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| Madres www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiphQcZvmHE |
Cry Me a River www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpuG1_1Vcfg |
DAYMÉ
AROCENA: «CANTAR FUE MI ESCUDO» 12/22/2020 El Toque: "La música siempre ha
sido el puente a todas mis cosas. Yo me enamoré del tambor a los 17 pero me
coroné a los 22, me tomó cinco años ser practicante [de la religión yoruba]. De
hecho, la coronación fue lo que vino de último. Me enamoré antes de la música
folclórica. Conocí a mi esposo cantando. La música ha sido siempre la respuesta
a todas mis cosas. Igual que me enamoré del tambor, estaba enamorada de la
música coral, que fue lo que estudié. Empecé a combinarlos. Adoraba escribir
música para coros y cuando descubrí el tambor batá, fue el choque entre mis dos
mundos. La música afrocubana y la música clásica. El es el espacio donde estas
dos cosas tienen sentido y se asientan. El jazz hace que se unifiquen estas dos
expresiones que pueden ser tan distintas. Eso es lo que significa mi música."
Daymé Arocena exige justicia por asesinato de joven cubano a manos de la policía 7/2/2020 ADN
Cuba: "La prestigiosa cantante y compositora cubana unió su voz a los reclamos
de justicia y explicaciones por el asesinato de un joven afrocubano en
Guanabacoa a manos de la policía"
Daymé Arocena sobre Hansel Hernández 6/27/2020 Uribarri DA: "La policía
dentro del ejercicio constante del deber, tiene que estar capacitada para
neutralizar cualquier acción sin necesidad de utilizar un arma de fuego, más aún
cuando el atacante está desarmado. Son profesionales PORQUE (aclarando) perciben
un salario que sale nuestros impuestos y otros fondos públicos por actuar con
profesionalidad. No existe nada que justifique los dos balazos "Por La Espalda"
Cimafunk y Daymé Arocena cantarán juntos en Miami 2/26/2019 Vistar: "Daymé
Arocena y Cimafunk serán acogidos por la ciudad de Miami el próximo sábado 30 de
marzo a las 8pm, en un concierto que tendrá lugar en el North Beach Bandshell,
Miami Beach."
A New Vanguard of Women in Cuban Jazz 1/24/2019 New Yorker: with Haydée
Milanés, Daymé Arocena, Yissy García, Leyanis Valdés Reyes, and Brenda
Navarrete.
Know about
the new record production of jazzwoman Daymé Arocena 12/14/2018 PL: "Jazz
singer Daymé Arocena recently recorded her latest disk, which is now undergoing
the post-production stage. Journalist Lianet Cruz Pareta brings us the details."
Daymé Arocena’s energizing show celebrates Cuban history 4/17/2018 The
Dartmouth: "Before introducing “Gods of Yoruba,” a piece about her religion and
the spiritual connection she feels to the slaves who began it, Arocena expressed
the joy she felt being able to celebrate her history and religion on the stage
with her audience."
Daymé Arocena presentó su disco Cubafonía en concierto 12/18/2017 Vistar: "Descalza,
de blanco y con un canto a Eleggua comenzó su espectáculo para presentar el
disco Cubafonía. Como ella misma dice, abrió con “un canto a sus santos, a sus
egguns y a todo lo que siempre la acompaña”. Daymé Arocena es más que voz; es un
entramado inmenso de cosas espectaculares que no puede contenerse cuando sube al
escenario. Así la vimos este sábado en el teatro Mella de La Habana donde, a
pesar del Festival de Cine, no cabía una persona más."
Daymé Arocena, revelación 12/15/2017 Granma: "Ser consecuente con una
tradición y aportar, sin alardes ni artificios, elementos para su renovación, no
es poca cosa en medio de un panorama en el que aparentes novedades maquillan
actitudes miméticas que responden más a urgencias comerciales que a arraigadas
convicciones estéticas."
Las armas (no tan) secretas de Daymé Arocena 7/7/2017 On Cuba: "“Porque lo
que pasa entre Estados Unidos y Cuba es que la formación genética es muy
similar. Es el mismo sufrimiento esclavo, son los mismos cimientos de mestizaje
y, por tanto, los ritmos son muy parecidos. Hace un tiempo escuchaba a Bobby
Carcassés y él decía: ‘Cuando Chano Pozo y Dizzy Gillespie se conocieron… fue
amor, por eso crearon el latin jazz’. Tal vez “Mambo Na’má” es como Chano y
Dizzy”."
Aplaudido debut en Boston de Daymé Arocena y su “Cubafonía” 6/16/2017 Cibercuba: "Hija
de una familia de humildes trabajadores, Arocena intentaba hacer su música
mientras la academia le imponía, en la especialidad de dirección coral, la
música de Beethoven, Mozart o Schubert. Una vez que salió de la escuela, se sumó
a la escena hip hop, y luego conectó con Jane Bunnett, la saxofonista
canadiense, quien la llevó a Toronto en su primera presentación fuera de Cuba."
Meet Daymé Arocena: Cuba’s Jazz Phenomenon Fusing Salsa, Hip-Hop And Neo-Soul 6/16/2017 Vibe: "Daymé
Arocena is a singing drum. Her mouth blooms a litany of ethereal chants, a
sacred devotion as impeccable as her white assembles against her molasses
skin—traditional garb in the Afro-Cuban religion of Santeria. She moves in the
world the way she moves on any stage: swaying hips and wagging fingers, building
a quiet momentum that emerges a thunderclap woman, who carries both Celia Cruz
and Aretha Franklin in her heart."
Cuban millennial Daymé Arocena bends musical traditions 6/14/2017 Boston
Globe: "Arocena’s 2015 debut album, “Nueva Era,” was an original statement:
Afro-Cuban roots music transposed into the kind of sophisticated, future-soul
frame for which Peterson is known. Her follow-up album, this year’s “Cubafonía,”
is in a sense the return journey. It finds Arocena digging into the many rhythms
and genres of the Cuban canon with a traditionalist’s archival instinct, yet
interspersing the rumba, guajira, and changüí tracks with loping jazz tunes and
some languorous Latin-soul ballads."
Daymé
Arocena conquista al público en Bélgica 4/12/2017 Cuba Si: "La cantante
cubana Daymé Arocena conquistó al público de Bélgica con un concierto de alto
nivel artístico, en el cual sobresalió su repertorio jazzístico fusionado con
música tradicional, tango negro y guajira."
Daymé Arocena - Cubafonía 3/16/2017 Pitchfork: "As an initiate of santería,
the Havana-born jazz singer is in tune with her religious and musical practices,
as Cubafonía illuminates, pulling from genres within and adjacent to Cuban
popular music."
Review: Daymé Arocena, 'Cubafonía' 3/2/2017 NPR: "There is something going
on in Cuba that is, quite simply, raising the bar on music of all kinds. An
incredibly talented and visionary group of Cuban millennials are reimagining
their African roots through a lens that filters, jazz, soul and funk. And Daymé
Arocena is literally giving voice to this movement."
All Eyes on Cuba in AQ's New Culture Issue 7/18/2016 Americas
Quarterly: with articles on Ibeyi, Daymé Arocena, Telmary Díaz, and Yissi García
Afro-Cuban Singer Daymé Arocena Channels Jazz & Santería In ‘Gods Of Yoruba’ 4/5/2016 OkayAfrica: "Listen
to the track below and catch Daymé Arocena on her European tour this month,
dates are listed beneath."
SXSW 2016: 10 Latin Artists to See 3/9/2016 Billboard: "1. Daymé Arocena
brings the great tradition of Afro-Cuban jazz vocals to the present with deep
and smoky vocals that can flow seamlessly over ritual percussion, R&B melodies,
and electronic beats."
Músicos cubanos se presentarán en Estados Unidos 3/8/2016 Cubadebate: "Cuba
tendrá un lugar destacado en la trigésima edición del Festival South by
Southwest (SXSW) de Austin, capital de estado de Texas, que empieza este
viernes, con las actuaciones de cinco grupos que viajarán desde la Isla caribeña
a Estados Unidos para la ocasión. La organización del Festival, uno de los
escaparates más importantes de la industria cultural estadounidense, anunció la
participación de Telmary, Yissy & Bandancha, Daymé Arocena, X Alfonso y Kelvis
Ochoa, cinco formaciones que actuarán el 18 de marzo en un “escaparate”
exclusivo bajo el nombre de Sounds of Cuba."
Músicos cubanos se presentarán en Estados Unidos 3/8/2016 Cubadebate: "Cuba
tendrá un lugar destacado en la trigésima edición del Festival South by
Southwest (SXSW) de Austin, capital de estado de Texas, que empieza este
viernes, con las actuaciones de cinco grupos que viajarán desde la Isla caribeña
a Estados Unidos para la ocasión. La organización del Festival, uno de los
escaparates más importantes de la industria cultural estadounidense, anunció la
participación de Telmary, Yissy & Bandancha, Daymé Arocena, X Alfonso y Kelvis
Ochoa, cinco formaciones que actuarán el 18 de marzo en un “escaparate”
exclusivo bajo el nombre de Sounds of Cuba."
