Articles tagged "salsa"

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Various: The Rough Guide to Cuban Street Party

by Deanne Sole

[30.May.08] :. The party atmosphere of Cuban Street Party doesn't rely on remixes, as it did in parts of African Street Party. It doesn't need them.

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Various: Think Global: Fiesta Latina

by Deanne Sole

[27.May.08] :. Enlightenment has taken a back seat: this is a party album.

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Ten years in the making, documentary sings Celia Cruz’s praises

by Oscar Corral [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[24.Apr.08] :. MIAMI - Ten years ago, two young documentarians from Miami nestled a letter to Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa, into a round, disc-shaped film canister, and sent it to her in New Jersey. They wanted her...

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Wayne Gorbeas Salsa Picante: Introducing Wayne Gorbeas Salsa Picante

by Deanne Sole

[17.Oct.07] :. In this compilation dedicated to the work of salsa pianist Wayne Gorbea, Salsa is the focus but there are also excursions into rumba and mambo.

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Various: Think Global: Salsa

by Deanne Sole

[15.Oct.07] :. Think Global: Salsa is a solid, reliable compilation for anyone who wants an album that will cheer them up and not ever sound like anything they don't already imagine salsa to be.

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Spanish Harlem Orchestra: United We Swing

by Heather Snell

[25.Sep.07] :. Few Latin bands are as able to convey the same amount of energy as this large New York ensemble.

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‘El Cantante’ follows life, music of Puerto Rican superstar

by Jordan Levin [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[3.Aug.07] :. Even his name meant music. Hector Lavoe’s real last name was Perez. Lavoe was invented, a Puerto Ricanized pronunciation of “la voz” - “the voice” in Spanish. Hector...

El Cantante

by Cynthia Fuchs

[3.Aug.07] :. The biopic formula overtakes historical details and even director Leon Ichaso's signature impressionism, with an awkward and unsurprising result.

Various: Colombia!

by Deanne Sole

[16.Jul.07] :. The album almost giggles with verve.

Cuban salsa star follows his heart, dream to the U.S.

by Jordan Levin [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[1.May.07] :. TAMPA, Fla. - Five months ago, singer Issac Delgado, one of Cuba’s biggest salsa stars, walked across the U.S.-Mexico border into Laredo, Texas, bringing with him only his family, his talent...