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SUMMARY:Direct from Cuba! Gerardo Alfonso with special guest Sandra Ra
 mirez
DESCRIPTION:The Hamilton Friendship Association with Cuba and Matapa P
 roudly Present:\n \nDirect from Cuba!\nGerardo Alfonso\nwith special 
 guest\nSandra Ramirez\nNorth American Specialist\nCuban Institute of F
 riendship with the Peoples\nTuesday April 1 6:30pm\n \nBryan Prince B
 ookseller, 1060 King St W\n$10- PWYC- No one turned away! \n The Hami
 lton Friendship Association with Cuba and Matapa Music and Arts Organ
 ization and are pleased to announce the only Hamilton stop on a natio
 n-wide tour of famed trova musician Gerardo Alfonso.  He will be acc
 ompanied by our friend Sandra Ramirez of the Cuban Institute for Frien
 dship with the Peoples (ICAP).  Gerardo will perform his well known a
 nd loved Neuva Trova songs and Sandra will discuss the October 2014 Wo
 rld Conference in Solidarity with Cuba, the 3rd of its kind.   About 
 Gerardo Gerardo Alfonso was born in Havana in 1958.  He began as a tr
 ova musician under the influence of the Cuban form of nueva canción (
 new song).  He has shared the stage with Maria Bethania, Pablo Milane
 s, Silvio Rodriguez, Carlos Verela, Frank Delgado and many others.   
 His lyrics have assured him a place in the hearts of all Cubans, just 
 as his fusion work has won him high marks among specialized critics. Â
  His songs incorporate elements of Latin American music —basically B
 razilian and Caribbean— but he has also understood how to take advan
 tage of his urban and popular roots in a range of mixtures that span f
 rom rock and reggae to rap and guaguanco, though never abandoning his 
 trova essence.\n Alfonso explores the depths of themes such as love, h
 umanity, society and life.  His songs have been performed by Grupo Mo
 ncada, Santiago Feliu and Ireno Garcia, among other Cuban musical figu
 res and groups.   About ICAP ICAP is the HFAC’s sister organization
  in Cuba. Its work is focused on promoting people to people exchange a
 nd friendship between Cubans and peoples worldwide. It strives to act 
 as a force for peace, mutual exchange and true internationalism in the
  world.   The 3rd World Conference in Solidarity with Cuba\nOctober 
 27-31, 2014\n-International Convention Center, Havana-\n The conferenc
 e, organized by the Cuba Solidarity Movement, follows on from the two 
 previous editions, and represents international support for the validi
 ty of the emblematic model of Cuban social justice and its viability a
 s an alternative for \"the better world,\" for which the peoples are f
 ighting.  \n\nFor more information visit https://fixourworld.ca/event
 s/direct-from-cuba-gerardo-alfonso-with-special-guest-sandra-ramire
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CATEGORIES:the, only, hamilton, stop, on, a, nation-wide, tour, of, fa
 med, trova, musician, gerardo, "alfonso."
LOCATION:Bryan Prince Bookseller
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CONTACT:info@cubacanada.org.
ORGANIZER:The Hamilton Friendship Association with Cuba and Matapa Pro
 udly Present
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