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Raul Da Gama

Based in Milton, Ontario, Canada, Raul is a poet, musician and an accomplished critic whose profound analysis is reinforced by his deep understanding of music, technically as well as historically.
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Dafnis Prieto Featuring Luciana Souza: Cantar

With the spectacularly intriguing album Cantar the drummer, composer, pedagogue and – now in one fell swoop...
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Rafael Zaldivar: Rumba

The inimitable pianist, Rafael Zaldivar – like almost every Afro-Cuban musician – has never really left his...
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Spanish Harlem Orchestra: Imágenes Latinas

Oscar Hernández and the Spanish Harlem Orchestra have set the bar so high for the kind...
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Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Aymée Nuviola: Live in Marciac

There is not too much music that can stir the soul like Afro-Cuban music – especially the...
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Joy Lapps: Girl in the Yard

The ubiquitous Trinidadian – and, in Toronto, pan-Caribbean – Instrument: the steelpan has never sounded so exquisite...
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Luis Deniz: El Tinajón

The alto saxophonist Luis Deniz may have been a relatively late Cuban arrival in Canada, descending upon...
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Azymuth: Telecommunications

This album, Telecommunications, is one of the most iconic recordings by Azymuth, the ineffably funky Brasilian trio....
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Omar Sosa’s 88 Well-Tuned Drums: A Film by Soren Sorensen

Anyone approaching this film about the iconic Cuban composer and pianist Omar Sosa, by the award-winning filmmaker...
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Conventional wisdom might suggest that there can be no Spanish music—especially that, which derives from traditional Flamenco sounds—without the lead voice being a Spanish...

Gilberto Gil · Gilberto’s Samba

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Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira (born June 26, 1942), better known as Gilberto Gil is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and songwriter, known for both his...

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Montréal has been called “Canada’s Cultural Capital”, and rightfully so. A fertile terrain for musical talent from all over the world, the second largest Canadian city is home to Roberto López since 1994, when he arrived to pursue...

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Eddie Palmieri Brings Down The House at Koerner Hall in Toronto

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There is something very special about sharing a moment in time and space with a legend, an artist –a consummate musician- who has transcended...

In Conversation With Francisco Mora-Catlett

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“Music is about freedom, that’s what it proposes, that’s why it’s so popular and that’s why people love it. And it’s not freedom that...

Chico O’Farrill: The Afro-Cuban Jazz Suites 1 and 2

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Arturo “Chico” O’Farrill, who was born in Cuba in 1921, decided to follow family tradition and enter into law practice. But before he could...

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