La cubana
Daymé Arocena: “Una negrita con suerte” 2/29/2016 Havana Times: con videos
- "De Daymé Arocena había oído comentarios, incluso de amigos y no tan cercanos,
amantes del jazz como yo, no la habían escuchado y me preguntaban por sus videos
o discos para hacerse una idea de su música. La “negrita con suerte”, nativa de
10 de Octubre e hija de Yemayá, comparte el mismo sino de varios músicos de la
Isla: no ser profeta en su tierra. Lo cierto es que luego de conversaciones por
Internet, entre conciertos en Canadá e Inglaterra, pude conocerla en La Habana y
disfrutar una tarde con ella, sintiéndome parte de su círculo de amigos, entre
risas y acompañadas de un jugo de mango, me hablaba de sus experiencias en su
sorprendente y meteórica carrera musical."
Daymé Arocena, un fenómeno 2/26/2016 On Cuba: "Luego de recorrer el mundo
con su primer disco en solitario Nueva Era –incluido entre los 50 mejores
álbumes del 2015 por la Radio Pública Nacional de Estados Unidos (NPR)– esta
joven jazzista quiere que en Cuba se conozca su obra, quiere compartir con el
público de su país la música “que sale del corazón”, esa en la que se mezclan
sus raíces, su fe religiosa y una sinceridad consigo misma que la desborda."
Teatro Trianon acogerá concierto de la jazzista Daymé Arocena (+ Video) 2/24/2016 Cubadebate: "Daymé,
que junto a otros artistas como Danay Suárez y el dúo Ibeyi forma parte de la
familia de Havana Cultura, lanzó en 2015 su álbum debut Nueva Era, disco
perteneciente a la casa discográfica BrownswoodRecordings, del discjokey
británico Gilles Peterson, material que ha recibido elogiosos comentarios de
importantes críticos y medios de prensa especializada."
Daymé Arocena review – impressive Cuban scat and balladry 12/1/2015 The
Guardian: "Barefoot and dressed in white, she began her set with one of the most
inventive and furious displays of scat singing I can remember. Yelping and
growling noises were mixed with fine soulful vocals and percussive effects
achieved by hitting shakers, cowbells or her own body as she launched into a
furious praise song for the deities of the Santeria faith. She was backed by a
four-piece band, with two percussionists and bass, driven on by the British jazz
pianist Robert Mitchell, whose earlier excursions into Cuban fusion have
involved work with Omar Puente."
INTRODUCING Daymé Arocena 7/22/2015 Ebony: "Unplug from your busy day with
the smooth, jazzy stylings of Cuban singer Daymé Arocena. Her new video, “Don’t
Unplug My Body,” is a visual treat of liquefying colors and the beautiful
Arocena scatting and gracefully sashaying in all white. The 22-year-old
vocalist/arranger is the latest signee to London DJ Gilles Peterson’s venerable
Brownswood Recordings—a soulful talent already popular in Cuba, whom Peterson
encountered while on one of his many trips to pre-American embargo-lifted Cuba.
Working with Arocena on his Havana Cultura project to develop and connect
promising Afro-Cuban artists with an international phalanx of music-makers led
to Peterson releasing her debut album, Nueva Era, in June."
Daymé Arocena: Nueva Era review – a new rich and powerful voice from Cuba 6/11/2015 The
Guardian: "At 22, Daymé Arocena has all the makings of being the next major
Cuban star – if her songs are as distinctive as her rich and powerful voice.
She’s a follower of the Afro-Cuban Santería faith, and her best material echoes
the African-influenced religious chanting she has known since childhood. The
opening Madres starts with the twanging of a thumb piano, then a thumping bass
line and a dash of funk organ as she launches into the slinky anthem, backed by
her own multi-tracked vocals – a technique that also works well on the soulful
title track."
Havana's Daymé Arocena Bridges Gap Between Cuban & American Music 4/2/2015 Billboard: "On
her cover of the classic “Cry Me A River” (not the Justin Timberlake track), the
22-year-old from Havana sings to a ritualistic rumba beat, her voice pouring
liquid over hectic conga beats before breaking out in soulful celebration of the
storied perfect combination of Cuban music and jazz. While U.S. and Cuban
politicians currently struggle to find common ground, Arocena’s big voice finds
harmony in the two countries’ shared musical history."
Cuban Jazz Artist
Tonatiut Isidron Live 3/21/2015 Havana Times: "After performing next to
musicians of the stature of Wynton Marsalis, Roy Hargrove, Horacio Hernandez,
Orlando Sanchez and Marcos Printup, Tonatiut Isidron recently offered his first
concert at Cuba’s National Fine Arts Museum. Scenes from the film Cinema
Paradiso were projected as he played his version of Ennio Morricone’s piece for
the movie. A 2008 graduate from Cuba’s Amadeo Roldan Conservatory (where he
majored in trumpet playing), the young composer and performer treated us to his
music and charm, next to two guests: the charismatic Dayme Arozena and Jorge
Felix, two artists with powerful and melodious voices."
