Tag: Boleros

Los Boleros de Celia Cruz y Benny Moré

Mar 31, 2014

in Boleros, Cuba

I don’t remember the first time I ever heard Celia Cruz, however my grandmother had a vinyl record of hers. I remember getting a CD in the early 1990s called “Boleros” and to this day it is one of my most loved and played CDs. Celia Cruz sang these songs that were soothing lullabies to…
La Santa Cecilia: Homegrown LA style

Jul 31, 2010

in Bass, Blues, Chicano, Folk, Funk, Guitarists, Jazz, Los Angeles, Musica ranchera, Soul

I am in love with the Los Angeles band, La Santa Cecilia, named after the patron saint of music. They play an eclectic fusion of everything soulful – from boleros to rancheros, cumbias to klezmer, folk and jazz/jam to their own unique take on the Beatles. Lead singer La Marisoul is absolutely adorable and on…