frank Fontaine
Joey D'Leon

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Buena Fe will be performing tonight, tomorrow and Sunday at Karl Marx Theater. For the first time, they will live stream the concerts for the first two nights allowing fans around the world to participate. Tonight's concert will stream from Buena Fe's Facebook page at 9:00pm Eastern Time. Tomorrow, Saturday, March 31st, EGREM will live stream the concert from their Facebook page also at 9:00pm Havana time. Don't miss the opportunity to catch this band live! They are one of Cuba's most popular pop/rock bands and their lyrics reflect a trova sensibility. If you aren't familiar with them, take this opportunity to get to know them.

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ENGISH: I haven't spoken to Aisar Hernandez - bassist and director of El Expresso de Cuba - since January 2016. At that time the band was just recently formed and they were working on recording their first album - the 2017 Cubadisco-winning "Música Cubana, Llegó El Expresso". Aisar has been in Europe for 10 days and I took the opportunity to catch up with him. Click here to read the interview in English.

ESPAÑOL: No he hablado con Aisar Hernández, bajista y director de El Expresso de Cuba, desde enero de 2016. En ese momento la banda se formó recientemente y estaban trabajando en la grabación de su primer álbum - ganador de Cubadisco 2017 "Música Cubana, Llegó El Expresso".. Aisar ha estado en Europa por 10 días y aproveché la oportunidad para ponerme al día con él. Haz click aqui para leer la entrevista en español.

Tú me propones - Akaena Rodríguez lead vocals

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