Placido Domingo, the renowned Spanish tenor, threw his support Thursday behind Columbian singer Juanes and his plans to stage a Peace without Borders concert in Havana on September 20. Domingo called Juanes “a very courageous person” and praised his “positive attitude” for going ahead with the concert.
Read MoreArtists will always a find good reason to turn the ugly, dirty and damaged into harmonic and pleasurable forms, and that’s just was what sculptor Roberto Fabre did on a street in the eastern Cuban city of Bayamo.
Read MoreThe audience was very diverse: rockers, emos, rappers, and “reparteras” from the “hood” of Old Havana – people who normally have nothing to do with each other but who were united in song. And though they did not meld completely, they still managed to achieve a great degree of harmony.
Read MoreColombian singer Juanes will not have foreign sponsors for his Sept. 20 Peace Concert in the Cuban capital, due to “tremendous pressure” surrounding the project, informed IPS on Monday. Cuban artists Silvio Rodriguez, Amaury Perez, Carlos Varela, Van Van and Equis Alfonso are planning to represent Cuba on the same venue at the Plaza of the Revolution before an expected crowd of several hundred thousand.
Read MoreHaydee Milanes was the guest for the opening of the space called “Hamaca” (Hammock). Her tender voice and pop-jazz songs ended in style an afternoon that announced rain but ended up sunny, as has happened most of this summer.
Read MoreJuanes much talked about Peace without Borders concert in Havana’s Plaza of the Revolution is now only three weeks away and according to the chief protagonist plans continue full speed ahead despite threats on his life.
Read MoreThe list of major artists supporting Juanes Peace without Borders Concert in Cuba grew this week with the addition of Spanish singer Julio Iglesias and Cuban-American Gloria Estefan. Iglesias told a Colombian radio station that “the concert by Colombian singer Juanes in Cuba has no political objective and backed his intention to take “a message of affection and music” to the island.
Read MoreSinger/songwriter Gerardo Alfonso takes the stage on Friday 7:00 pm. at the Pabellon Cuba facility on 23rd St. in Havana’s Vedado district. Arte en la Rampa continues on Saturday with a concert by folk singer Frank Delgado. On Saturday Robertico Carcasses and Interactivo will perform.
Read MoreThough in his early life he suffered the consequences of poverty and a lack of formal education, he knew how to penetrate deep into the souls of people with anthological songs such as Vida (Life), ¿Cómo fue? (How was it?) and Perdón (Forgiveness).
Read MoreCuban Change Generation Group, an organization of the Cuban community in the United States, declared it was in favor of the Peace without Borders concert that Colombian singer Juanes will give in the island’s capital on September 20. The concert has been severely questioned by the anti-Castro sector based in Miami.
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