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The first reference to Descemer Well I came across lyrics Gema y Pavel. I knew this Cuban musician based in New York, was not only a great composer but a successful record producer. Then I met her step Yerbabuena, although I could access just what they did. When I got the disc Art Bembe, I was surprised by his remarkable finish and saw that Descemer was largely responsible for this magnificent work carried out under very contemporary influences. Not to dismiss the contribution of the voices of Gema Corredera and Pavel Urquiza.

is curious that at that time, Descemer was already one of the main creators of the island, plus a teacher claimed to produce hit records. In 2005, the soundtrack to Habana Blues more favorable comments added to his resume. Be happy your his way to become what it is today, a crucial issue in the national 'song. Solo I saw the film in late 2006, inserted in a film festival in Latin America in London, but before I had reached a collection in which several artists interpreting boleros Descemer Well.

At first I thought it was odd to include this genus, which has almost no young composers, especially if they are better known for creations where the merger premium and not follow certain guidelines stylistic characteristic of the bolero. But after listening to the compilation and recognize voices of consecrated as Manolo del Valle and Anais Abreu, along with others like Haydee Milanés and self Gema, I had no doubts about the authenticity that handful of songs.

still do not know if it was never released on compact format, then after a quick research I found that many of the subjects had formed the initial part of their other albums recorded by singers. But the discovery was nothing surprising. The way the music flows in Cuba would help the argument of one or more novels, those with many clues and data. By the grace of the exchange, it is possible that one ends up with access to recordings that did not record a matrix.

Also, I think everyone working on Radio of the island is infected by some uncontrollable urge to seek and explore what you do musically in the country, especially if you are interested in promoting it in their programs. Distribution mechanisms between the record and the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television are so disastrous that much of what occurs in the recording studio, never became known throughout the national and provincial radio. Luckily, both in the capital and provinces, there are filmmakers who are not resigned to radiate only what comes from "shipping" official, always cramped and outdated and, of course, biased in terms of rhythms and trends.

So when the famous bolero Fernando Alvarez died in 2002, was no accident that did not remember having read anything referred to the CD to record just before the title Be happy. Months ago, my good friend Mercedes Borges included me in one of the traditional "ship" musical. Since the first session, I become more of a night to this album of boleros as traditional and modern. I confess that I had among my favorite singer, but not stop to recognize the exceptional qualities as an interpreter, not by choice described as "the voice of the bolero" by some specialists. However, after listening to this recording, I definitely put on my list.

In Be happy, Fernando Alvarez sounds too nasal at times, but how in tune with the letters harrowing and tender at once. He sings, almost with his last breath, with the ability to ultimately buy the bowling alley to convey emotions, especially when it comes to ballads, as they say, just one. I managed to adapt their energetic style of old classics to the cadence so intimate that identify the boleros of this CD!

No doubt this also contributes to the melody. The arrangements sometimes mimic the sound of the orchestras of the 50's by the leading presence of metals and of those trumpets that sound as if they were able to cut a single stroke the night, loneliness and heartbreak. At other times, it is undeniable contemporary emphasis on the orchestration, as in the middle of the melody comes back one more jazzed , or closer to the blues .

is a pity that Be happy to have a consumption underground, and I do not remember that in 2002 or in later, these songs were disclosed. Not even in my memory, I get to see the CD on the shelves of stores ARTEX, these where so many discs lose their original color as a mark of aging covers the indifference of tourists unfamiliar and the inability of the national currency. Meanwhile I keep my copy as a true sound treasure and wait patiently for this latest recording of Fernando Álvarez become a classic of Cuban music of the XXI century. A Descemer Well I do and reverence for its genius and I wish you many years of fruitful poetic and musical creativity.

