Lecture and Demo
Recent Trends in the Contemporary Cuban Music Scene
Cuban singer-songwriter Luis Barbería’s album, A Full, was awarded the prize for best album in Cuba’s annual music awards, Cubadisco in May 2015. Vocal group Sexto Sentido, the jazz piano of Harold López Nussa, and guitarist Nam Sam Fong accompanied him in the album, providing the glue that bound together the sound of four Habana Abierta albums from 1996 to 2011. A Full’s blend of funk, R&B, guaguancó, and close harmonies is as much a commentary on the musical influences that shaped Barbería’s musical experience over the previous two decades as it is a mature and confident statement of his artistic present.
This event is sponsored by: The Center for American Music (Butler School of Music), LLILAS BENSON Latin American Studies and Collections, the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, the Warfield Center, and the Social Justice Institute of the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement.