APRIL 2016

CUBADISCO 2015 NOMINEES WITH VIDEO LINKS AND REVIEWS!
(MUSIC CATEGORIES, CD)

At a special Gala at the Cabaret Tropicana in Havana Cuba on April 30, the nominees for Cubadisco 2015 were announced.   Several special awards (including the international prizes) are always announced later in the process, but this list contains the general musical categories.  This page is for CDs, there are additional pages for video, DVD and the technical awards.  RED = WINNER

As a special extra, we have added some video links when they are available in order to help introduce you to some of these artists. Many North Americans who are unfamiliar with the range of music that is being recorded in Cuba will be surprised at the scope, and we strongly encourage you to share this page with anyone who still has a stereotypical view of music in Cuba.   We did not include links that looked like they might be "pirate" links, but in some instances where video related to the recording was unavailable, we at times did include another video  by an artist that is illustrative of their style but not part of the nominated album along with the occasional interview clip and other surprises.      

Over time, we will also be adding reviews of more of these recordings.  A link is included to those which are already published.  This is a work in progress and will be updated in the future. 

A special note regarding the album covers and video links:  If it appears that Bis Music has many more links and photos than the other labels, this is because Bis currently has a much more robust presence on the web than EGREM or Colibrí, and it is much easier to find information from Bis on the Internet at the moment.   This is not a reflection of the relative quality of the music among the labels. 

Many thanks to Lourdes Martínez and Iliana Pérez, the Instituto Cubano de la Música y CIDMUC, without whose help this would not be possible. 

