Saturday 11 June 2011

Orishas - 537 Cuba

Cuba has this amazing mix of Afro-Caribbean and Latino cultures, relatively devoid of US influence, which makes for the most amazing music. This is Cuban hip-hop, but there are conga drums, Spanish guitar, and a folk song for the chorus.

A lot of Cubans have had to emigrate because of political and economic pressures, and the lyrics are about what it means to be in exile - 537 is the international dialing code for Cuba.

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