by congaDR » Wed May 21, 2008 3:43 pm
La Pena's rumba was very fun...
Man Michael La Brada has one of the best sounding voices ive heard. Straight from the streets of Havana.
But the best singer in this area is a cat named Alexis Zayas Rosabal, but Michael is a close second, for me. Fito Reinoso, Yaya, Orlando, Jose Luis... we have some serious singers here in the bay... I'm planning on studying with Yaya, with the dream of eventually becoming an akpwon.
I've arranged for Irish Rick to pick up Michael on the way to the rumbas, so he'll be back in the scene! We are so so lucky to have him around.
From Flaco's site Flaco.net about Alexis, the top singer of folklorico in the bay area.
'Alexis Zayas Rosabal is the son of famed Conjunto Folklórico Nacional de Cuba singer Cándido Zayas Díaz, and has himself a distinguished career as a singer, with groups such as Raíces Profundas, Danza Nacional De Cuba,la Escuela Nacional De Arte (La ENA/El LISA),and El Conjunto Folklórico Nacional de Cuba. For many years he has also been the akpwón for Regino Jiménez, with el tambor de Jesús Pérez.'
Tony