I was lucky enough to find out about the Salsa Mayor's much-anticipated 3rd anniversary gig at La Cecilia in Havana, and what a night it was!
It wasn't one of your usual Havana venues and I couldn't help feeling I could have been anywhere in Latin America. Obviously, we were expecting the whole thing to be hard on the pocket, but only set us back $10 a piece- the same a Manolito matinee.
Surrounded by white, middle class folk, it was hard not to feel like a slob in my boots and denim-skirt combi. Between sips of beer, I tried desperately not to look at the fantastically-groomed model-types with their businessman boyfriends.
The stage was interesting, to say the least as it consisted of a huge stage surrounded by 6 flat screen TVs, but then a catwalk jutted out which was fine for the individual vocalists, but awful for trying to spot the band way back in the distance.
See what I mean?We only got a few tracks for our pesos, but were 'treated' to a suprise appearance by Baby Lourdes (depends if you like reggaeton or not i guess)
Nevertheless, they were fantastic and I can still see them going from strength-to-strength and staying around a lot longer, especially with the talent of Maykel behind them.
Catch them on tour if you can! They're doing the rounds of Europe again-yay!
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