Hopped-Up Modern Salsa From Havana - concerts at Yoshi's SF this weekend

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r40yOd7zFPA

Charanga Habanera star in Popular! DVD documentary www.popular-documentary.com
Charanga Habanera y David Calzado 75 minutos de lo mas popular de la timba en Cuba! y gira a Japon! Concerts in Havana and Tokyo, Chucho Valdes, Juan de Marcos from Buena Vista Social Club commentators, go behind the scenes with Charanga Habanera and see a side of Cuba that few have experienced. Songs include Soy Cubano Soy Popular, .. MORE

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/11/arts/music/11sobs.html

Hopped-Up Modern Salsa From Havana

An audience packed with cheering Cubans greeted David Calzado and his Charanga Habanera at S.O.B.’s on Friday night, in a rare and welcome American appearance by one of Cuba’s top bands — signaling, perhaps, an Obama administration thaw in Cuban-American relations. Formed in 1988 and persisting through multiple personnel changes, Charanga Habanera has made hits in Cuba through the 1990s and 2000s, and its set raced through them in an exultant, nearly nonstop two-hour medley. In songs like “Soy Cubano, Soy Popular” (“I Am Cuban, I Am Popular”), .. MORE