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Edwin “El Calvito” Reyes el Sonero de la Sangre Nueva “Amor de Actualidad”

“El Sonero de la Sangre Nueva”

For International Salsa Magazine by the hand of www.SalsaGoogle.com is pleased to present again a singer of the new generation that is growing by leaps and bounds creating his own style and leaving footprints in the music industry in these new times of many difficulties that we all know and have learned to cope with hard work, we refer to Edwin “El Calvito” Reyes better known as “El Sonero de la Sangre Nueva”.

Undoubtedly, today, considered by legends and colleagues of the salsa genre, as one of the fastest-growing exponents, projecting and establishing his brand, steadily and worldwide; Winner of the 2019 Paoli Award, as Tropical Revelation of the Year, he is Edwin “El Calvito” Reyes.

Born on April 19, 1974, he had his childhood in a humble 20-foot square wooden house and graduated as an Electrician from the Vocational High School in his beloved Trujillo Alto in May 1992. He then graduated with a degree in Tele-Communication from Sacred Heart University in P.R. This 2020, “El Calvito” is scheduled to finish his Master of Science, with a major in Entertainment Business, at Full Sail University in Orlando, FL. (Entertainment Business, Master of Science).

Today, the collaboration between emerging artists has made a change in the salsa world, worldwide. An extremely positive and general change, where radio broadcasters, DJs. have made their modifications, to be up to date, creating a much-needed balance in Salsa, which is still dominated by the classic.

However, the salsero listener also asks for songs to learn and make them his own. For that and more, we bring you this new collaboration.

“Amor de Actualidad”.
“Amor de Actualidad”.

A song for the listener, and with “swing” for the dancer. In short, daring.

Our friend, Edwin “El Calvito” Reyes & Lluvia y Sus Soneros

(One of the most emblematic and colorful salsa singers in Colombia) join forces to delight us with a fresh and daring song; a fusion of lilting rhythms, loved around the world;

La Cumbia and La Salsa, in the form of the song “Amor de Actualidad”.

AMOR DE ACTUALIDAD, written by the sensational composer Edgardo Irizarry, in conjunction with the Chilean, based in Medellin, Robert Requena, who also served as the arranger of this, joining the voices of these exponents of modern salsa and fusing the rhythms of Cumbia and Salsa, for this song.

AMOR DE ACTUALIDAD, is about a virtual love between two people who have never seen each other in person, but live their romance through social networks.

AMOR DE ACTUALIDAD unites two voices from different countries, two salseros with a high desire to succeed, and above all respect for the genre and its pioneers.

What’s left? Well, YOUR SUPPORT and DIFFUSION.

Let’s hope you like it.

lluvia Y Sus Soneros Ft Edwin El Calvito Reyes Amor De Actualidad
Lluvia Y Sus Soneros Ft Edwin El Calvito Reyes Amor De Actualidad

For Contracting Edwin “El Calvito” Reyes:

CON CLASE RECORDS

Office: WhatsApp: +1-912-980-8476

E-mail: [email protected]

Bio: www.ElCalvitoReyes.com/Biografia

Follow him on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/EDWINELCALVITOREYES  

For Booking Lluvia y Sus Soneros:

Office: WhatsApp: +57 312 2165743

E-mail: [email protected]

Follow her on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9QsgPGETMBW0BarPecY58w/featured

May God watch over you all, and may health be your best ally in these difficult times.

We literally admire your work and dedication to salsa.

Respectfully yours,

Edwin “El Calvito” Reyes & Lluvia y Sus Soneros

Note: Track has been sent in MP3 from the offices of Con Clase Entertainment. If anyone would like the track in WAV, please contact [email protected] or [email protected] and request it directly.

Get to know the events, parties this Christmas season 2021

The Christmas season has begun in 2021 and most people have begun to prepare to receive them with parties, events and concerts, there is a great variety of parties of which we will mention some of them in Latin America soon (some Christmas and others not):

In Venezuela:

  • End of the year party “Boncheduro”: it will be held on December 29, 2021, where a tribute will be made to Roberto Roena and the guest DJ Félix Valderrama will be, which promises to be a very fun Saturday night party, the party will take place at next to the chicken inn located next to Avenida Panteón, level 1, for more information you can contact them through their telephone 0426-3062712
  • JJA Productions “The New Year’s Eve Party”: the most stylish salsa rumba in the city (Caracas) which will take place on December 17 at the Cité Hall.

In Colombia:

  • Salsa at Christmas: Pinocho Concerts Colombia will present this December 4 +57 314 307 0761, +57 320 803 2952, +57 312 652 6363
  • Salsa at Christmas: it will be held thanks to “El Sol de Bogotá” and Pinocho Concerts Colombia, where Luis Felipe Gonzalez Fruko and his Tesos Alquimia la Sonora del XXI The Latin Brothers and Afrosound will be participating at the Royal Center Bogotá DC on December 17 , for more information +57 314 307 0761, +57 320 803 2952, +57 312 652 6363
  • https://www.facebook.com/events/royal-center-bogota-dc/salsa-en-navidad-dic-4/921629792084746/

Argentina:

  • San Clemente Salsa Congress 2021 “El Rencuentro”, will be held on December 10, 11 and 12, this being its 8th edition, where there will be workshops (mambo, bachata, salsa), live music, pool party, social dance, shows and much more, for more information: Instagram and Facebook: @sanclementesalsacongress

Yamira Blanco -Director and tresista of her group Son Latino

Many musical genres that emerged over the years, among them are the salsa genre which was a boom in the decade between the 60s and 70s, being a movement that mixes African and Caribbean sounds, which has been adopted by male artists already that in those times the woman who played a musical instrument was frowned upon and it was not accepted that they were in music, however this did not stop and the experience made the artist and she spent many years, female groups managed to exist in Salsa.

In this October 2021 edition, we have the opportunity to interview Yamira Blanco Ramos, a salsa singer who participated in the orchestra made up of fourteen women who cultivate Cuban popular music, fusing the most traditional rhythms with contemporary sound, also known as “Las Mulatísimas del Sabor ”, have achieved a seal that distinguishes them and are appreciated by both critics and dancers from all over Cuba and from various countries around the world.

Yamira Blanco - Photo
Photo by Yamira Blanco

He was in the hands of the prestigious guitarist Efraín Amador during his beginnings and in turn began his studies at the National School of Art (ENA) and then continues the same at the Higher Institute of Art of Havana (ISA), where he graduated with a Degree de Oro, during his student years he always stood out for his active participation in groups of different formats, from duos to septets; Later, he had the opportunity to participate in the 2001 Mujer International Guitar Festival in Costa Rica, where he performed with the Plectro trio, made up of guitar, tres and lute.

He joined the Anacaona group, starting in September 2006 with his tres to enrich the musical spectrum of the group and after a year (January 2007) he joined the Los Galanes quintet simultaneously, under the musical direction of Armando Vidal , vocalist of said group, with whom he performs a musical work based on traditional Cuban music.

In 2008 he recorded with the quintet the album Suena por mi Cuba with the Egrem label, and later with a small format of the Anacaona group, he recorded in 2008 the musical theme “Parampampan”, for the filmmaker’s musical film Chico y Rita Spanish Fernando Trueba; and after a year (2009) he participated with the Anacaona group in an artistic tour in Canada and also attended different jazz festivals and “World Music”, including the third edition of the Aruba Jazz Festival.

As of 2010 Yamira together with the Anacaona group, on their tour to Curacao they presented the show “Viva Cuba”, with the purpose of raising funds for the fight against breast cancer, organized by the Sinte Rose Foundation of said country. This tour brings the Aruba International Film Festival to a close.

Yamira Blanco in the music studio
Photo of Yamira Blanco posing at the piano

Later they resumed their participation with the Anacaona Orchestra in the Santa Lucía Jazz Festival in 2011, being its 20th edition, where they were together with leading jazz players from the international arena, shining for their improvisations on the different themes that they performed with the orchestra. both on the tres and on the guitar.

In 2012 they celebrated their 80th anniversary of this musical institution, making an extensive tour throughout the country in addition to multiple radio and television programs and in August they performed with the group at the PDVSA salsa festival. , in Venezuela, alternating with salsa groups from that country.

They began to record the album De Cuba soy, in 2013 under the Colibrí label, a phonogram dedicated to celebrating the eight decades of artistic life of the Anacaona group, then Yamira assumed the direction of the Quinteto Los Galanes, being appointed by its vocalist and founder, who decides to retire, so she poses new challenges in the music that is the inspiration of this young and talented Cuban tresera.

In 2015:

  • I participated in the documentary Mix The World by Grammy nominated filmmakers Alex Elena and Steve’s Baughman.
  • Son Latino, a music septet that he has directed since 2015, is made up of a format of three, guitar, double bass, bongos, tumbadora, singer, trumpet and minor percussion.
  • Works multiple genres such as son, song, cha cha cha, bolero, rumba, guaracha, bachata, merengue and the interpretation of current Cuban timba, starting from its purely traditional format.
  • It is a group that seeks to defend Cuban popular music from more contemporary harmonic and rhythmic sounds, with good taste and a high aesthetic sense in creation, seeking its own stamp with auditory and visual identity.

In 2020 Yarima Blanco becomes a Soundwear artist and records with several guests the CD Pa mi tres, a co-production between the Recording Company and Musical Editions, Egrem, and Soundwear Production that will have its presentation and launch in 2021.

The phonogram is a journey through the sounds of Cuban and Caribbean popular music based on 12 unpublished songs where the authorship of Yarima herself, the Puerto Rican Tomás Pérez and the Cubans Yunior Molina, César Lozada and Juan Antonio Gil stand out.

With musical production by the hand of the Latin Grammy award Roniel Alfonso Mella, they participate as special guests in several of the songs on the album: maestro Pancho Amat, Alain Pérez, Kelvis Ochoa, Rolando Luna, Bárbara Zamora, singer from Anacaona, among other important Cuban musicians.

Yamira Blanco
Photo of Yamira Blanco Live

Now if you want to know the exact list of the different activities that he carried out throughout his musical career, you can see them here:

Participation in Festivals: Discography
2001 International Woman Guitar Festival, Costa Rica 2006 Cuba le canta a Serrat vol. 2, discography –Discmedi
2009 Aruba Jazz Festival 2007 No lo puedo Evitar, Anacaona -Bis Music
2009 Canadian Jazz Festivals 2008 Suena por mi Cuba– Quinteto “Los Galanes” – EGREM
2009 La Nuits D’Afrique Festival in Montreal Canada 2008  “Parampampan” – tema para el Largometraje Chico y Rita
2010 Aruba International Film Festival 2013 De Cuba soy – Anacaona – Colibrí
2011 20th edition of the Santa Lucia Jazz festival 2019 Lágrimas de la cantante Cassandra Nuñez –Egrem
2012 PDVSA Salsa Festival, Venezuela 2020 Pa mi tres, Egrem – Soundwear Production
2019 Salsa Festival in Bogotá Colombia Park    
2020 Jazz Plaza Cuba Festival. Collaboration with Dominican-American Cassandra Núñez.    
2020 Concerts and show in tribute to the bolero and its relationship between Mexico and Cuba, Mexico City, under the direction and musical production of Rosario Castro.    

 

 

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ISM: Fanny Almanera better known as La Sonera del Callao


On this occasion we have the opportunity to interview the Peruvian Sonera called Fanny Almanera also known as La Sonera del Callao, her nickname comes from her native country El Callao, Peru.


She was born on January 23 and is the 9th daughter of her parents (Don Héctor Almenara and Carmen Barreto), from a very young age she knew and learned many things about the music of both parents; in the lyrical genre thanks to his mother and his best teacher Dona Ana María Parodi and with respect to his father who is / was a collector of the best exponents of Salsa (especially Cuban and Puerto Rican music), both listened almost all the time to Justo Betancourt, La Lupe, Candido Fabre, Benny More, Ismael Rivera, Los Papines, Irakere, Luis “Perico” Ortiz, among others.


When she turned 16, she realized that she was passionately and in love with the dynamic salsa genre and made the decision to leave the choir and classical music, since her love and her taste is for the salsa musical, thanking her father greatly for showing her , show him and listen to the best collection of salsa music to date … “Music is like medicine … it fills the soul and innovates over time” and over time, while gaining his experience, his own audience would give him their nickname La Sonera del Callao and with the favor of God take his parents, especially his father, to Cuba.


Tribute to Omara Portuondo Living Legend of Cuba
Memory of the brave Sonero Cano


She also had the honor of participating for the first time in the choir to Junior Gonzales and alternate Grandes with Peruvian Orchestra such as Peru Salsa by Beto Villena, Las Estrellas de la Maquina by Boris Gomez, La Nueva Generación by Franco Covetto, during that time chosen as the best nobel voice of the salsa genre for the 80s; and at the same time he made several recordings for different groups, likewise he recorded an unpublished song of his own entitled “Yo Te Espero”.


Unlike other musicians, Fanny Almanera during this season met and currently has friends of renowned musicians, who interacted with her and her family, even before becoming a singer.


Memory of Ray Barreto and singing Adalberto Santiago de Fannia
Ray Barreto and singing Adalberto Santiago de Fannia


Between the 70s and 80s, Las Leyendas Latinas arrived in Peru with Ray Barreto and Adalberto Santiago, who gave him the great opportunity to sing with them “Quitate La Máscara”, then with Linda Caballero (La India), the song “Mi Primera Rumba ”, Then with the salsa pharaoh Oscar de León with the song“ Toro Mata ”and also with the great Lebrón Brothers with the song“ Sin Negro no hay Guaguancó ”. With the Owner of the Soneo Carlos “El Cano” ESTREMERA the song “Amame en Camara Lenta”, with Frankie Vazquez “El Cuarto de Tula”, with Yolanda Rivera the song “Rumba en el Patio”, Vity Ruiz brother of Frankie Ruiz the song “La Cura”, with Aldalbeto Santiago on the song “Nadie se Salva de la Rumba”.


In all these golden opportunities, he managed to ask her many questions to perfect her singing, including knowing more about how to rhyme the phrases and after a while with her imposing voice, Fanny captured the attention of the greats of salsa, representing Callao and for which the Chalaco people named it “La Sonera Del Callao”.


Souvenir of Linda Caballero best known India and Fanny La Sonera del Callao
Singing with Linda Caballero, the best known India and Fanny La Sonera del Callao


She tells us that she is very happy with this great experience acquired, especially that she met many internationally recognized artists, many met them in person and others thanks to social networks, expressed by many who have a very beautiful voice, which is why she sang many songs musical expressing that at the time of singing he likes it because it is his passion with all his steps (vocalization, expression, movement).


During the Covid-19 pandemic it affected her like the rest of the world, in her case the recordings of her musical themes could not be made as before since the recording studio did not work as before, she had to sing with a smaller group of people, they couldn’t get together to practice; Although he was on a halt due to the pandemic, he was able to record a challenger “El Virus Se Mata Con Musica”, invited by a Cuban musician which was also recorded by Cuban artists, which was successful as it was heard in different parts of the world.


Thank God, despite all the complications that arose regarding her musical career, she achieved many things during this pandemic and also remained active thanks to social networks and is currently activating social activities in clubs, where They work in small groups live or online.


Fanny Almenara, continues with her impeccable musical career, loving music and recording a song entitled “Amor de mis Amores”, a salsa version with the Orquesta NG del Callao Director Franco Crovetto.


For her vast artistic career, she was awarded by different musical associations and by the company Pinsen Callao, Asocosalsa Peru (Ceremony Tite Curet, Busto Hector Lavoe, Charlie Palmieri and 25 Anniversary of Artistic Life (Okonkolo Association) and a few days ago she received the award The Miami Radio Salsa Superior Award Director Richard Roman (“La Dama De La Salsa” Award)


Fanny La Sonera del Callao 2021
Fanny La Sonera del Callao the Los Award award from Radio Salsa Superior of Miami Director Richard Roman


After his voice reached Cuban pages like the page “Benny More”, “Un Millón De Adalsoneros” and “Al Son Del Pinar Del Rio” She was invited to the day of Son 8 de mayo led by the gentleman of son Adalberto Álvarez, later I also record a song authored by the Reyna del merengue Milly Quezada “Gracias A Ti” dedicated to those who are always in the front line such as doctors and nurses in Covid 19 and the latest that the production of the song La Sitiera Tributo has recorded to the Cuban diva Omara Portuondo in which Nelson Gonzales participated in the tres, Eddie Montalvo on the congas, Nohelia Zambrano from Colombia on the violin and Luis Perico Ortiz on the Trumpet


For more information:


    

  • Tik Tok: @fannyalmenara
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The happiest month – Euroson Latino World Salsa Championship.


December, the month where families and friends get together to give, share and have fun for most of the people worldwide for the arrival of the new year and Christmas, and therefore this month various events are held, whether they are activities. (trips, games, parties, musical events and / or dance) and in Mexico one of the most well-known and expected Congress and World Salsa, Bachata and Kizomba Championships in Latin America called Euroson Latino World Salsa Championship, which was founded in in 2009 and from that moment its reputation and popularity increased a lot and it is part of the various competitions that are held in America and many of them are the winners who classified in other competitions for what they are and will be very interesting competitions there.


Euroson Latino World Salsa Championship info
Promotional image of the Euroson Latino World Salsa Championship


From December 06 to 11, 2021, the Euroson Latino World Salsa Championship will be held, this being the 12th edition that has been held since the beginning, it will be held in Cancun, Mexico and the cost of tickets for the congress at this time are as follows ( Be careful, these prices will be available until September 1):


    

  • The Full Pass has a cost of $ 120 USD includes world championship, international shows, concerts, Salsa & Bachata Social, foam party, Holly Color Party and workshops
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  • The Night Pass has a cost of $ 100 USD, where you can participate in the world championship, international shows, concerts, Salsa & Bachata Social, foam party and Holly Color Party.
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There will be categories / championship:






·         Bachata Pro-Am Group
·   Pair Salsa Infantil
·    Pair Bachata Pro Cabaret




·         Bachata – Amateur Group
·   Pair Salsa Junior
·    Paraje Bachata Pro Piso




·         Bachata – Amateur Group
·   Pair Salsa Grand Petite
·    Pair Bachata Pro-Am Mujer Pro




·         Bachata Alumnos Group
·   Pair Salsa Pro On 2 y On 1
·    Pair Bachata Pro-Am Hombre Pro




·   Pair Salsa Semi-Pro
·   Pair Salsa Pro Cabaret
·    Pair Bachata Amateur




·   Pair Salsa Same Gender Femenino Open
·   Pair Kizomba Fusion Open
·    Pair Bachata Alumnos




·   Pair Salsa Pro-Am /
·   Pair chachacha open
·    Duo Femenino Infantil




·   Pair Salsa Over 65 Pro-Am
·   Pair Bachata Semi-Pro Rising Star
·   Bachata Masculino Pro Soloist




·   Professional Bachata Femenino Soloist
·   Solista Salsa Femenino Baby









Flyers @eurosonlatino
Euroson Latino World Salsa Championship
info


The Euroson Latino World Salsa Championship will be held in the beautiful Hotel Grand Oasis Cancun which has a great variety of things included among them, it has rooms of different kinds, consumption centers (restaurants, bars, snacks 24 hours), entertainment centers where all the activities are very close to all the fun and the best attractions in the hotel zone of Cancun; in Grand Oasis Cancun the ideal place where you can live a luxury vacation in front of one of the most beautiful beaches of this Caribbean destination, if you want to know more details of the hotel you can call them through +52 55 4170 9258 or search on google to find out what are the best accommodation offers.


They mention on their official website that “Remember that it is important to emphasize that those attending the Euroson Latino 2021 must be staying at the Hotel Grand Oasis Cancun, since by hotel policy the use of the facilities will not be allowed to outsiders” …


If you want to know more or contact them, you can do it by the following means: