Xiomara Laugart - Tears And Rumba (2015) 24bit/192khz torrent

Xiomara Laugart - Tears And Rumba (2015) [Binaural+]
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On her new record, her third for Chesky Records, Xiomara Laugart steps up to the plate with her own distinctive style to interpret some Cuban classics from the golden era of the 1920s.


For singers, recording a collection of classic tunes can be viewed as a rite of passage. These classics after all have helped define a generation. Jazz vocalists face this when they interpret the songs of Cole Porter and George Gershwin, along with many others that make up the great American Song Book. Cuban music has a significant canon as well. Songs which are not just memorable to Cubans, but well known favorites that resonate throughout Latin America.

People are familiar with Cuban rhythms, but they don’t know the songs or the composers,” said Laugart, who came to New York City in 1998 from Havana. “That’s what I wanted to do, introduce these songs to a new generation.

Lagrimas y Rumba is a fine introduction to the singer-songwriter’s driven trova style from the city of Santiago and features works by two extremely influential composers of that era, Maria Teresa Vera and Miguel Matamoros. Laugart grew up listening and singing these tunes with her father, who encouraged her to sing starting at the age of five. “We heard these songs on the radio and everybody listened to the radio then,” she said of her Havana childhood.


Tracklist:

01 - Las Perlas
02 - Sabor Una Tumba
03 - Sitieria
04 - Viente Anos
05 - Nadie Se Salva
06 - Reclamo Mistico
07 - Juramento
08 - La Mujer De Antonio
09 - Y Tu Que Haz Hecho
10 - Ausencia
11 - Descarga Xiomara
12 - Reclamo Mistico Alt

Produced by: David Chesky, Xiomara Laugart, and Axel Tosca Laugart.
Executive Producer: Norman Chesky.
Recorded, edited, and mastered by Nicholas Prout.
Recorded January 31 st 2014 at The Hirsch Center for Performing Arts, Brooklyn, New York.
Recorded Using: B & K Binaural head, MSB A/D Converter, and Crystal microphone cable