Rita Payes – Song of the Day

By Circles Robinson

HAVANA TIMES – Today’s featured artist is Rita Payes from Spain on vocals and trombone, in an NPR Tiny Desk concert earlier this month.  When I first discovered Payes it was watching videos from the San Andreu Jazz Band and school in Barcelona.

Flanked by her mother Elisabeth Roma and husband Pol Batlle, the Spanish multi-instrumentalist’s presence at the Desk reflects the way she creates and lives her music: in the cradle of familial love.

SET LIST: “El Cervatillo” “Por qué Será” “Nana Per Les Mamas” “Quien lo diría”

MUSICIANS: Rita Payés: lead vocals, trombone, composing, arranging, Pol Batlle: guitar, Elisabeth Roma: guitar, Horacio Fumero: upright bass, Juan R. Berbín: drums, percussion, Jonathan David Lewis: violin, Turkkan Osman: violin, Anna Arnal Ferrer: viola, Cristina Arista: cello.

A perfect concert to celebrate the 16th anniversary of Havana Times.

Havana Times Song of the Day features artists mostly born in Latin America and the Caribbean. Additionally, artists influenced by Latin American rhythms/sounds and/or are of Latin American heritage but born elsewhere. Jazz is another feature of our posts.

To listen to Songs of the Day from past days click here.