Cubanocast

It's sometimes depressing to prefer music styles that have come and, if not completely gone, linger around the exit. It has something to do with the feeling that everything you'll be listening to has already been made. So, instead of discovering the latest thing, I discover some old thing I haven't heard before. Bored during my Missouri exile, I hop onto Amazon, search "Tumbao Cuban Classics" and take a chance on this group I've never heard called, Trio la Rosa. What a find! Trio la Rosa is a group that performed primarily in Cuba, Venezuela, and Mexico. You can hear references to those locales in their music and more than a tinge of Mexican traditional mariachi singing in some of their songs.

If you have any fondness for guitar-driven Cuban trio/guajira music, you must own this album. It's choc full of Cuban musical goodness. In fact, I haven't posted on this group earlier because I had trouble picking a song to present here. I decided on Por una Sonrisa or "because of a smile." My male readers understand just how powerful that smile can be-strong enough to cause all kinds of foolishness on our part. Trio la Rosa's singing and harmony are a cut above most Cuban trios and their songs are each little genre masterpieces.

Listen to Por Una Sonrisa

Esto Si Que Esta Gracioso

Those smiles can pack quite a punch, no?