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US Visas for Cuban Artists
By Toni Mendoza Applying for a US visa can be a lengthily and tedious process for anyone, but for international musicians, especially for Cubans, it can become a headache. International musicians must deal with U.S. immigration protocols, visa requirements, rising restrictions, massive paperwork and costly fees. The political tension between Cuba and the U.S. automatically classifies Cuban musicians as employees of the Cuban government and members of the communist party. Cuban musicians are subjected to racial profiling and are perceived as c ...
Cesar Pupy Pedroso y los que Son Son
“PUPY Y LOS QUE SON SON” ES UNA DE LAS ORQUESTAS QUE RECIBIÓ LA VISA PARA PODER INGRESAR A LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, NUESTRO EDITOR EDUARDO GUILARTE, HABLÓ CON ELLOS AL RESPECTO DE ESTE TEMA. Por Eduardo Guilarte Eduardo Guilarte: dime, pupy ¿quién escribe tus líricas? Cesar “Pupy” Pedroso: yo, yo, la mayoría de ellas. Eduardo Guilarte: ¿en qué te inspiras? Cesar “Pupy” Pedroso: prácticamente siempre estoy basándome en hechos reales, en problemas amorosos, en problemas que pueda tener una persona…hago la música, busco que la música que haga le entr ...
Dislocados Interview
By Mafe Ferrara I know that you have been together for a few years, how many? Dislocados started as a band in November 2005, but then we were called the Kiev Salsa Kings. So, that makes four and a half years together, but more like three years officially as “Dislocados”. (Dislocados was a name to baptize a new direction and discipline in the band, but is supposed to suggest that we’re playing music that has absolutely nothing to do with our ethnic or national roots.) How did you guys meet and started to play together? The Kiev Salsa Kings sta ...
Umberto Valverde
Fotografía por Pedro Lombardi Biografía Nacido en Cali el 3 de junio de 1947, Umberto Valverde hace parte de eso que la crítica literaria ha llamado el “posboom latinoamericano”; es compañero generacional de Óscar Collazos (1941), Fernando Vallejo (1942), Gustavo Álvarez Gardeazábal (1945), Luis Fayad (1945), Antonio Caballero (1945), Fanny Buitrago (1946), Rafael Humberto Moreno-Durán (1946), Roberto Burgos Cantor (1948) y Andrés Caicedo (1951), entre otros, que comenzaron a publicar sus obras al rededor de los años 70 del siglo pasado y a l ...
Roberto Borrell
MUSICIAN – DANCER – TEACHER “TO DANCE WELL IS THE MOST MARVELOUS THING THAT EXISTS” Thirty-five years of performing and instructing Afro-Cuban Folkloric Dance and Cuban Popular Dance has enabled Roberto Borrell to develop a unique and entertaining style of teaching.At a time when elegance and style counted for everything Roberto Borrell turned the nights on fire dancing to the intricate rhythms of great Cuban performers such as Chappottin, Orquesta Aragon and Neno Gonzalez. He learned to dance during the heyday of the ...
Pacific Mambo Orchestra Interview
ISM . INTERVIEW This is EDUARDO GUILARTE I’m interviewing the leaders of PACIFIC MAMBO ORCHESTRA Who are the leaders? Christian Tumalan, Pianist and Steffen Kuehn, Trumpet player, manager Gustavo Cortez and assistant manager Jesus Cortez. EG: so when did you guys start? PMO: when did we start…its our one year anniversary so basically a year ago in October of 2010, we are one month past due our anniversary celebration, so one year and one month EG: Why? PMO: EEE, because we could! No I think that what triggered it was recording a session we we ...

Pete Escovedo is going to perform at Yoshi’s San Francisco (0)

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Sunday February 10-12 1330 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, Ca 415 655-5600 Legendary Percussionist Pete Escovedo will be performing with his sons at Yoshi’s. Pete is an artist who broke down the barriers between Smooth Jazz, Salsa, Latin Jazz and contemporary music. A fixture in the music industry for more than 50 years, Mr. Escovedo will [...]

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Cocodrilo Verde (0)

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ISM . NIGHT CLUBS . PERU . Miraflores PRO BLUES BAND “PRO BLUES BAND” EN EL COCODRILO VERDE Martes 08 y 22 de Noviembre a las 8.30 P.M. Francisco de Paula Camino 226, Miraflores www.cocodriloverde.com adm@cocodriloverde.com Tel: +51 1 2427583 ENTRADA LIBRE En el verano del 2009, un grupo de rockeros provenientes de distintas bandas [...]

Pacific Mambo Orchestra Interview (0)

1/10/12 •

ISM . INTERVIEW This is EDUARDO GUILARTE I’m interviewing the leaders of PACIFIC MAMBO ORCHESTRA Who are the leaders? Christian Tumalan, Pianist and Steffen Kuehn, Trumpet player, manager Gustavo Cortez and assistant manager Jesus Cortez. EG: so when did you guys start? PMO: when did we start…its our one year anniversary so basically a year [...]

Roberto Borrell (0)

1/01/12 •

MUSICIAN – DANCER – TEACHER “TO DANCE WELL IS THE MOST MARVELOUS THING THAT EXISTS” Thirty-five years of performing and instructing Afro-Cuban Folkloric Dance and Cuban Popular Dance has enabled Roberto Borrell to develop a unique and entertaining style of teaching.At a time when elegance and style counted for everything Roberto Borrell turned the nights [...]

Salsa School Peru (0)

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ISM . DESDE PERU . ACADEMIA SALSA SCHOOL Por Julio Mendoza www.salsa-school.com www.facebook.com/salsaschool Fotografía: Estefanía Fernández Ruiz pentys26@hotmail.com www.estegrafica.com

Sonora La Rebelion (0)

1/01/12 •

ISM . BANDS . PERU BIOGRAPHY In late 2010, Oswaldo Rojas, Peruvian trumpet player partnered with another fellow to create a band that could play all kinds of tropical music and from there they started with the selection of musicians. Oswaldo Rojas and his former partner broke their relationship and Oswaldo decided to continue the musical [...]

Umberto Valverde (0)

1/01/12 •

Fotografía por Pedro Lombardi Biografía Nacido en Cali el 3 de junio de 1947, Umberto Valverde hace parte de eso que la crítica literaria ha llamado el “posboom latinoamericano”; es compañero generacional de Óscar Collazos (1941), Fernando Vallejo (1942), Gustavo Álvarez Gardeazábal (1945), Luis Fayad (1945), Antonio Caballero (1945), Fanny Buitrago (1946), Rafael Humberto Moreno-Durán [...]

El Mani es asi (0)

1/01/12 •

ISM . NIGHT CLUBS . VENEZUELA El Maní es Así es un sitio emblemático de la ciudad de Caracas, un espacio mágico donde el ritmo de la Salsa y el sabor caribeño invita a disfrutar a gente de toda Venezuela y el mundo. EL Maní es Así, por más de dos décadas, se ha mantenido [...]

Zaperoco (0)

1/01/12 •

ISM . NIGHT CLUBS . COLOMBIA . CALI . Zaperoco Bar abre las puertas de la Sabrosura para toda nuestra amable clientela, todos los Jueves, Viernes y Sábado apartir de las 8 de la noche, hasta las 3 de la madrugada. ESPECIALIDAD DEL LUGAR La buena Salsa, el Son Cubano, la Pachanga y la Salsita [...]

ISM 2011 October / November (0)

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