Alex Cuba’s Agua del Pozo Breaks the Language Barrier
Posted on 25. May, 2010 by Hector Aviles in Blog
This is another great article written by Latino Music Cafe’s partner blogger Wire Music News Wire back in September 2009. Continuing with the Cuban theme, this article covers the work of Alex Cuba, who was born in the Caribbean island and now lives in Canada.
You can read the first part of the article here and/or click the link below to read the full blog at the World Music News Wire site.
Enjoy
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The New Face of Cuban Soul Rock from the North: Alex Cuba’s Agua del Pozo Breaks the Language Barrier
Alex Cuba - He’s like Marvin Gaye, singing soul to a new generation… – Boston Globe
“You’ll fall in love with Cuba’s untamed voice. Even if you don’t understand a lick of what he’s saying, you’ll feel him.” – New York Post
Mangoes sprouting in the tundra. The new face of Latin soul thriving in a hamlet a day’s drive north of Vancouver, British Columbia. This is the story of guitarist, singer, and songwriter Alex Cuba, who came into his musical own in the Canadian north and whose Cuban soul rock power trio flies in the face of conventional notions of what Latin music can be: gentle, hip, wry, and uplifting, with a twist of funk where Marvin Gaye meets Jaco Pastorius.
This new Cuban cocktail, whether served up on Agua del Pozo, Cuba’s second album now finally available on CD with two new bonus tracks, or on his upcoming North American tour, has gone to the heads of fans from Ottawa—where a listener thanked Cuba for preventing her from taking her life—to Osaka, where Cuba was blown away by the audience response on his recent first Japanese tour.
It’s won him the admiration of artists like Nelly Furtado, whose Spanish-language debut out in mid-September features a title track duet written by and performed with Cuba, as well as a distribution deal with EMI, critical acclaim, and top spots on iTunes and other charts.
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The link to the full blog is HERE.
Originally Posted by World Music News Wire at: http://www.worldmusicwire.com
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