Elito Rev\u00e9 has directed one of the heavyweights of popular music in Cuba for 17 years. He inherited the Charang\u00f3n from his father, who founded it almost six decades ago. This band has been a school for many renowned Cuban artists.<\/p>\n
The Charang\u00f3n\u2019s music conveys authentic musical genres such as chang\u00fci, which is combined with other contemporary genres and places it in the preference of dancers.<\/p>\n
Last June 14, in the Peruvian capital, Lima, Elito Reve and the Charangon celebrated the 58th<\/sup> anniversary of the band. Kala Entertainment, a renowned producer of international events, organized a show with the special participation of the Charangon and other Cuban artists as for instance, Pedrito Calvo, C\u00e9sar \u201cPupy\u201d Pedroso, Tania Pantoja, Manol\u00edn, Manol\u00edn and Michel Maza, Cuban singer living in Peru.\u00a0 The South American nation was represented by Bum Bum Mezclao, Team Salsa and La Constelaci\u00f3n, directed by Alain Almeida Manzanares.<\/p>\n The next performance of the Charangon will take place next June 22, at the Sal\u00f3n Rosado in La Tropical, in Havana.<\/p>\n In both performances they will interpret songs from two albums, recorded with Bis Music: La aplanadora de Cuba and Homenaje a Elio Rev\u00e9. ElitoRev\u00e9 explained OnCuba these albums comprise the current musical work by the band.<\/p>\n \u201cLa aplanadora de Cuba includes the songs El Jalajala and Esa soy yo, which are already a hit. This CD will come out first than the other one.For the second one, the band invitedGilberto Santa Rosa, Jos\u00e9 Alberto \u201cEl Canario\u201d, Pablo Milan\u00e9s, Paulito FG, Haila Mar\u00eda Mompi\u00e9, Buena Fe, Isaac Delgado, Sixto Llorente (El Indio), los Mu\u00f1equitos de Matanza, Mayito Rivera and Gente D\u2019 Zona\u2026<\/p>\n \u201cIt is an album from my father\u2019s epoch. It comprises hit songs from the 90\u2019s. People have been awaiting this album because it will show the current generations the work carried out by the Charangon 20 years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n Elito announced this second album will be released in DVD, \u201cit will be shot in a live concert, though we don\u2019t know yetif it will be shot in Cuba or abroad. We are planning to have all the artists invited as well.\u201d<\/p>\n About the quality of this piece, he noted: \u201cit is really interesting because it includes national and international remarkable artists as Gilberto Santa Rosa, El canario, and Pablo Milan\u00e9s\u201d.<\/p>\n Reve also said that the second album includes a version of La celosa interpreted by El Canario, Mu\u00e9vete pa aqu\u00ed in the voice of Gilberto Santa Rosa, La ru\u00f1idera by Pablo Milan\u00e9s, and Esa mujer by Buena Fe (Israel Rojas andYoel Mart\u00ednez).<\/p>\n The Charangon has been a strong champion of popular music and has always respected its chang\u00fci tradition. According to the leader of the band, the secret is in its young members with defined goals and lyrics that convey the feelings of the youth today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Elito Rev\u00e9 has directed one of the heavyweights of popular music in Cuba for 17 years. He inherited the Charang\u00f3n from his father, who founded it almost six decades ago. This band has been a school for many renowned Cuban artists. The Charang\u00f3n\u2019s music conveys authentic musical genres such as chang\u00fci, which is combined with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2280,"featured_media":29699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13923],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[33656,7357],"class_list":["post-29940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-culture"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n