{"id":26954,"date":"2014-04-21T13:53:56","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T13:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oncubamagazine.com\/?p=26954"},"modified":"2014-04-24T14:44:35","modified_gmt":"2014-04-24T14:44:35","slug":"son-returns-to-havana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/culture\/music-culture\/son-returns-to-havana\/","title":{"rendered":"Son returns to Havana"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seemed an image from the 90\u2019s. It seemed one of those amazing scenes where timba, son\u2026, popular music prevailed as it used to in some neighborhoods of Havana such as Marianao, Guanabacoa, La Lisa\u2026<\/p>\n

From the Plaza Roja in the municipality of 10 de Octubre, a classic band pleased an increasingly demanding audience in view of the scarce presence of similar bands there. Many years have gone by since the salsa \u201cdynasty\u201d, a boom that shook the whole country.<\/p>\n

Manolito Simonet, the director of the Trabuco and one of the artists involved in a project by Artex to take popular music all over the country on the occasion of the 25thanniversary of this agency for commercializing art, explained OnCuba that this new initiative combines son with other musical genres and its leading characters are large popular bands.<\/p>\n

\"Manolito
Manolito Simonet, the director of the Trabuco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI cannot really say this has to do with the 90\u2019s, though back then I made a tour through Camaguey and Ciego de Avila provinces when I was still a member of the Maravillas de Florida band. Van Van was also part of the tour.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Simonet, that was a different project. \u201cIt has nothing to do with what\u2019s going on at present. At that time each band toured the neighborhoods and now several groups have joined in order to make people dance in their neighborhoods with their favorite bands; something they haven\u2019t been able to do for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Humberto<\/a>
Humberto Cruz, president of Artex<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a cultural activity a group of famous band directors from Artex wondered about how to take their music to the people considering that not everyone can afford attending one of their regular performances, noted Humberto Cruz, the president of Artex. Then, he added: \u201cwe came up with the idea of tours through the neighborhoods to celebrate the 25th anniversary of our institution and bring with us different gastronomic offers without any alcohol as a gift for the population\u201d.<\/p>\n

The tour began with performances by three heavy weights of popular music in the Plaza Roja: Manolito Simonet y su Trabuco, Elito Rev\u00e9 y su Charang\u00f3n, and Maykel Blanco y su Salsa Mayor.<\/p>\n

For Maykel Blanco this is an ideal way for \u201cshowing our work and make the audience enjoy dancing with the band\u2019shits throughout these years\u201d.<\/p>\n

Maykel pointed out that these tours can contribute with boosting the people\u2019s preference for this music. \u201cI\u2019m going to be honest, I think that in the 90\u2019s there was more interest by the public. By that time I was a child, but I do remember that timba and Cuban music in general was a boom.<\/p>\n

\"
Maykel Blanco y su Salsa Mayor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This initiative can encourage people, though I believe that our music is an inner trait in every Cuban. However, I feel we can do more and we have talked with several artists about it. We want, for instance, to appoint a specific day for popular music and from there we can make several celebrations, some sort of son festival. We would also like to perform at the stars\u2019 baseball games\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

These kinds of activities are an incentive for the audience to appreciate our work, as well as working for the youngest so that they get to know what we are doing. It is really important that our music, the music that has made us travel all over the world and represents us internationally, keeps its place among Cuban\u201d, expressed the author of the song Recoge y vete.<\/p>\n

\"Elito
Elito Rev\u00e9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Artex Project is not only about son, it also combines other popular music styles. Elito Reve announced that \u201cmore popular music bands are getting involved in the project because it is important to take it everywhere\u201d.<\/p>\n

Among the musical directors that are part of this project he mentioned Juan Formell, Adalberto \u00c1lvarez, C\u00e9sar \u201cPupy\u201d Pedroso, Alexander Abreu and Paulito FG and said that next month they will perform in the municipality of Marianao or Cerro.<\/p>\n

Inspired by the new generations of artists that have included son in their current repertory and that have expressed their interest in participating in the project, Elito Reve foretold the success of the project given that \u201cpopular music is really strong and that has to do with the fact that Cuba is a musical power\u201d.<\/p>\n

Photo: Roberto Ruiz<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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