Cimafunk has taken Cuba by storm, including a nomination in Cubadisco 2018 for their album Terapia. I have seen them live twice in Havana (their leader was also a guest on my radio program From the Isle of Music recently), and their live show is more electric than you would guess from the promo video above.   However, Me Voy is their biggest hit in Cuba, so there it is.  Here's a taste of them live to underscore my point:

So far, the tour has met with an enthusiastic reception.  This week, it comes to Chicago on Tuesday and Wednesday and New Orleans on Saturday as follows:
April 2:  Martyrs, Chicago, IL 
April 3:  Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago, IL 
April 6:  Tipitina's, New Orleans,  LA 
We will be covering the April 3 performance at OTS here on TIMBA.com.   Also, Bill Tilford interviewed Erik, the leader, in Havana last September for his radio program From the Isle of Music.  To celebrate the tour, that interview (with music) will be repeated on shortwave as follows:
1. For Eastern Europe but audible well beyond the target area in most of the Eastern Hemisphere (including parts of East Asia and Oceania) with 100Kw, Sunday, April 7,  1500-1600 UTC on SpaceLine, 9400 KHz, from Sofia, Bulgaria 
2. For the Americas and parts of Europe, Tuesday, April 9 0000-0100 UTC (New UTC) on WBCQ, 7490 KHz from Monticello, ME, USA (Monday, April 8,  8-9PM EST in the US).
Station website: www.wbcq.com 
3 & 4. For Europe and sometimes beyond, Tuesday, April 9,  1900-2000 UTC and Saturday, April 13,  1200-1300 UTC on Channel 292, 6070 KHz from Rohrbach, Germany.
Station website: www.channel292.de

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Click here for Tom's massive gallery featuring the first US performance of El Niño y la Verdad and many of the world's best dancers.

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Chucho, Irakere, Omara Portuondo, Yosvany Terry, Harold López-Nussa, Jesús Díaz y su QBA, and many others will gather to celebrate the career of Chucho Valdés on Thursday, Jan. 31 at SFJAZZ.

Here's a great interview with Richard Scheinen about Chucho and his new book with Rebeca Mauleón-Santana, Decoding Afro-Cuban Jazz.

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ENGLISH:  In the better late that never department, we have the winners of JoJazz 2018, along with a nice video about one of them.    Click here for more

ESPAÑOL En el departamento "mejor tarde que nunca", publicamos los ganadores de JoJazz 2018 junto con video interesante de un grupo ganador.  
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ENGLISH:  The 34th Edition of Jazz Plaza is about to begin.   This year there does not appear to be a sponsored website for the event, but the lineup, as usual, looks excellent, and we want to give a special mention to a couple of presentations:
1.  On January 14 at 6:30pm in Sala Covarrubias, Teatro Nacional, Havana, Gastón Joya and his trio will be presenting the first official concert, and this will be recorded for a future live album.  Gastón was the winner of the Jazz Soloist category in Cubadisco this year, so this should be superb.
2. Also in Sala Covarrubias on January 19 at 6pm, Alejandro Falcon and Cubadentro along with Los Muñequitos de Matanzas.    
ESPAÑOL: La 34ª edición de Jazz Plaza está a punto de comenzar. Este año no parece haber un sitio web patrocinado para el evento, pero la alineeación, como siempre, se ve excelente, y queremos dar una mención especial a un par de presentaciones:
1. El 14 de enero a las 6:30 pm en la Sala Covarrubias, Teatro Nacional, La Habana, Gastón Joya y su trío presentarán el primer concierto oficial, que se grabará para un futuro álbum en vivo. Gastón fue el ganador de la categoría Jazz Solista en Cubadisco este año, Y este concierto debe ser excelente.
2. También en la Sala Covarrubias el 19 de enero a las 6 pm, Alejandro Falcón y Cubadentro junto con Los Muñequitos de Matanzas.

ENGLISH:  Coming in March is the Fiesta del Tambor, the 2019 Havana International Rhythm and Dance festival.       We'll have coverage of this later this year, in the meantime,  there are two official websites where you can read all about what is developing:
http://www.fiestadeltambor.cult.cu/
http://www.fiestadeltamborpopular.com/

ESPAÑOL: en marzo vendrá la Fiesta del Tambor, el festival internacional de baile y ritmo de La Habana 2019. Tendremos cobertura de esto más adelante este año, mientras tanto, hay dos sitios web oficiales donde puedes leer todo lo que se está desarrollando:
http://www.fiestadeltambor.cult.cu/
http://www.fiestadeltamborpopular.com/

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