Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 7:30 pm Sierra Maestra "Music doesn’t come more energising than Havana’s glorious Sierra Maestra." — The List "If son is indeed the soul of Cuba, then Sierra Maestra are the heartbeat at the center of that soul." — World Music Central
At Crossroads Music, 801 South 48th Street at Baltimore Avenue Music samples, tickets ($10-30), and more information at www.crossroadsconcerts.org Decades before Juan de Marcos Gonzalez served as music director and guiding spirit behind the Buena Vista Social Club, he founded Sierra Maestra, a Cuban roots band dedicated to the Afro-Cuban son style that influenced musicians around the world. Launched in 1976 by a group of University of Havana students, Sierra Maestra took its name from the mountain range in eastern Cuba where the genre was born. Sierra Maestra was the first, and remains the best, of the modern-era groups to play in the old-style son line-up: tres, guitar, one trumpet, bongo, güiro and vocals — as during the style’s golden age of the 1920s and ’30s. With brisker tempos, they add a jolt of new energy to the sensuous guaracha rhythms, a sound that has seized the imaginations of a new Cuban generation. Hugely popular at home, the band has gradually built up an international following with a series of celebrated albums, culminating in 2010’s World Village release, Sonando Ya. The delicate nature of U.S. and Cuban relations has presented few opportunities for stateside performances and this is a rare opportunity to see the band live in this country.---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity-Announce." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. You may post announcements to this list, but this list attempts to prevent discussion. Please use univcity to discuss messages on this list. Subscribers of univcity receive all mail to this list.
