Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Rockin the House at Gonzales y Gonzales


Conjunto Guantanamo performed at Gonzales and Gonzales again last week and, I must say, the house got thoroughly rocked by us that night, to say the least. We added that young up and comer Papote Jimenez on backup vocals and Segundo Gonzales on minor percussion to complete our sound (as an octet) and it proved to be a great combination. Papote and Pedro Domech complemented each other beautifully on the vocals and Ariacne Trujillo and yours truly joined them on the backup vocals which rounded off so beautifully. The rest of the band played with so much swing and verve we had that packed house shaking their asses non-stop all night. It was so packed it was hard to get to the front door from where the stage is. The G & G crowd really responded to our jam which we recorded and will be posting here in the next few days for you to check out.


STAY TUNED FOR THE LIVE RECORDING OF OUR PERFORMANCE AT G & G here on MySpace.


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Thursday, April 23, 2009

CG at F.I.T.'s Salsa Club



Thanks to Christina Tavarez, and company, of FIT's (Fashion Institute of Technology) Salsa Club for having us for the LASO Salsa Dance event. We enjoyed playing for the students on the school's outdoor terrace and they seemed to really dig the band. Now Conjunto Guantanamo is their official FIT SALSA Club band and we love that!

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Monday, April 13, 2009

WFMU Radio Appearance


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POSTSCRIPT: Here's the show in its entirety! — Hear the show on WFMU's archives HERE!

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Our appearance on WFMU's Transpacific Sound Paradise last Saturday was a total blast. The band and the live audience at Barbes had a great time and there was lots of fun had by all.


WFMU (FM 91.1out of West Orange, NJ) has been my favorite radio station ever since I was introduced to it well over a decade ago by some co-workers in Manhattan. WFMU bills itself as a "free form" radio station that's privately owned (one of the few stations to have that (lack of) format. That means they have a tremendously eclectic blend of different formats among the programs they offer. They'll play some weird Garageband track from some polka band from New Jersey one minute and then you'll come back a few minutes later and they'll have some crazy Indian tabla/harmonium ensemble doing their thing next. I've even been introduced to some great Cuban stuff on that station (I heard Los Zafiros on WFMU for the first time years ago and they are still one of my favorite Cuban bands ever!).


So Needless to say, I've wanted for Conjunto Guantanamo to appear on WFMU's airwaves for many years now and it finally happened last Saturday night. It just so happens that Barbes, that extraordinary music venue that also has a super eclectic blend of acts playing every day of the month (and Olivier Conan the owner), has a long-standing relationship with some of the crew at WFMU. Together they've been doing live remote broadcasts right out of Barbes on the Transpacific Sound Paradise program with Rob Weisberg several times a year and Conjunto Guantanamo were invited to appear on this latest episode of the program. We played a whole set live on the air and many of our friends showed up at Barbes for the live taping and many more have told us they tuned in on their radios and PCs. We were able to show off some of our latest numbers including La Rosa Oriental and Coballende to name just a couple. 


I will post a link to the episode here as soon as Rob and his peeps put it up for grabs on WFMU's website where it will be available until the end of time (at least that's what they told me).


Stay tuned...


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