Cuban Serenade

E2.P2 - Cuban Music without Cubans: Cuban sounds in 1980s and 1990s Toronto


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In part 2 of this episode we'll continue exploring the world music scene in 1990s Toronto. We’ll focus on the impact of Klave y Kongo, a nine-piece, son montuno band that in its early stages didn’t have any Cubans on its lineup. Klave y Kongo’s regular Friday gig at the Cervejaria bar on College Street in the mid to late 1990s created a new space for the Cuban music scene in Toronto. In pre-Lula Lounge times, Cervejaria was the hottest spot in town to dance and listen to live Cuban music, as was documented by Matt Galloway and other music journalists. In this second part, we’re going to hear more from journalist Nick Jennings and Parachute Club’s founder and lead singer Lorraine Segato. We are also going to speak to Jay Danley, who transformed his acoustic guitar into a tres cubano and founded Klave y Kongo together with Blair Martin, Teilhart Frost and other non-Cuban musicians.
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