Havana World Music Festival. Author: rebellious youth
The organizing committee of the Havana World Music Festival is today promoting the line-up of artists who will take the stage for the 2023 event scheduled for March 23-25, PL reported.
On this occasion, a wide selection of local talents come together with representatives of alternative music from the Netherlands, Norway and Italy to give life to a meeting that will be organized at a Cuban art factory with the support of a record company and music publications. , Ministry of Culture and Cuban Institute of Music.
Led by singer and artistic director Eme Alfonso, the eighth edition of the event will feature duo Isla Escarlata, which is “based on rap but explores genres such as son jarocho, traditional Cuban, afrobeat and electronica,” according to the publication. official festival page.
In addition, there is the Kanbu Ensemble, which offers a combination of samba, trap, Brazilian funk and popular sounds of the island, while the Ashe group will pursue their work related to the study, rescue and protection of the oral heritage of orisha songs. … and other spiritual entities of African hue.
Similarly, Azilem will fuse Trap with R&B, AlexZoez and WizzoSanfer will deliver a proposal marked by jazz, urban, electronic and pop, while rapper Telmary will defend African heritage in music and stimulate reflection on contemporary issues with his brushstrokes. reggae, prayers, jazz poet, rock and roll and other rhythms.
The line-up also includes Sisma Tumbao (Italy), percussionist and singer Brenda Navarrete (Cuba), Under the Surface (Netherlands) and Ingrid Jasmine (Norway), who “stands out with an electro-acoustic fusion of Norwegian folk music and flamenco”. performed with a distinctive melismatic vocal style.”
Also notable on the list is the Cuban band Síntesis, who won a Latin Grammy in 2022 in the Folk Album category for their album Ancestros Sinfonico and boasts a prolific career in the soundstage of the largest of the Antilles.
“The event is a blank slate for creating something unique,” Alfonso said last year during the celebration of the festival, the idea for which was born in 2013 from the fusion of a group of friends with cultural management experience and international cooperation. .
Source: Juventud Rebelde