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And the film suddenly smelled of garlic

I thumbed through and read some of the bullets Taste of Cuba (Tusquets, 2002), René Vázquez Díaz . I learned that Cuban writer and Villa Clara, who lived for over 40 years in Sweden, is a passion for cooking. Also discovered that, before acquiring literary reputation, worked for a time as chef at a hotel in Malmö.

this book have to return for academic reasons, because I am interested in the role of food as part of Cuban identity. The abundant references to the family of Vázquez Díaz, have made me think of stories that everyone has where food becomes true protagonists. It turns out that sometimes the personal memory of an event does not appear visually, but first it does through smells, or tastes. Then it is possible that, to paraphrase García Márquez, Abbas Kiarostami or Tran Anh Hung, is easier to remember the aroma of a fruit we ate when we might be about to take important decisions that the decision itself.

Cinema, with its images, contributes to remember it some flavor, or the importance of certain food in our lives. When I saw The Scent of Green Papaya , for example, I was the doubt which they would know those white threads of the fleshy mass of papaya, cut with Oriental patience and skill, which then served as salad.
In my case, I come from a family that was characterized by the intransigence of some Cuban cuisine, which is missing in the table the obligatory bowl of rice and beans, they take it as a sign that the world is about to end. The kitchens of the houses where I lived were always small, with little ability to maneuver, but real laboratories for experimenting with sauces and spices.

Of course, my parents were very clear where the boundaries were. During the special period, when acquired some surprising potential food plants, we did not go home to try the pizza called cassava or banana compote donkey. Other "recipes" of the time were neglected with Jesus, told by my mother and topped with an ever heard!, The voice of my grandmother.

Curiously culinary inventions of the 90 only could be seen in the home environment or heard in the invisible waves of Radio Bemba. For years he grew older Villapol Nitza away from national television and film production was so low that not even enough to show Cubans what they ate.

In that time of scarce food and recipes dreadful, started going to the movies, especially the Cinematheque in La Rampa, with religious regularity. Except for occasional concerts at the little lost and attractive range of TV programs, visits to the cinema was also the cheapest and affordable opportunity for entertainment, educational experience. Not enough is taught at the University of Havana I say.

Anyone know what reasons or whims of chance, according Serrat, during the Special Period excellent films programmed cycles. "In greeting" to the centenary of cinema are screened one hundred best films in history, according to a survey which placed Citizen Kane, Battleship Potemkin and Napoleon, among the top ten. Became common after the great filmmakers dedicated to the 60 and 70 ( Antonioni, Truffaut , Altman, Kubrick , Ettore Scola and Claude Chabrol ), to which we also with enthusiasm, but never without appetite.

I've always hated the talkers at the movies, I do not know if a family heirloom or through primary education of 70 centered in the discipline. Even today when the room darkens and the opening credits roll, is active in me a focusing mechanism that occurs only decreases if too many incidents around me sound.

To go whenever we left the ramp in a gang. Depending on how the synopsis sounded interesting program, or imminent delivery outside of class work, the group of moviegoers are enlarged or reduced. Already seated, we were silent the plot development. The peace was broken when film came sometime referring to everyday experiences and someone was forced to crack a joke. I recall that despite the possible scandal, we tried not to attract attention. However, the public never was large, so much laughter that would cause the occurrence, rarely bothered to viewers, perhaps located at a distance of five or ten rows of seats.

However, when set in celluloid and dinner banquet overflowing, colorful and appealing, our trust completely disappeared. Seeing those binges eighteenth scenarios filmed in a Barry Lyndon, or a Noche de Varennes , or even more modern like Amarcord , or unfortunately rustic as Return of Martin Guerre , we had the impression that the salivary glands lose their nonexistent containment valves and leave us a step to transform us into Pavlov's dog, or the entire kennel.

were enough phrases like "looking for that!", "No fair!" Or "abusers!" Film appreciation for the drop to minimum levels and the ability to dream like bacchanal, was installed in our minds oversold mortal. Luckily the scenes passed quickly, freeing from blame the filmmakers, does were responsible for them having shot in the 70 films that would be in the specific context of Cuba forsaken, desolate and hungry, two decades later?

In 1991, Humberto Solas premiered his version of The Age of Enlightenment . At the billboard Film Festival of that December, the film had overtones of overproduction, at least for the austere budget that would be ideal at the time the directors of ICAIC. We went to see her at the Cine Yara, which traditionally was one focus of the event. Everything was fine until the camera stopped at a market stall, or was it a store? The display began to distinguish the outlines of a huge strings of garlic. Prop may be, the fact is that after the first exclamation of surprise, the voice of "Garlic!" Ran from one end to another room, and preceded a relatively general laughter.

The fact is I resembled the bright points of a radar screen in a flight control room. Intermittently indicate proximity or distance from an aircraft clearly illustrate the way in which garlic word spread throughout the film. To think that because of the intensity, someone got at a speed tremendous and perhaps a bit of trouble, finding in its report, the almost forgotten aroma of garlic. Believe it or not, that is so essential seasoning in Cuban cuisine is also scarce in those years.

London Cinemas smell of popcorn, a soda, a chocolate and the amount of trash left by viewers when the film ends, it is best not deterse to examine how the room is scented. Anyway, do not detach, the scents are "physical" and not imaginary at the meeting of 91 Yara. And that movie did not smell of garlic, but peanuts ("Tostao and garapiñao?). The cones began their reign as the pageant must-have accessory habanero. Today is so identifiable with the Film Festival, as the theme music from the village of José María Vitier , a melody that precedes each screening in competition and also, evocatively, can fill the memory of smells and flavors.

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Amy Winehouse

2006 was a good year for many British female voices, especially for beginners. Initially Corinne Bailey Rae captured all of the reviews from the album's release as she called, and the urgency with which the media reported as number one. Confirmation came later when he began to gain good reviews after their presentations in the U.S.. In the summer the star Lily Allen was and in the last quarter KT Tunstall and Joss Stone were added to the list of winners, thanks to the interest that showed the American press for their latest productions.

In February 2007, when they were about to surrender the Brit Awards , major British music world, these singers seemed destined to win the female solo category. However, the prize goes to someone who, like them, had comments of praise after the departure of a second album: Amy Winehouse.

This Jewish girl born in 1983 in north London had already made headlines in 2003 when it launched its compact Frank . At that time, his song Stronger than me was awarded the Ivor Novello for best contemporary composition. The 2006 album is called Back to Black and like his previous CD is full of influences that make this British interpreter in a quite peculiar.

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Aretha Franklin, The Supremes , The Ronettes of Rhythm and Blues, and Jazz. When you listen to Winehouse, is hard to imagine what it is. Has black voice and spirit "blues", he knows how to attack a subject and master it with overwhelming supremacy. Not afraid to recreate, with contemporary lyrics and melodies reminiscent of decades past, though in the sixties what would colorado Winehouse sings over a prude.

However, this young talented side of Southgate, is joined by his recurring photographs in the tabloids. Scandalous headlines, and can only be those of the Daily Mail and The Sun, have realized their fainting in full action. It is famous as the story of a concert of two suspended nights at the Shepherd Bush Empire , apparently due to illness, then discovered that buying bottles of wine in a supermarket. With several drinks too many, was seen on a television program and tried in vain to sing along with Charlotte Church the the Beat it Michael Jackson. For YouTube video that goes bad luck such evidence.

Amy Winehouse is a young star still has far to go. You may stay out in the newspapers and the paparazzi are played in their daily routine. Will be neither the first nor the last, that is clear. In its defense are two discs that make honor their talent, their way of making music, and his voice powerful and unique. Many hope their upcoming tour of American cities is because the trigger for the Winehouse becomes more recognized.

For now, this slim, provocative London, which has made the hair (that much remind me of Gina Leon of 60) almost the complement of its name and trademark, go enjoy sales Back to Black . And maybe nights of alcohol in clubs and pubs of this city, where drinking and getting drunk is as cultural as the stereotypical tea from 5 to Latin America still associate with the British.