Thursday, February 10, 2011

Afro-Cuba in New York, and the Muñequitos de Matanzas in Boston

Just so you know (and thank your classmate Johnny Bohórquez for reminding me) - there's going to be a gigantic festival of Cuban music this spring in New York. Details here. New York is a little far, but one group I would go down (on foot if necessary) to hear anyhow is the Muñequitos de Matanzas, founded 60 years ago, not in the States since 2002, and hands-down the most famous group playing traditional Afro-Cuban rumba music: guaguancó, yambú and columbia. Luckily, they'll also be in the Boston area March 30 and April 1. I'm going to try and cook up a way to get the class, or at least interested members of it, down there. In the meantime, check out this video from that last tour

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