Thomas Eby, Gunnar Thullberg "El Dony" & Rickard Valdés of Calle Real

Last night Calle Real performed at the 2015 Stockholm Kulturfestival and we got the first sample of what is coming on the new album "Dime qué" - Calle Real's first new album in seven years! We will soon upload a concert report including some concert video! They performed 4 new songs, and let me say that fans will not be disappointed. In my opinion there is some particularly cool bass and horns in the new songs, but more on that later.

Before the show the guys took a few minutes to tell us a little about the new CD and upcoming concert dates. 

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ENGLISH:  The 2015 edition of Chicago's Festival Cubano included Miguelito Cuni Jr. and Pedrito Calvo, the first musicians still living in Cuba to perform at this event. Click here for photos and video. 

ESPAÑOL:  La edición 2015 del Festival Cubano de Chicago incluyó a Miguelito Cuni Jr. & Pedrito Calvo, los primeros músicos que aún viven en Cuba para actuar en este evento.  Haga clic aquí para fotos y video. 

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ENGLISH: Yissy Garcia & Bandancha is one of the most refreshing new musical groups in Cuba.  Labels and categories are always hazardous, but their style is similar to what we once called Acid Jazz in the US with a more sophisticated Jazz element.   A new album will be coming out in the future, and they have released a single, Última noticia, in advance.

You can listen to it here.


This is a great time to be a Chicagoan. Several exciting and important concerts are coming to the area soon. You can read more here. 

ESPAÑOL: Yissy García & Bandancha es uno de los nuevos grupos musicales más refrescantes en Cuba. Las etiquetas y las categorías son siempre peligrosas, pero su estilo es similar a lo que una vez llamamos Acid Jazz en EEUU con un elemento más sofisticado de Jazz. Un nuevo álbum saldrá en el futuro, y han lanzado un sencillo, Última noticia, por adelantado.

Puede escucharlo aquí.

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Jane Bunnett & Maqueque, Palo! & Orquesta El Macabeo will all be in the Midwest the weekend of September 4-6, and all are don't-miss acts.  For more information and videos, see the Report From Chicago page.  (Palo! is in Louisville, but it's driveable).  Maqueque's drummer, incidentally, is Yissy Garcia, whose new single Última noticia we just posted recently. 

For those of you who are serious fans of Cuban Jazz, The Afro Cuban Jazz Edition has been including music by Cuba's most important Jazz artists along with interviews that yours truly (Bill Tilford) did with some of them in La Habana in May.   Frankie Pineiro, the host, puts together one of the best playlists on the planet, and you'll hear some new and recent Jazz from Cuba that you won't hear in other places, at least not yet.  You'll also be treated to the best Latin Jazz from everywhere else. The most recent guest was  Yasek Manzano, one of the most interesting Jazz artists in Cuba today.  Check out the Facebook Page to learn how to listen on demand; this program is on the front line of what's happening along with enough history to add perspective. 

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