Charanga del Norte perform at Instituto Cervantes, Manchester on Thursday 7 February.
Charanga del Norte perform at Instituto Cervantes, Manchester on Thursday 7 February.
On Saturday 24 November 2018 Charanga del Norte will be performing at 3.45pm at the end of the Latin American Music Seminar day at Senate House, London, room G22. Book your place via Eventbrite. Live and Unplugged the band start their 20th anniversary events after a day of presentations on aspects of Latin American and Caribbean music.The band will be performing US-based Cuban dance music so expect plenty of pachanga and Latin Soul! Refreshments provided.
New Charanga Time animation from El Iyawo Studios in Leeds – celebrating 20 years of Charanga del Norte – anniversary events are planned from November 24, 2018 to November 2019.
Charanga del Norte at Seven, Leeds 2017 Charanga del Norte Live at Leeds 2017
Charanga del Norte perform at Seven Arts, Leeds on Saturday 28 October 2017.
Charanga del Norte launch their new EP Charanga Time to showcase their new New York-styled charanga set.
Expect pachanga, bugalu, and New York infused Afro-Cuban dance music styles by the likes of Charlie and Eddie Palmieri, Johnny Pacheco, Ray Barretto, Mongo Santamaria, Orquesta Broadway and Pete Rodríguez.
With a string section and guest bugalu brass this gig features high energy improvisations and clave-driven grooves: as New York DJ Al Angeloro says: ‘If you can’t dance with them . . you died last week’ (WBAI Radio/The Montuno Sessions).
A Leeds Beckett University music academic, and professional flautist, will launch her band’s new EP this month, which was recorded and mastered by colleagues at the University.
Here’s a track from Charanga del Norte’s new EP Charanga Time: Que Maravilloso (How Marvellous) The EP launch is at Seven Arts , Leeds on Saturday 28 October.
Aracataca’s John Child and Tomek spin new salsa from Edgard Nevárez y La Trópica ft. Carlitos Ramírez, Choco Orta, Pete Perignon, Arturo Ortiz & 7 Con Calle, Steven Brezet and Manny Martínez y La Rebeldía; Latin jazz from Eddie Palmieri with Alfredo de la Fé; new charanga from Charanga del Norte; and a Latin jazz big band track from the Echo Park Project.
Charanga del Norte now has a new website: www.charangadelnorte.co.uk
Sue Miller is giving a pre-concert talk on Cuba-based and New York-based charanga music and then her band Charanga del Norte are performing that night at Churchill College, University of Cambridge – tickets from the Cambridge Jazz Festival site.