Artists:Cascada De Flores
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Cascada de Flores ("waterfall of flowers") is a professional music ensemble dedicated to the exploration, preservation and dissemination of Mexican and Cuban regional music and dance. This quartet, celebrated for their immense talent and heart-felt expression, reaches diverse audiences through a variety of live performances, from intimate house-concerts to performing arts centers ranging from the local (Oakland and Santa Barbara, CA) to the international arena. They are also involved in creative collaborations, recording projects, community outreach activities and in-school programs and workshops.
Cascada de Flores celebrates the diversity of Mexican and Cuban folk music and excels in the sound of the early 1900s when the two countries' musical companionship first exploded into the radio waves. The quartet features the hypnotic vocal duet of Arwen Lawrence de Castellanos and Sabra Weber and playful guitarists Jorge Liceaga and Jorge Mijangos who together perform on a dizzying number of traditional instruments: tres cubano, "guitarjón" (a baritone guitar made out of a cajón by Jorge Mijangos), flute, marimbol (a bass lamellaphone related to the African thumb piano), guitarra de son and jaranas of Veracruz, donkey's jaw bone, zapateado (percussive dance), and cajón. Cascada de Flores' muses include the earthiest of duos of the traditional Trova from Cuba: the late Maria Teresa Vera and Lorenzo Hierrezuelo, as well as Los Compadres, Las Hermanas Mendoza of Texas, Toña La Negra of Veracruz and many maestros of Mexican and Cuban traditional music.
Part of Cascada de Flores' appeal is their cohesive presentation of a large variety of genres. This is evident in their recordings. In their debut album "México"(2001), the group explored diverse rhythms and traditions within Mexico such as canción ranchera, son huasteco, gusto, trova and bolero. Their second CD, "Puente a la Mar" (2002) ("to bridge the sea"), tells the story of music makers of Cuba, Mexico and Puerto Rico, and the continuing exchange of their musical ideas in the early 1900s. Song styles include traditional trova, son cubano, and bolero, as well as son from Oaxaca. In 2003, the group traveled to the Gulf of Mexico to study son jarocho - the traditional music, dance and poetry of Veracruz' countryside. In 2004, with the assistance of a grant from Arts International, they returned to Veracruz and subsequently traveled to Cuba, where they met with masters of trova in Santiago de Cuba. "Mi Sueño" (2007), is the fruit of these experiences. In this most recent release, the quartet moves deeper into these musical cultures and goes further beyond simply reliving melodies of the past, discovering themselves in their own creation of verses and instrumentation, though within the framework of these ancient structures of song and traditional music of the countryside. And finally, the cd debuts compositions by Jorge Liceaga, inspired by these musical heritages.
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| Cascada De Flores on MySpace |
| Cascada De Flores on Wikipedia |
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| Song | Album | Length | Played | Overall | You | Tags | Single Request |
| Mi Linda Casita | Puente A La Mar | 4:58 | 25 |  19 votes |
You have to login to give your opinion about songs. | Dance / Folk / Latin / World beat / Acoustic guitar / Flute / Vocal harmonies / Happy / Upbeat / Spanish / Acoustic / Band | Sobre Una Tumba Una Rumba | Puente A La Mar | 5:16 | 24 | 16 votes |
You have to login to give your opinion about songs. | Dance / Folk / Latin / World beat / Acoustic guitar / Vocal duo / Vocal harmonies / Spanish | La LLorona | Puente A La Mar | 5:19 | 25 | 11 votes |
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- Spotlighted: Thursday, June 24th 2004
- Songs on WWR: 11
- Total plays: 232
- Total requests: 123
- Total listens: 5393
- CDBaby referrals: 2
- CDBaby sales: Puente A La Mar (Sold 2 copies)
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