Livestreams This Weekend..9/20/2020

Posted on Sep 17, 2020

Livestreams This Weekend..9/20/2020

You have your choice of intriguing livestreams featuring great talent this weekend. WorldSalsaRadio.com will be broadcasting several audio livestreams starting this Friday, Sept. 18th with the exceptional SF Bay Area based VL Trio consisting of pianist/trumpeter Marco Diaz, bassist Saul Sierra and percussionist Carlos Caro in concert starting at 7 pm PST. Then on Saturday, the virtual Euro Festival 20 will be broadcast featuring a hot Cuban show starring the legendary Orquesta Aragon, vocalist Pedrito Calvo who was the iconic lead vocalist for Los Van Van, his son Pedrito Calvo Jr. and Maelo Y Su Klan on Saturday, Sept. 19 at 1 pm PST. For more information, visit WorldSalsaRadio.com.

There will be a free zoom livestream “The Puerto Rican Connection” presented by the renowned multi talented percussionist John Santos with special guest Grammy Award winner David Sanchez, one of the greatest tenor saxophonists in jazz today. This livestream is showing this coming Sunday, Sept. 20th from 5 to 7 pm PST on healdsburgjazz.org. Healdsburg Jazz Festival is producing the broadcast. Puerto Rican musicians, rhythms and instruments have a long and unique relationship with Jazz. The event will feature an illuminating look at some of the pioneers, roots and milestones of the past century through discussion, photos, video clips and audio samples. For more information, go to healdsburgjazz.org for more information.

There will also be a livestream tribute honoring the iconic Cuban singer/songwriter Silvio Rodriguez on Sunday, Sept. 20th at 5 pm PST on twitchtv/HotHouseGlobal. Rodriguez is best known as Cuba’s most prolific songwriter of the 20th Century and as “the Bob Dylan of Cuba”. Performing their favorite Silvio Rodriguez tune will be an eclectic star studded lineup featuring Lila Downs, Susana Baca, Kelvis Ochoa, Quetzal, Francisco Herrera, Katia Cardenal, Rebel Diaz, Duop Made Y Feña, Roly Berrio and others. There will also be a showing of the new documentary short film “Silvio Rodriguez: Mi Primera Tarea (My First Calling) during the livestream. Renowned Cuban music advocate Bill Martinez is one of the producers of the livestream collaborating with HotHouse Global who brought us the two days of Concert for Cuba livestream featuring Los Van Van, Orquesta Aragon, Ozomatli and Havana d’Primera during the summer.

It takes all kinds of people to make a global village. One of those important people in the SF Bay that supported Cuban music and culture was Sue Taylor. Sue was a dedicated, hard working and fierce advocate in supporting and promoting Cuban musicians and events in the SF Bay Area. Sue lost her fight with cancer earlier this week. I will always remember her smile and sense of humor, the passionate conversations that we had regarding music and special musical moments that we shared as aficionados watching great musicians and bands perform. She will be missed. RIP Sue Taylor as she joins the big descarga in the heavens.

Ciao 4 now. Talk to you later!!

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