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Xiomara Alfaro-Best Cuban female voice
07/17/07
In many ways, Xiomara Alfaro is the Cuban female singer with the best voice. Certainly, she has a fantastic range and a crystal-clear tone. But, wielding such a big voice in popular music can lead to a level of clumsiness that doesn't quite match the genre. Celia Cruz seems much more at ease with this type of music, for example. Regardless, Alfaro's operatic style is definitely unique in Cuban music and very much worth a listen.
The first song is an upbeat number called Ochun. It's a black Cuban maiden asking Ochun, the Cuban voodoo god of love, for a "negrito lindo que quiere mucho a su mama y que tiene libertad." In other words "a cute black man who loves his mother and has his freedom." I entered those search terms in Google and came up with (after taking out those unsuitable for Asymmetric):
The second song is called Luna Rosa and is your average Cuban bolero or "ballad."
Lo Mejor de Xiomara Alfaro, Vol. 1
Bonus video:
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tastica y hermosa de entre todas las
cantantes cubanas, era una virtuosa
del canto, una privilegiada, un regalo
para el oido de millones de fanaticos
que la admiraron en Cuba y en todo el
mundo.
Reyner, Irlanda (cubano)
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