by El Reportero news services
If you’re looking for to listen to some different type of music, you should check Marcus López’ spiritual Habana sound out, which he learned on the streets of his beloved Cuba.
As a child he was drawn to percussion instruments and played them exclusively.
But on his arrival in the United States several decades ago, he met a friend from school that had a band and was in need of a bass player. He persuaded Marcus to play and he fell in love with the instrument. He never once looked back. He’s been playing bass ever since.
Over the years Marcus produced local Contemporary Cuban Music for a local band he led, Cubanacan.
But after a long run of 20 years he decided to change genres and start producing hybrid music which led to his present band, Mission Varrio Project.
The band put out their first cd in 2012 which earned them a Grammy Award nominee in Hamberg Germany; after that victory the band felt the need to pursue other, newer…. and a more challenging frontier. Five years of intense studio work behind them and the formula was done.
The birth of their new EP called Urban Gentrification, which has done very good in the New World Beat category on the ethnocloud.com platform.
“This production for me is my legacy, but not the end. It is the beginning of more to come. I’m calling it “2020 Vision” part 1, Marcus said to El Reportero. “This project is dedicated to the Mission District and the city of San Francisco for their support over the decades. Cheers to the New.”
Marcus has performed with many bands, including Limbo, Zorro, Malo, Francisco Aguabella, Amanda Hugh, Jorge Santana, Chuchito Valdez and many more.
You may purchase the CD and help independent music creation to keep sounding, at iTunes, CD Babe and Amazon.
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The camerawoman of Lila Avilés, winner of Best Prima Opera at the Cinema Tropical Awards
The camerawoman of the Mexican director Lila Avilés was awarded as Best Prima Opera of the Cinema Tropical Awards in its tenth edition.
The Cinema Tropical Awards were created in 2010 in recognition of excellence in cinema in Latin America. It is the first international recognition dedicated entirely to honor the art of recent Latin American cinema.
La Camarista (2018), by Lila Avilés, was the winning film of the Eye to Mexican Feature Film in the 16th edition of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), which received the prize awarded in collaboration with Nespresso.
The winners were announced at a ceremony held at a special ceremony at the headquarters of The New York Times Company in New York City. Among the prizes awarded are also:
Best Film Award: La flor (2019, dir. Mariano Llinás), Best Director, André Novais Oliveira, Best Documentary: LAPÜ (2019, dir. Juan Pablo Polanco and César Alejandro Jaimes), Best Latin Film of the United States: The Infiltrators (2019, dir. Alex Rivera, Cristina Ibarra).
Los Sebastianes Band with double nomination for the Iheartradio Music Awards 2020
Banda Los Sebastianes is again nominated for the iHeartRadio Music Awards, and achieves it twice in the categories “Best New Regional Mexican Artist” and “Regional Mexican Song of the Year” (Regional Mexican Song of the Year) for his hit song “Through the Glass.”
The iHeartRadio Music Awards 2020 will be broadcast live on Fox on Sunday, March 29, at 8 p.m./7 p.m. Central from The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. In addition to the live broadcast, the show will be broadcast on more than 150 iHeartRadio stations nationwide, and by the iHeartRadio app.
NO TE VA GUSTAR wraps up 2019 with more than 100 concerts performed!
“No Te Va Gustar’s sublime rock reached a peak on El Calor del Pleno Invierno.
A key album for the nine-member band formed in 1994 in Montevideo, it went platinum in three days after its release in Uruguay and propelled the band to double-Platinum status in neighboring Argentina, confirming their place in the pantheon of Latin rock’s biggest stars. Key tracks include Nada Fue en Vano and A las Nueve. — J.C.N.
With 77 acoustic concerts and more than 100 in total, including their electric presentations, NTVG reaches the end of a vibrant year full of emotions.
Their classic songs and those songs that are not played in the live massive shows – but that are fundamental pieces of their records – were reinterpreted in an intimate way using an acoustic instrumentation as base. Special invited guests included Julieta Venegas, Draco Rosa, Jorge Drexler, Flor de Toloache, Catalina Garcia (Monsieur Periné) and Hugo Fattoruso.
