World Music

We started with a set of five songs, the first one represented ​​flamenco rhythm with the song Coquinas, by the voice of the Spanish singer; Estrella Morente. Then we continued with the song   Guelel, by the Senegalese, guitarist and songwriter of worldbeat; Baaba Maal Yela. In the third position we enjoyed La taberna del buda, by the Spanish rock band formed by the pop brothers Manuel, Óscar y Raúl Quijano; Café Quijano. In the penultimate position, to finish this acoustic season, we presented the musicians and urban poets; Calle 13 and their social song, Calma pueblo and finally, we listened the song that was composed by "a 11" Brazilian team from " Clubes de Regatas do Flamenco ", after setting a strategic goal against Benfica club, Filho maravilla, conducted by the Brazilian Jorge Ben Jor, a musician who plays samba, funk, bossa nova and rap.

Cuba, the called "black continent" and its splendid musical production can never be absent. From the republic sister island we heard Chichi 2010, by the choir master Elio Reve and his Charangón, one of the most prestigious musical groups in Cuba and the world. Subsequently, from the Republic of Gambia, we listened to the musician Dawda Jobarteh, one of the best performers of a stringed instrument called Kora, a kind of harp and lute from West Africa. We hear his song Karang Folo, which belongs to his album Northern Light Gambian Night (2011).

The Mexican Jaime Lopez, creator of one of the best known songs by the band Café Tacuba, changed back the catchy song Chilanga Banda.  We listened his song; Malafacha. Lopez is considered essential of rock from Aztec land, but also he has created tropical songs, rancher, blues and bolero. On August 16, 1985 he participated in the OTI Festival with the song Blue Demon Blues, one of the few Mexican songs dedicated to this sport.

All musical genres fit into a mug if you know how to accommodate them. We opened this musical segment with the song; Pa salí con nada by Alex Gomez, one of the most representative and multifaceted artists from the Spanish art scene. Then we presented Songo Changüí   by the American Rebeca Mauleon, composer, pianist and writer of salsa and Afro-Caribbean music. From Memphis, Tennessee, we pamper us a little with the energetic song; RESPECT , by the voice of the soul, R & B and gospel singer; Aretha Franklin, nicknamed "Lady Soul". We continued with El amor del jibarito by the Puerto Rican Trio, Vegabajeno, and finished with the Venezuelan Bambuco , Ricardo Aguirre, who was a Venezuelan singer, songwriter, musician, teacher and broadcaster, nicknamed " El Monumental de la Gaita".

Towards the end of this show, we presented Brazil once again, first with the song Eu te amo, creation of composers and singers Tom Jobim and Chico Buarque, although we enjoyed it by the bossa nova and samba interpreter's voice, Ana Carolina. Then we listened to Na baixa do sapateiro by the jazz guitars and choreras of Marco Pereira and Hamilton de Holanda

We finished this show with ska rhythm by the British band; The Specials. This group was formed in 1977 in Coventry, England. At the beginning they wandered between ska, punk and pop, to finally put them together and create the style known as 2 Tone. From them, we heard the song Ghost Town.