This is one of the Cuban bands that will be playing in the Jazz Plaza Festival 2011. Sintesis has been active and playing in Cuban and international stages since 1974. I would affirm that they are the most famous Cuban band experimenting and performing Afro – Cuban music mixed with rock and jazz sounds. […]

The dates for the Jazz Plaza Festival this year are December 15th to the 18th and it will be devoted to classical music. I was going through their website and looking at the great list of musicians participating this year. The list is precious. A trip to Havana it is definitely not a bad idea! […]

Por eso canto a las flores y a la manana que inspira… le canto a Cuba querida, la tierra de mis amores…

Today I had the privilege of attending a very private and simple ceremony of two friends tying the knot. I feel that we are living through so many things since the day we arrived to California, only a month ago! Last night we drove south to Aptos as we offered to take the pictures of […]

  Unos odian la persona de Silvio tanto como otros aman sus canciones. Lo cierto es que nos ha regalado muchos temas de amor preciosos, como por ejemplo esta cancion “Ojala”  que todos los cubanos y muchos latinoamericanos han cantado repetidas veces. En mi opinion, debemos mirar al artista, admirar su trabajo y separar el […]

San Franciscans had the second day of the Bluegrass Festival at the Golden Gate Park. Yesterday we were there for a couple of hours in the afternoon but today we spent most of the day under the beautiful and strong sun,drinking and dancing. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw Hugh Laurie and his […]

Yo no necesito la muerte de los mártires. No necesito de sus rostros en la ira de la muchedumbre, no preciso sus voces que golpean en la pancarta, en los muros, en las redes, en las piezas de domingo. No me hacen falta sus nombres, la sangre en que crecieron. Sus ojos, sus gritos, no […]

Aquí está la película cubana de Ian Padron que tanto ha dado que hablar en los últimos tiempos y que se presentará a los premios Oscar 2012, compitiendo en la categoría de película extranjera. Hoy tuve la oportunidad de verla en la red y me pareció interesante ver en la pantalla un poco de la […]

  It is not a secret that California is pretty easy going regarding the smoking of cannabis. It is famous worldwide that Californians like their joint and they do not hide it. Since I have been walking the streets of San Francisco, I have been noticing a lot of ads about the sale of medical […]

Master piano and bass interpretation. The young and the older generation unite to create this wonderful duo.

Cuban jazz prodigy Paquito D’Rivera has been nominated for the 2011 Latin Grammy award, as well as Chucho Valdes. Enjoy the saxo!. It is here to stay, Grammy or not! 🙂