Les deseamos mucha Felicidad, Salud, Alegria, Amor, Prosperidad y todo lo que ustedes quieran. Que sea la verdad por este ano lo que canta Tirso : "Con mi...
I am new on Timba Geeks. I fell in love with Timba after a trip to that island in the Carribean. Bamboleo was the one that did it. I am a percussionist and a...
... I questioned myself why I didn't like the new CH album so much, as I would like to. One of the explanations for me was, that when a Cuban sings a theme ...
Hi Roberto, Thanks for introducing yourself. ... How painful! :-) Can't you just fire him jejeje. I suppose he plays what the thonks the audience will like and...
... Interesting comment. Since we are having some lyrics questions/discussions this seems to be the opportune moment to post a few links. Rubén López has...
A recent exemple is the one of Calle Real : "Si no te cuadras me voy con otras porque soy suen~o de muchas otras" ;-) I don't remember exactly but I guess...
Thanks everyone for all your tips. Have just spent my first week here listening and dancing to the best music in the world. Highlights for the first week...
Man you are hooked now ! :-) ... From: John Avinger <johnavinger@...> To: timba_geeks@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, 02 January, 2006 17:54:57 Subject:...
John, are you still here [in havana]? I haven't seen you once! If you're still here, send me an email and I'll send you my phone number! ... for the ... ...
Is it possible for me to upload a couple of MVI files that I took last April? They are only about 30 seconds long each, and unfortunately the quality is not...
OR IS SALSA THE "NUYORICAN" progression of SON ? WHAT THE HELL IS SALSA ? THE COMERCIALLY INFESTED SOUND OF A PUERTORICANS VIEW OF SON ? WHY IS THE TERM SALSA...
Ask some Cubans - plenty of them call timba "salsa" ... Would it be possible for you to use lower case letters in your posts? I always feel like I'm being...
The divide betwen Salsa and Timba is not as strong in Cuba as it is in our western world since we face here the struggle of fighting against PR/NY Congress...
And just to warn you...when you come home, you will experience Post- Havana Depression, so make the most of it while you can! ... here ... for the ... Alain...
Got the final concert schedule today and there are some significant changes. several concerts have been cancelled and replaced with concerts in other cities,...
We also got the preliminary dates for the Charanga Habanera tour of Spain. 13 dates! February 16 Valladolid, Spain February 17 Madrid, Spain Sala La Riviera ...
If you ask Cubans who are musicians about this term, most will tell you that when they say "salsa" they're refering to the more comercial sounding style of...
Michelle Wasn't she speaking about "Chica Mala" or "Chera Mia" where the voice is somewhat similar to Tirso's accent. You tell, it's your boys ;-) ... From:...
... voice is somewhat similar to Tirso's accent. ... Nope, it's none of those. I think Gab has the album and hasn't found the song she's talking about amongst...
As Lionel points out, the Cubans don't worry about the labels as much as we do. Lots of Cubans, including musicians, like "regular salsa". Most Cubans don't...
I love the Manolito definition then : Musica Cubana Bailable Popular y Contemporeana ? I thinks it is lengthy but really what it is about .. la CH , El ,Clan,...
WAY too academic for me. Discussing the "havana tough guy" in such academic terms is pretty funny, to me comes off as ironic though obviously not intended to...
They don't have dance style segration because they all dance casino (or rumba etc) - but my dance teacher has referred to dancing "PR-style" ( as opposed to...
... I guess they cancelled Granada. Hmmm...that was my alternate site in case I couldn´t get January 22nd off. Anyone from the group going to the Valencia...
... 20. ... I just checked with the schedule maker here at the hotel and he told me it´s almost a done deal for me to be off on Sunday the 22nd. If there are...
... <lionel_rogier@y...> ... the song she's talking about amongst those titles, or have I ... and ... The guy I´m talking about sings on "Chera Mía", I know...