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Best of London Salsa: Latin Music Launch, CAMDEN

CAMDEN’s HOT NEW LATIN FESTIVAL

CAMDEN IS TO HOLD ITS FIRST ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC - “The Green Note Festival of Latin Music 2007” - at live music venue, the Green Note from 8th -30th June 2007.
      The event showcases the cream of London’s Latin musicians plus top international Latin American crews.     
       The line up includes: Soneando - we’ve posted a video of the band performing live at Haven Holiday Park’s salsa break in Norfolk on You Tube - to view CLICK HERE.
       Other stas are Osvaldo Chacon,,Manteca (pictured right), Grupo Lokito and more.
       Location: Green Note, 106 Parkway, Camden Town, London NW1 7AN.
       Tickets: £8/£10/£12
       Doors: open at 7pm.
       Advance tickets: available from www.wegottickets.com  
     More info: .www.greennote.co.uk contact Green Note: 0207 485 9899 .  London Salsa in Camden Special
Friday 11 May 2007

Manteca: London Salsa in Camden, Friday 20 April 2007

Best of London Salsa: Floridita Competition

The Best of The Cuban Music Awards:
A Cocktail of Class & Sabor

NEWS STORY: October 2006

Some of Cuba’s most exciting acts strut their stuff at The Best of The Cuban Music Awards at Floridita in London’s Soho on Sunday, 29th October 06.
   This features a trio of top crews from from this year's Cubadisco - Cuba’s most prestigious music event - comprising:
* YORUBA ANDABO - 15 piece Grammy Award Winners make their debut in London with a performance of traditional Afro-Cuban percussion, vocals and dance;
* CHANGUI SANTIAGO - One of Cuba’s finest Changui Ensembles, bringing Cuban dance party music to life with an array of traditional Cuban instruments
* PAPO RECORD -  Winner of ‘Best Newcomer’ from the Cuban Music Awards, Papo Record is the new Cuban hip-hop and reggaeton sensation
   The venue is Floridita, 100 Wardour Street, Soho, London W1. Doors open 6.00pm, first band on stage 7.00pm.100 Wardour Street, Soho, London W1. Entry: £15 (Includes a complimentary Havana Club cocktail). Tickets: from Ticketweb 08700 600 100.
For online bookings and information visit: www.cubanmusicawards.com

COMPETITION: Win Tickets to The Best of
The Cuban Music Awards and Free CDs!

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       To enter: just send an email to: editor@londonsalsascene.info with Cuban Music Awards Competition in the subject box, including the email address and name of your guest. The competition closes Wednesday, 25 October. Your entry will go forward to the win a CD competition, closing on 1 November 2006.  Editor, www.londonsalsascene.info

Live Your Life, Live the Music

Best of Salsa: Heroes of Salsa, Larry Harlow, 23 Oct 07

Larry Harlow and the Legends of Fania
All Starring at Roundhouse, Sat 17 Nov

EVENT: Larry Harlow & the Legends of Fania,featuring Adalberto Santiago, Yomo Toro & Nicky Marrero+ special guest DJ Gilles Peterson - Part of the London Jazz Festival
VENUE: Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Road, London NW1 8EH
DATE: Saturday 17 November 2007
DOORS: 7.30pm

"When Fidel took over there was no more music coming out ofCuba, so we decided to make our own Afro-Cuban music."
                                                 - Larry Harlow
by Nate Guidry
If you're into salsa, you should love Larry Harlow (pictured right) and the Latin Legends Orchestra. Billed as the official Godfather of Salsa, Harlow and his 12-piece band are set to spice up Saturday evening when they play classic salsa songs at the Roundhouse on 17 November.
       Harlow hopes to reach out to everybody at the concert, but especially young people.
     "I am finding it hard to find kids interested in the music nowadays," Harlow says. "Alot of them have branched off into hip-hop and reggaeton, which, to me, is a bunch of crap."
       Harlow formed the Latin Legends more than 10 years ago with the late percussionist Ray Barretto, who eventually left the band because he was fed up with the Latin scene and wanted to play jazz.
       "I just continued the group," said Harlow, who plays piano. "I kept using invited guests and the shows kept getting bigger and bigger."
     In 1998, the group recorded its first album.
       "It was a great record, but then Fania Records went out of business," he said. "Now, Fania has new owners and they are doing a lot of re-issued releases."
       Which is great for Harlow because he recorded on more than 50 albums for Fania as a leader and sideman. He explains that he is one of the last original members of the Fania All-Stars, an ensemble formed in the late 1960s to showcase the record label's salsa roots.

       "There's me, Willie Colon and Johnny Pacheco is around. We are trying to pass the secrets downs to the kids because this is truly an art form."
         Harlow was born in Brooklyn in 1939 and attended New York's High School of Music and Art, now LaGuardia High School of Music and Art.
       "It was in the heart of Spanish Harlem," Harlow said. "At a young age I knewI wanted to be a musician. I come from a musical family. My mother was an operasinger and my father was a bassist. As much as they discouraged me from wanting to become a musician, I knew that's what
I was going to do."

Book Tickets: Roundhouse, Tel: 0870 389 1846.  www.roundhouse.org.uk
Roundhouse link for tickets: CLICK HERE Visit for More: Como No! www.comono.co.uk & Larry Harlow official website www.larryharlow.com Tickets: £22 in advance, £25 on the door, booking fee may apply.

Best of London Salsa: Cuba’s Finest

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Eliades Ochoa & Buena Fé

Friday 14 July 2006 - Eliades Ochoa + Buena Fé, A London summer outdoor show in Kew Gardens for Mr Chan Chan, Buena Vista stalwart Eliades Ochoa and his band with Havana heart-throbs Buena Fé. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey, London, TW9 3AB Tel: 0870 1600 539 www.rbgkew.org.uk/summerswing or www.comono.co.uk for more.

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