So the Netflix was calling me, there are some movies I need to see that I can’t get locally and dont need to buy. So I got on ye olde netteflixe and queued up some videos.
The first 2 that arrived were Maldeamores, which I will review elswhere, and Celia Cruz and the Fania All Stars [...]
Posts Tagged ‘africa’
Fania All Stars in Africa- Movie Review
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged africa, celia cruz, cheo feliciano, concert, dvd, el raton, fania, hector lavoe, johnny pacheco, review, salsa on March 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
NPR Story- Booby Sanabria on the African Roots of Latin Jazz
Posted in Music, tagged africa, latin jazz on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100307740&ft=1&f=10004
Interesting stuff from Bobby Sanabria.
The Grammy-nominated artist says that those musical genres all share roots to the sound and soul of West Africa. Latin music would not exist without bongos, congas or timbales — all are percussion instruments, and all have roots in Africa. Likewise, there wouldn’t be Latin music without other African influences, such [...]
