Check out the new track Lola Catula #2 on the recordings page – just added today!
Check out the new track Lola Catula #2 on the recordings page – just added today!
A rare chance to catch Charanga del Norte playing in Leeds! We launch our new CD ‘Look Back in Charanga’ at ‘Seven’ on Thursday 13 May, performing music from both our recent albums ‘Our Mam in Havana’ and ‘Look Back in Charanga’ and also featuring a number for flute and dance solo where Guillermo matches his steps to my flute inspiraciones…tickets from Seven and Jumbo Records
Rumberos Presents
A Tribute To Eddie Palmieri & La Perfecta!
Friday 5th February 2010 @ The Wardrobe, St Peter’s Square, Leeds LS9 8AH
09.30am until 02.30am – £8/£6 NUS
Featuring the Rumberos Allstars live onstage!
Salsa dance class with Miss Nicky LG (The Salsaholics)
DJs Lubi, Fabio Bahia & Silvao aka La Combinacion Perfecta DJs!
Launching in [...]
We played an hour’s set before Changui de Gunatanamo and Orquesta Aragón on June 21 2009, booked by the Barbican for the Cuba50 events
At the International Danzón Festival I performed with Charanga Orquestas ‘Estrellas Cubanas’, ‘Orquesta Sublime’ and ‘Charanga de Oro’ and gave a lecture in Spanish at the conference on my research and my band Charanga del Norte (the UK’s only Charanga Orquesta). I was featured on Cuban television and radio as something of a novelty [...]
We played the Civic in Barnsley on 7 November 2009 – here’s some video from the gig:
I gave a lecture at the international Danzón conference in Havana in April 2009 where I demonstrated how I learnt the Cuban flute style of improvisation from renowned Cuban flute players such as Richard Egües, Polo Tamayo and Melquiades Fundora.
I am currently undertaking a PhD part-time at the University of Leeds, UK, where I combine my practical work as a performer with more traditional research methods. In addition to a written thesis my work involves recording in the studio and live at concerts, where analysis, commentary and transcription of flute improvisations link in [...]