Ex-NG La Banda Singer GERARDO CONTINO this Sat. in NYC

Ex-NG La Banda Singer GERARDO CONYINO plus special guests May 11 New York City click here for tickets -- oprima aquí para taquillas

VAYA CALENTANDO LOS MOTORES para Havana D' Primera en Nueva York Junio 5 y 6. This CD Release Party from Ex-NG La Banda singer Gerardo Contino features special guests Xiomara Laugart (vocalist) and percussionist Luisito Quintero. In Cuba, Gerardo also sang with Charanga Forever and Son Yoruba. The gig will take place at the World Music Institute on 509 Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. Tix are only $25.

Here's a short list of the musicians joining Gerardo: Axel Tosca Laugart (piano) - John Benítez (bass) - Roberto Quintero (Congas) - Luisito Quintero (Drums & Timbal). Pianists Oriente López and Manuel Varela will also make an appearance.

Here's a cool video of Gerardo singing "La Chica Red Bull" with his NYC band. Axel Tosca and John Benítez are in the video as well. Video courtesy of our friend Martin Cohen (Congahead).

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While Miami is working itself into a veritable frenzy in anticipation of the upcoming Havana D'Primera plus El Pikete on Friday the 24th (see video below), San Francisco...yet again...proves itself as the top market for hardcore Cuban Timba with an unbelievable trifecta on SATURDAY JUNE 1rst: two (2) Havana D' Primera shows at Yoshi's SF at 8 and 10pm, to be followed by -- for the very first time in the USA and their first stop of their USA tour -- Bárbaro Fines y su Mayimbe from Lima Perú, just a few minutes away at Café Cócomo for an 11:45 show.

Take your Havana D'Primera ticket stub and get $5 off at the door for the Mayimbe 11:45pm show !! We'll be seeing you there. All west coast timberos and timberas will be dancing FULL FORCE. Mayimbe has a second show at Cócomo on Sunday as well.

Coast to Coast TIMBA !!! -- Havana D' Primera -- El Pikete -- Bárbaro Fines y su Mayimbe

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Alexander Abreu & Havana D'Primera y Bárbaro Fines y su Mayimbe
Bárbaro Fines y su Mayimbe opening for Havana D'Primera @ S.O.B.s in New York - June 5 & 6 - Cuban music news - Noticias de musica cubana

As news of the San Francisco timba trifecta makes it to the East Coast, New York strikes back with an incredible double-header to match El Pikete and Havana D'Primera in Miami...!!!

Direct from Lima Perú, and following their USA debut in San Francisco, Bárbaro Fines y su Mayimbe will open for Alexander Abreu & Havana D'Primera BOTH NIGHTS at S.O.Bs in New York City. The SOBs website isn't updated yet but you can...

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Cuba's pop / timba supergroup la Charanga Habanera (led by David Calzado) perform Gozando En Miami and La Suerte at Yoshi's Jazz Club in San Francisco. The original release of Gozando on the album No Mires La Caratula is a collaboration with rapper El Chacal. La suerte appear son Acabaito De Nacer. Courtesy of Yoshi's & Blue Night Entertainment. Videography by Tom Erhlich of TIMBA.com.