Daymé Arocena
Album release : Sonocardiogram (2019, Brownswood Recordings)
Drift away to the sultry voice and music of Cuba’s greatest revelation of the moment, Daymé Arocena. This young singer, composer and choir leader mixes jazz, soul and classical influences with the typical rhythms and styles of her native country, such as the changüí, the guaguancó and the ballada. Nowadays, she surrounds herself with the greatest Cuban artists. Her second album, Cubafonía, was released in 2017 by Brownswood Recordings, the label of Gilles Peterson; it was an immediate hit and marked the beginning of her international breakthrough. A concert in the framework of the 500th anniversary of Havana.
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