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Brooklyn-based Innov Gnawa Deceptively simple, at once direct and mysterious, earthy and spiritual, Gnawa music is the expression of the black community of Morocco, which, initially, according to scholars, was comprised of black slaves. Associating and translating cultural experiences are exercises fraught with peril. But if this all sounds oddly familiar, it might explain why …

Gnawa Music: Talking to the Spirits With “The Blues of Morocco” (Artburst) Read More »

El cantante, compositor y autor español Santiago Auserón no es la típica estrella de rock. Auserón, de hecho, conoce el lenguaje y los rituales del estrellato de rock: primero como líder y vocalista de Radio Futura – grupo de pop rock que no sólo fue enormemente popular sino influyente en La Movida de la España …

Miami Book Fair: Una Semilla Africana Florece en la Música Española (Artburst) Read More »

  The role of guitar in flamenco evolved from modest accompaniment of singers in the latter part of the 19th century to solo concerts by the latter part of the 20th century. It took players such as Ramon Montoya (1880-1949), Niño Ricardo (1904-1972), Sabicas (1912-1990), and Paco de Lucía (1947-2014), who burst the dam for good by …

Vicente Amigo and Flamenco’s Lineage of Change (Artburst) Read More »

DJ Le Spam, AKA Andrew Yeomanson, at work. Ask about the Miami Sound to 10 people in South Florida and you’ll get 11 different answers. And yet, for more than 20 years, the Spam Allstars, a group founded and anchored by DJ Le Spam (aka Andrew Yeomanson), has been an unquestionable reference in the Miami …

10 Years In the Making, Spam Allstars Returns With a New CD — and a Party (Artburst) Read More »

  Born in Mexico City and raised in New York City, pianist, composer and educator Arturo O’Farrill grew up close to Cuba and its culture. Geography and physical distances can be just an illusion. After all, O’Farrill is the son of the great, late Cuban composer and arranger Arturo “Chico” O’Farrill and is himself a …

Arturo O’Farrill – Family, Jazz and the Music of Cuba, Revisited Read More »

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. not only vacationed at the Hampton House but held press conferences and held meetings such as the one with the Southern Christian Conference Leadership in April 1966 When saxophonist Jesse Jones Jr. takes the stage at The Hampton House, Friday, as part of the “Jazz in the House” series, he …

Miami’s House of Blues, Jazz, and Civil Rights (Artburst Miami) Read More »