Papo Vasquez Mighty Pirates Troubadours: Detroit, MI, September 1, 2012
Papo Vasquez Mighty Pirates Troubadours Detroit Jazz Festival Detroit, MI September 1, 2012 When a musician decides to play Latin,, it is easy for him to get pigeonholed into the Salsa circuit with a...
View ArticleConcert of Colors Announces 2003 Lineup
DETROIT, July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The Concert of Colors, Detroit's Diversity Festival will bring its 11th edition to Chene Park on Detroit's Riverfront, July 11-13, 2003. Sponsored by ACCESS (Arab...
View ArticleWord! 'Def Poetry Jam' Opens on Broadway
"I want to hear a poem," 1999 Fresh Poet of the Year Steve Colman will say and Russell Simmon's Def Poetry Jam will kick off its Nov. 14 Broadway opening night. The unique theatrical offering, a first...
View ArticleBobby Sanabria's Afro-Cuban dream
The Latin Jazz category is among the most competitive in this year's Grammy balloting, and includes celebrated nominees Gary Burton (for a tango disc), Danilo Perez, David Sanchez, and Chucho Valdes....
View ArticleFeeling the Capoeira Burn
NEW YORK Grand Mestre Joao Grande isn't pleased. A stream of unhappy and undecipherable Portuguese floats by, but the message is clear: I am not off to a good start in my first capoeira lesson. Fox...
View ArticleSan Antonians discovering art of Brazil's capoeira
Clad in white pants and shirts, two men circle each other and then strike out in kicks and lunges. The duelers avoid contact in an aggressive dance of precise timing. Though part folk dance and part...
View ArticleMetro Presents Upcoming Free Events at Union Station Featuring Music, Magic,...
(Source: Metro - Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority) Metro Presents, a new series of arts and cultural programs at historic Union Station, is pleased to announce the following...
View ArticleCapoeira Batizado, June 29th: Where New York City and Brazil Meet
I am a real New Yorker. By that, I mean that I moved to the city (in 1995) in order to see what I couldn't see anywhere else. Unlike many contemporary new New Yorkers, I didn't come here to be "safe"...
View ArticleFrom many sounds, one beat
NEW YORK - The narrow steps to the basement of a modest brick house in the Windsor Terrace neighborhood of Brooklyn lead into a little enclave of Salvador da Bahia's Afro-Brazilian drum culture....
View ArticleThe Poetry of the Nuyorican Experience
Writers following in the literary tradition of Miguel Piñero thrive at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe on the Lower East Side. Eisenstein as Punker, Misfit and Gay Renegade Prayer and Twang as the Only...
View ArticleBLAME IT ON BRAZIL
t once a martial art, a dance, a style of music, and a way of life, the Brazilian art form capoeira this year celebrates its 25th anniversary in the United States. Capoeira master and choreographer...
View ArticleNew traditions add diversity to Decatur
Capoeira came to Decatur, Georgia, in 2008 from West Africa by way of Brazil. Most Friday nights with warm weather, residents and visitors can experience the Afro-Brazilian folk art in the plaza on the...
View Articlekcet.org Salutes 'Children of Slam' With Special Event at Da Poetry Lounge on...
Poetry Slam Celebrates Online Launch of Web-Exclusive Profiles of Steve Connell, Gina Loring, Sekou (tha Misfit), Mayda del Valle and Shihan LOS ANGELES, April 26 /PRNewswire/ -- With their captivating...
View ArticleBroadway's 'Def Poetry Jam' Goes Silent May 4
Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam, Broadway's unique specialty act of multicultural spoken-word performances, will close at the Longacre Theatre May 4, a production spokesperson said. For all your...
View ArticleFinding 'Poetic Solutions to Political Pollution'
NEW YORK "Where are my boricuas?" Anthony Morales shouted during a recent poetry slam at the Nuyorican Poets Café, asking for the Puerto Ricans in the house. The gentrified crowd at this legendary...
View ArticleBrazil's Black Guerrillas
After the abolition of slavery in Brazil, well up into the 1930's, there were protests against capoeira by politicians and intellectuals. For some time capoeiristas became the fastest growing group of...
View ArticleAtlanta at Play: Part martial art, part dance ... All aerobic
Capoeira angola is a martial art or a dance performed inside the tight circle of fellow capoeiristas who dictate the speed and style of play through the hypnotic sounds of their African-Brazilian...
View Article‘The Offense Of The Drum’ nominated for Best Latin Jazz Album
This year’s nominees in the Best Latin Jazz Album category are a mixed bag of individual performers, a group, an orchestra, and a featured player who have achieved an assortment of previous...
View ArticleWith the Brazilian capoeira, battle moves are set to music, and the object is...
Hip-hop beats from the class next door slip through the Capoeira Evolução studio walls. "Don't worry, we'll drown them out in a few minutes," says capoeira instructor Alex Rodriguez. In minutes, a...
View ArticleBeat the Drum: East Los Meets West Los; Ford Amphitheatre
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View ArticleBeat the Drum Festival at Ford Ampitheater
ARTScorpsLA/ACLA Emerging Producers presents Beat the Drum‘s second annual drum festival, Beat the Drum: East Los Meets West Los, to be held on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at 8:00pm, at the Ford Amphitheatre...
View ArticleSee the Magic and Power of Brazilian Martial Art Capoeira at the Ginga Mundo...
On June 18th, 19th and 20th, 2015, the Ginga Mundo school of the Brazilian martial art Capoeira will be hosting a Batizado (or "baptism") at Essex Street Academy, 350 Grand Street, Manhattan, along...
View ArticleSteven Kroon: On The # 1 (2014)
By EDWARD BLANCO, New York percussionist Steven Kroon offers a percussive-laden session of Afro-Cuban rhythms, a slice of Brazil and draws on his Nuyorican heritage for a taste of the Puerto Rican...
View ArticleArturo O'Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra: Song for Chico (2008)
There's a man doesn't care about labels or genres. He's mainly interested in two things: horns and percussion. It follows that one type of music pleases him more than any other: Latin jazz. Song for...
View ArticleChris Washburne and the Syotos Band: Nuyorican Nights
By GLENN ASTARITA, Featuring a who's who of the New York Latin-Jazz scene, trombonist Chris Washburne and the 'Syotos Band' serve up some hot and juicy salsa along with strong doses of Afro-Cuban...
View ArticleArsenio Rodriguez to be honored by Hostos
Cuban bandleader and composer Arsenio Rodriguez artist pr supplied One of the more important legends to grace the Latin scene was the legendary composer, band leader and musician Arsenio Rodriguez....
View ArticleLatino happenings in Nueva York, March 16-22
WEDNESDAY 16 FILM: Milos Silber's "Jubanos: The Jews of Cuba," the story of 1,500 Jews struggling to keep their faith on the Communist island, screens with "The Fig Tree," a short from Spain, at The...
View ArticleFord Amphitheatre's family series Big!World!Fun! opens with Gaelic Gathering
Hollywood – The Ford Amphitheatre’s summer family series Big!World!Fun! opens this Saturday, July 7, with “A Gaelic Gathering,” an Irish celebration of dance, music and song. The Big!World!Fun! family...
View ArticleLatin jazz a gets a New York attitude
Bobby Sanabria's proud of Nuyorican heritage once denigrated in the mother country By Gary C. W. Chun Bobby Sanabria calls it "Cuban music with a New York attitude." Whether he's leading a quartet,...
View ArticleHenry Cole and the Afro Beat Collective: Roots Before Branches (2012)
By MARK F. TURNER, Mark F. Turner Senior Contributor since 2001 Considering himself a modern day 'Jazz Explorer' Mark continues to discover new and exciting music territories. Recent articles (515...
View ArticleKlazz Brothers & Cuba Percussion: Mozart Meets Cuba (2006)
Few musical marriages can seem more oddly matched than a German classical/chamber trio with an Afro-Cuban percussion ensemble. Yet Mozart Meets Cuba presents astonishing work: Latin explorations of...
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