Results for "Xiomara Laugart"

Xiomara Laugart

Xiomara Laugart - Latin vocalist Xiomara Laugart is Cuban. This alone makes her a competitor in the music industry. She was born with a fusion of rhythms in her veins. Moreover, Xiomara Laugart is a "Guantanamera," also the name of a quintessential Cuban folk song. Guantánamo is the easternmost province in Cuba, where even the palm trees sing and dance. At the age of 15 she began her career. Soon thereafter, her voice was considered a true prodigy that allowed her to perform the most diverse genres. She performed several different expressions of traditional and contemporary Cuban music. During the 1980s, she entered the “Adolfo Guzmán” Contest for Cuban music where she was granted the highest award. From that day on, she became one of the most brilliant representatives of Cuban song. She received invitation after invitation to perform all over the world

Tyler Greenfield: Sunday Bolero

by James Nadal
June 15, 2016

With the current resurgence in appreciation for Cuba and vinyl records, it is a pleasant occasion to write an article combining both. Pianist Tyler Greenfield's admiration for the Cuban bolero form created Sunday Bolero, a cultural realization produced on pristine 180 gram vinyl, yielding an intimate aural and sentimental experience. Greenfield hails from New ...

Tears And Rumba

By Xiomara Laugart

Label: Chesky Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Las Perlas de tu Boca; Sabor Una Tumba Una Rumba; Sitieria; Viente Años; Nadie Se Salva de la Rumba; Reclamo Mistico; Juramento; La Mujer de Antonio; Y Tu Que Haz Hecho; Ausencia; Descarga Xiomara; Reclamo Mistico Alt.

Xiomara Laugart: Tears And Rumba

by James Nadal
January 7, 2015

Despite over fifty years of political turmoil leading to a ludicrous embargo, the music of Cuba has thrived and is as vibrant as ever. Though many premier Cuban artists have gone into cultural exile in America and abroad, they continue to seek inspiration from and expand upon the music of their homeland, continually performing it around ...

La Voz

By Xiomara Laugart

Label: Chesky Records
Released: 2011

Xiomara Laugart in Concert! March 28 at Miami Dade County Auditorium

March 5, 2009

FUNDarte presents XIOMARA LAUGART IN CONCERT Dont miss Xiomara Laugart, “the Voice of Cuba," in her first solo concert in Miami. Adored as the lead singer of new-wave Latin funk band Yerba Buena and her star-turn in the Broadway premiere production of Celia: The Life & Music of Celia Cruz, Xiomara Laugart's solo performances are marked ...