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Publié le 3 septembre 2009

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• Salsa for Mexico

  Many Salsa artists have dedicated songs to Mexico. As a mayor force and an important musical mecca for Latin music, Mexico is an important stage every artist wants to visit. As we celebrate Mexico's independence in September, I'm reflecting on some Salsa songs which pay tribute to the country (...)

  8 septembre 2010, par : Hector Aviles

• Improvisation Overflows from Alfredo Rodriguez Latin Jazz Piano at Jazz Alley

  The 1st visit of Alfredo Rodriguez to Seattle will surely result in more fans for the raising Latin jazz star. Alfredo came to Seattle's Dimitrious Jazz Alley this week, bringing along Bulgarian bassist Peter Slavov and Cuban drummer Francisco Mela. The trio of young artists clearly reflected (...)

  3 septembre 2010, par : Hector Aviles

• Great Salsa Albums Have Musical Variety

  As I took a vacation road trip to explore Oregon, I had plenty of time to listen to various Latin music albums while driving. Among the salsa albums I listen were the latest releases from Gilberto Santa Rosa, Juan Luis Guerra, and Tito Nieves. All these albums have great music, but as they say (...)

  31 août 2010, par : Hector Aviles

• Someone May Be Stealing Your Music from iTunes

  New paradigms, like everything else, bring pros and cons. I just read one of the cons in the USA Today newspaper while I was on vacation, which indicated that hackers are getting into people's iTunes accounts and obtaining (out of your unknown generosity) gift cards codes that they can then (...)

  29 août 2010, par : Hector Aviles

• Alfredo Rodriguez Brings Fresh Style to Jazz

  Its not often you come across an articulated, intelligent, and yes, master of the instrument musician that has yet to celebrate his 25th birthday. Young Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodriguez is a true artist, one who gets inspiration from everything around him and shares it through music. Many (...)

  25 août 2010, par : Hector Aviles

• La Raza Latina at Lincoln Center New York

  With this blog I'm introducing a new format of communicating = video blogs. This is my 1st video blog, and it shows! I made several mistakes in recording my piece and then had tons of learning issues with the video software. Yet dispite all that, I hope you find the video blog of La Raza (...)

  18 août 2010, par : Hector Aviles

• Victor Manuelle Salsa Singer Looks Awkward Singing Ballad in TV

  The other night I was flipping TV channels and found Salsa singer Victor Manuelle in a popular Puerto Rico TV show singing a ballad. It was so bad that I felt sorry for this great Salsa singer. Let me clarify that although Victor Manuelle is a very popular Salsa signer and has just recently (...)

  11 août 2010, par : Hector Aviles

• Master Percussionist Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez comes to Seattle

  Cuban percussionist Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez is a veteran of musician who has played with the best in the music scene and collaborated in various Grammy Award-winning recordings. This is no accident, as “El Negro” comes from a musical family in Cuba, and grew up (...)

  9 août 2010, par : Hector Aviles

• Ruben Blades Reflects on Availability of Opportunities for Individuals

  With his ”Todos Vuelven” tour over, Ruben Blades reflected on some of our social problems and focused on examining the impact of the availability (or lack thereof) of opportunities for individuals in our societies and the degree to which these opportunities are used. Ruben Blades (...)

  4 août 2010, par : Hector Aviles

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