by Shereen Pimentel | Mar 28, 2018 | Song of the Day
As I grew I continued to explore musicals and contemporary music. When I was 13 I was introduced to classical music and auditioned for Juilliard Pre-College. Now in a completely new genre I tried to grasp the differences and I wanted to learn from someone who was a...
by Shereen Pimentel | Mar 27, 2018 | Song of the Day
I saw In the Heights about 5 times when it was on Broadway. I love this duet and the role of Nina. At a young age I always felt connected to Nina. I was born in the Bronx and I moved to New Jersey when I was young but as I grew up I wondered how different things would...
by Shereen Pimentel | Mar 26, 2018 | Song of the Day
Anyone who creates art remembers the pivotal moments in their life that led them down this path or maybe that’s just me. I remember each stepping stone that launched me to the next stage and helped me become a better performer. I want to go through some songs, that...
by Dorothy Potter Snyder | Mar 23, 2018 | Song of the Day
Friday has come at last! ¡Olé y olé! And with it my last blog post in this series, ‘Girl Got Duende’. What fun this gig this has been! It is appropriate that we end the week in Spain. I would not want to be the guy who tells Magdalena Montañéz Salazar,...
by Dorothy Potter Snyder | Mar 22, 2018 | Song of the Day
It is hard for me to think of a performer whose life and art covered more ground in a shorter time than Lupe Victoria Yolí Raymond, La yiyiyí, La Lupe, the Queen of Latin Soul. Let’s put it this way: when they retire a fairly common Hispanic name like Lupe in...
by Dorothy Potter Snyder | Mar 21, 2018 | Song of the Day
Chavela Vargas died in 2012, leaving the world without that voice that Pedro Almodóvar, who featured her in his film La flor de mi secreto (My secret’s flower), called la voz áspera de la ternura (the rough voice of tenderness). She was born in Costa Rica, where...
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