CATEGORY	ARTIST(S)	TITLE	LABEL	REV?	VIDEO?
COMPILATION
	Luis Carbonell	Un juglar antillano	Bis Music		CLICK HERE,but not part of album
	Celeste Mendoza	La reina del guaguancó	EGREM		CLICK HERE,but not part of  album
	Amaury Pérez	Gratitudes	Sello Unicornio		CLICK HERE, but not part of album
	Various Artists	Motivos martianos	EGREM		CLICK  HERE
	Various Artists	Trinidad: Historias de un mundo aparte	Bis Music		CLICK HERE(trailer)
TRADITIONAL SON
	Pancho Amat	Herencias	Bis Music		CLICK HERE(recent, but not part of album)
	Maria Victoria Rodríguez	Entre dos aguas	Bis Music		CLICK HERE(recent, but not part of album)
	Septeto Santiaguero & El Canario	No Quiero Llanto, Tributo a Los Compadres	EGREM	CLICK HERE	CLICK HERE
	Son del Nene	Siguiendo mis tradiciones	Prod. Colibrí		CLICK HERE(not part of album)
	Soneros de Camacho	Se acabó el mundo	Prod. Colibrí		CLICK HERE(recent, but not part of album)
MUSICA AFROCUBANA
	Team Cuba de la Rumba	La rumba no es como ayer	Bis Music		CLICK HERE
	Lázaro Ros y Mezcla	Cantos	Indep.
	Team Cuba de la Rumba	La solución	EGREM		CLICK HERE
	Rumbávila	Defendiendo mis raíces	Sello Unicornio / CMP Ciego de Avila		CLICK HERE
MISCELLANEOUS TRADITIONAL
	Orquesta Chepín Choven	Llegó el Chepín Son	EGREM		CLICK HERE(1978, not part of album)
	Guillermo Rubalcaba	Como en el ayer	Prod.Colibrí		CLICK HERE(not part of album)
	Orquesta América	70 Américas	Prod. Colibrí	CLICK HERE	CLICK HERE(From 1960, not part of album)
	Pachito Alonso	De Machin a Pacho	Prod. Colibrí		CLICK HERE(recent, but not part of album)
	Alabao	Te llevaré	Prod. Colibrí		CLICK HERE
CHAMBER MUSIC
	Various artists	Mitología de las aguas.  Obras del maestro Leo Brouwer	Prod. Colibrí / Espiral Eterna
	Darío Martin y Fadev Sanjudo	Netzaj	Prod. Colibrí		CLICK HERE(recent, but not part of album)
	Yalil Guerra, Ensemble Solistas de la Habana, Iván Valiente	Works for String Orchestra	R.Y.C.Y. Prod.		CLICK HERE
CONCERT MUSIC
	César López y Orquesta del ISA	Entre Cuerdas	Prod. Colibrí
	Various Artists	Edgardo. Obras de Edgardo Martín	Prod. Colibrí
CHORAL MUSIC
	Digna Guerra y Coro Entrevoces	Oh, Yes!	Prod. Colibrí	CLICK HERE	CLICK HERE(recent, but not part of album)
CONCERT SOLOIST
	Joaquín Clerch	Etudes	Prod. Colibrí		CLICK HERE(not part of album)
	Liana Fernandez	Intermezzo al sur	Prod. Colibrí
	Rosario Franco	Rosario Franco	Prod. Colibrí
VOCAL & VOCAL/ INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
	Novel Voz	Tratando de Llegar	Indep.		CLICK HERE(recent but not part of album)
	Ars Longa	Bolero Vs. Fandango	Prod. Colibrí		CLICK HERE(recent but not part of album)
CUBAN JAZZ
	Ernán López-Nussa	Invención Lekszycki	Prod. Colibrí	CLICK HERE	CLICK  HERE(not part of album)
	Iván "Melón" Lewis	Ayer y hoy	Cezanne Prod	CLICK HERE	CLICK HERE
	Ruy López-Nussa	La Academia	Prod. Colibrí	CLICK HERE	CLICK HERE
	Various Artists	Lecuona JoJazz	Prod. Colibrí	CLICK HERE
	Yosvany Terry	New Throned King	Pasion	CLICK HERE	CLICK HERE
JAZZ
	Estado de ánimo	Estado de ánimo	Prod. Colibrí	CLICK HERE
	Gabriel Hernández	Mr. Many Moons	Indep.	CLICK HERE
	Héctor Quintana	Dactilar	Prod. Colibrí	CLICK HERE	CLICK HERE(not part of album)
	Ruly Herrera	Mal tiempo	Prod. Colibrí	CLICK HERE	CLICK HERE
	Maikel Vistel, Reinier Elizarde, Juanma Barroso	Trio on	Big  Music	CLICK HERE	CLICK HERE(recent but not part of album)
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
	Chuchito Valdés y Eddy Navia	Carnaval en piano charango	Indep.	CLICK HERE
	Guillermo Rubalcalba	Como en el ayer	Prod. Colibrí		CLICK  HERE(not part of album)
	Alejandro Falcón	Cuba now danzón	Prod. Colibrí	CLICK HERE	CLICK HERE
	Eliel Lazo & The Cuban Funk Machine	Eliel Lazo & The Cuban Funk Machine	Stunt Records	CLICK HERE	CLICK HERE
	Pacho Amat y Daniel Amat	Haciendo son en otro jazz	Prod. Colibrí		CLICK HERE
SOUNDTRACK
	Raúl Paz	La otra esquina	EGREM		CLICK HERE
	Various artists	Irremediablemente juntos	Bis Music		CLICK HERE
TRADITIONAL TROVA
	Santiago Feliú	Senderos	Prod. Colibrí		CLICK HERE(recent but not part of album)
	Trio Palabras	De Corona a la Trovuntivitis	Prod. Colibrí		CLICK HERE(recent but not part of album)
	Dúo Voces del Caney	Viente canciones de Sindo Garay	Prod. Colibrí		)
	Xiomara Laugart	Tears and rumba	Chesky Records		CLICK HERE
	Miriam Ramos y Harold López-Nussa	Intemporal	Prod. Colibrí
NUEVA TROVA
	Augusto Blanca	Poblinas Vol I y Vol II	Prod. Colibrí		CLICK HERE(not part of album)
	Benito de la Fuente	Fe de vida	Prod. Colibrí		CLICK  HERE(not part of album)
	Leonardo García	Detrás del tilo	Prod. Colibrí
	Virulo	El bueno, el malo, el cubano	EGREM		CLICK HERE
	Yoan Zamora	Globalización	Centro  Pablo		CLICK HERE
TROVA-POP-ROCK
	Adrián Berazaín	Si te hago canción	Bis Music		CLICK HERE
	Polito Ibañez	De las manos y los pies	Bis Music		CLICK HERE
	Vanito Brown	Norte, sur, este y aquel	Bis Music		CLICK HERE
	Mauricio Figueiral	Flores de tequila	Bis Music		CLICK HERE
CANCIONÍSTICA
	Amaury Pérez	Canciones a Peti Vol. I y Vol. II	Prod. Colibrí		CLICK HERE
	Haydée Milanés	Palabras	Bis Music		CLICK HERE
	Rosita Fornés	ConVivencias, Duetos	EGREM		CLICK HERE(May not be part of album)
	Omara Portuondo	Magia Negra	Prod. Colibrí		CLICK HERE
	Alexander Díaz	Conversando con la luna	EGREM		CLICK HERE
CHILDREN'S MUSIC
	Lidis Lamorú	La magia de los sueños	Bis Music
	Miriela Mijares	Cantar y decirte quiero	Prod. Colibrí
	Omara Portuondo	Acuarela	Bis Music
	Various Artists	Ortodecimante	Bis Music
	Various Artists	Rimando con mis derechos	Sello Unicornio / UNICEF
FUSIÓN
	Guantánamo Free	Como el elefante	Indep.		CLICK HERE
	Kamankola	Antes que lo prohiban	Tuyuca		CLICK HERE
	Luis Barbería feat. Sexto Sentido	A Full	EGREM	CLICK HERE	CLICK HERE
	Qva Libre	La sicodélica estelar	Bis Music		CLICK HERE
	Raúl Paz	La otra esquina	EGREM		CLICK HERE
ROCK
	Avanz	Crazy for you	Indep.
	Blinder	Hegemonic Cult	Rhombifer Music		CLICK HERE(recent but not part of album)
	Médula	La reencarnación	ALPIS		CLICK HERE
	The Shepal	Inalcanzables	Agencía Cubana  de Rock		CLICK HERE
	Zeus	La verdad prohibida	Prod. Colibrí		CLICK HERE(recent but not part of album)
POP
	Dayana	Ida y vuelta	Ahí Namá
	Diana Fuentes	Planeta Planetario	EGREM	CLICK HERE	CLICKHERE
	Jessee Suárez	Ése soy yo	Ahí Namá		CLICK HERE
	Lindiana y Mantra	Terras	Letras & Sons		CLICK HERE
	Patricio Amaro	Más de lo que tú me das	Bis Music		CLICK HERE
POPULAR DANCE MUSIC (NEW RELEASES)
	Alaín Pérez	Hablando con Juana	Bis Music	CLICK HERE	CLICK HERE
	El Niño y la Verdad	Llego La Verdad	EGREM	CLICK HERE	CLICK HERE
	JG	Que no me controlen	Ahí Namá	CLICK HERE	CLICK HERE
	Laritza Bacallao	Sólo se vive una vez	Planet Records	CLICK HERE	CLICK HERE
	Alaín Daniel	Trayecto	Ahí Namá	CLICK HERE	CLICK HERE
POPULAR DANCE MUSIC (MAESTROS)
	Elito Revé y su Charangón	La aplanadora de Cuba	Bis Music	CLICK HERE	CLICK HERE
	José Luis Cortés y NG La Banda	En la calle una vez más	Bis Music	CLICK HERE	CLICK  HERE(not part of album
	David Álvarez y Juego de Manos	Somos Cuba	EGREM	CLICK HERE	CLICK HERE
	Aymée Nuviola	First class to Havana	Worldwide	CLICK HERE	CLICK HERE
	Alexander Abreu y Havana d'Primera	La vuelta al mundo	Sello Unicornio	CLICK HERE	CLICK HERE
RAP-HIP HOP
	La Cruzada Estudio	Pedazo de cielo	Bis Music
	Negrons	Qué onda	Agencia Rap
	Ondalivre	A deguello	Asere  Prod. / 18A16 Prod.		CLICK HERE
REGGAETON
	Marvy Freddy y Kayanco	Fama y Money	Indep.		CLICK HERE(not from album)
	Marvy Freddy y Kayanco	Comercializando	Indep.		CLICK HERE (not from album)
ELECTRONIC MUSIC
	Carlos y Rafael	Yongolailan	LNME
	Dj. Ra & Dnix	Amaneciendo	LNME		CLICK HERE
	JVG	Música para soñar	Indep.
	Makk	Frecuencia	Indep.
	Rezak	Session Ocha Niwe	Indep.
NEW ARTIST
	Héctor Quintana	Dactilar	Prod. Colibrí	CLICKHERE	CLICKHERE(not part of album)
	Ruly Herrera	Mal tiempo	Prod. Colibrí	CLICKHERE	CLICK HERE
	Liana Fernández	Intermezzo al sur	Prod. Colibrí
	El Niño y La Verdad	Llegó la verdad	EGREM	CLICKHERE	CLICK HERE
	Laritza Bacallao	Solo se vive una vez	Planet Records	CLICKHERE	CLICK HERE