Cuba-infused
Women’s Jazz at Canadian Festival 8/7/2014 Havana Times: "Those women are
highly talented musicians hailing from various parts of Cuba, brought together
with the assistance of singer/composer Daymé Arocena. As the story goes, Jane
was at a jazz festival in Cuba, heard her sing and was blown away. The wheels
started turning and, before long, they were working together to assemble the
ensemble that became Maqueque."
 Cuban Jazz sensation Daymé Arocena 1st U.S. Tour - 3-Nights in NYC March
21-23March 21 Opening Night, Afro-Latino Festival: Cubana DJanes BJoyce, who will be spinning the new sounds of Cuba. She is one of the first female DJanes / Producers in the Electronic Music scene in Cuba. Before 8 & 10PM Daymé Arocena Shows Check out the sounds of DJane BJoyce: www.bjdcmusic.com/html/artists/?en&name=bjoyce March 22 AfrolatinTalks Spring Edition- An Intergenerational Dialogue between Daymé Arocena and Dr. Marta Moreno Vega of the Caribbean Cultural Center and African Diaspora Institute 6-7PM March 23: Complimentary Cocktails provided by Van Brunt Stillhouse 7-8PM Afro-Latino Festival, 63 Gansevoort St, New York, NY. Subrosanyc.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 10, 2016 AFRO-LATINO FESTIVAL OF NEW YORK ANNOUNCES 2016 DATES AND SPRING FUNDRAISING EVENT FEATURING DAYMÉ AROCENA, MARCH 21-23 The Afro-Latino Festival of New York (www.afrolatinofestnyc.com) is pleased to announce the dates for the 2016 Festival which will take place July 8-10, 2016. This year the Festival will expand the AfrolatinTalks to a full day symposium and increase the number of film screenings focused on the Afrolatin@ and Afrodescendant communities of Latin America, the Caribbean and the United States. We will be hosting a number of pre-Festival events to raise money for production costs and to build momentum and excitement for July. Our first event in collaboration with Subrosa NYC will present for the first time in New York City, sensational Cuban singer, composer, arranger, and band director, Daymé Arocena. Hailing from the Havana Cultura family (Ibeyi, Los Van Van, Gente de Zona, Danay Suaréz) and recently signed to Gilles Petersen's Brownwood Recordings, Arocena seemlessly blends jazz and neo-soul with Afro-Cuban musical traditions. This exclusive 3-night engagement takes place Monday March 21-23, 2016 at Subrosa NYC 63 Gansevoort St. New York, NY 10014. Each evening Daymé Arocena will perform two sets at 8 and 10pm (Doors open at 7 and 9:30pm respectively). Proceeds from this event will go towards production costs for the 2016 Festival. Read the amazing reviews of Daymé Arocena's EP, Nueva Era (2015): NPR: "With a voice that is a rich as the deep Cuban mahogany called cahoba, she is steeped in the Afro-Cuban Santeria tradition and she sings with a combination of a jazz sensibility and African-American gospel fervor. The result is an album full of material that basically redefines what you might think of as Cuban music. BILLBOARD: "Her voice pouring liquid over hectic conga beats before breaking out in soulful celebration of the storied perfect combination of Cuban music and jazz. While U.S. and Cuban politicians currently struggle to find common ground, Arocena's big voice finds harmony in the two countries' shared musical history. (…) Arocena (…) seems ready to join the ranks of commanding female artists often described as global divas." THE GUARDIAN: "At 22, Daymé Arocena has all the makings of being the next major Cuban star". THE AFRO-LATINO FESTIVAL OF NEW YORK: The Festival of N.Y. celebrates the contributions of Afrolatin@s through networking, cultural exchange, artistic showcases, culinary presentations, and education. It serves as an important opportunity for organizations working within Afrolatin@ communities to raise social awareness and highlight their work. Our mission is to present a positive live event that celebrates the diversity of the black and Latin@ experience. Each year the Festival commemorates the International Decade for People of African Descent declared by the U.N (2015-2024) and its principles of "justice", "recognition" and "development". SUBROSA NYC: An eclectic listening room dedicated to showcasing music, art, and culture. Located in New York's Meatpacking District, with live music nightly, the venue's focus is to provide a unique creative hub for the finest artists in Latin & World Music disciplines and beyond - in an intimate environment for musicians and fans alike. FOR FAQ OR 2015 HIGHLIGHTS: www.afrolatinofestnyc.com FOR MEDIA INQUIRIES: mprado@afrolatinofestnyc.com FOR SPONSORSHIP INQUIRIES: sponsorships@afrolatinofestnyc.com |
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