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Alfredo Calvo: Vamos al Tambor: Presentations in Matanzas, Cuba (DVD)
Public Afro Cuban drumming ceremonies recorded live in Matanzas, Cuba and presented in high-quality DVD format.
Recommended if you like
Abbilona,
Afro Cuba de Matanzas,
Lazaro Ros.
José Carrión: SON CUBANO - Instructional Cuban dance DVD featuring José Carrión
An instructional Cuban popular dance DVD featuring José Alfredo Carrión & members of Ballet Folklórico Cutumba de Santiago. Filmed live in Cuba in 2009; in Spanish with optional English voice-over.
Recommended if you like
Ballet Folklorico Cutumba de S,
Ballet Folklorico Nacional,
Ballet Folklorico Oriente.
Telmary: A Diario
TELMARY: Hip hop, trip hop, jazz poet, flow -"mucho flow cubano". She is the most authentic rapper of the island.
Recommended if you like
Interactivo,
Orishas,
Yusa.
CAÑA SON: Caña Son
a Cuban son band that plays traditional son music (Son Montuno & Punto Guajiro). The group focuses on popular Cuban son from the turn of the last century through the nineteen fifties.
Recommended if you like
Buena Vista Social Club,
Los Jubilados,
Sierra Maestra.
Los Van Van: Live At Miami Arena
Cuba's Ultimate Dance Band Live. And in Miami no less. A Double CD/DVD set including the complete performance both in audio as well as video and DVD menu with extras. Packaged in CD Digipack.
Recommended if you like
NG La Banda,
The Son.
Bán Rarra: Con Sabor al Guaso
Music from Guantanamo Cuba with Haito/Cuban roots, including Son, Nengon, Changüi, Kiriba, Mambo and folkloric styles.
Recommended if you like
Buena Vista Social Club,
Compay Segundo,
Eliades Ochoa.
Alfredo Calvo: La Fuerza del Tambor: Bata, Bembe y Güiro en Matanzas, Cuba (DVD)
A vibrant example of how the African spiritual and musical traditions have survived in Cuba, "The Power of the Drum" features live public religious ceremonies, interviews with practitioners of the African religions, and drumming demonstrations.
Recommended if you like
Abbilona,
Afro Cuba de Matanzas,
Lazaro Ros.
Trespeso Various Artists: La Meca
A mix of smooth and edgy, in this intense line up of underground Cuban talent hailing from Santiago de Cuba, this album brings to the listener a diverse range of genres and lyrical styles that far surpass the repetitive criticism afforded to reggaeton.
Recommended if you like
Calle 13,
Tego Calderón.
Alfredo Calvo: Bata y Bembe de Matanzas: la presentación de un Iyawo de Chango
Sacred drumming and praise songs for the Orishas (deities), from the Yoruba tradition, recorded in the Cuban Santeria style in Matanzas, Cuba
Recommended if you like
Afro Cuba de Matanzas,
Lazaro Ros.