Afro Cuban
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Baba Fururu Ofun Ruru Video This is the background story relating to the pre release and free download. It was released to celebrate Obatala. Our release is a collaboration with Candomblé Artist, Ricardo Axé and mixed by London based producer Raf Riley. We chose Raf because of his particular sound and the fact that he
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We did some great gigs last year. We have some wonderful photos to document them 05-05- 2016 “Lullaby for Naila” Photos by Jonathan Martinez This gig was to launch the Cd “lullaby for Naila” Which was a celebration of ancestors. The story of one small girl and the story of us all. Please click on
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The London Lucumi Choir were very honoured to feature on the stage with Britain’s finest Salsa Musicians. You may be asking what does an Afro-Cuban Spiritual Choir have to do with Salsa? Well, where should I start. There has been much written about the development of Salsa Music and so I will keep it brief.
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On Thursday 5th May 2016, The London Lucumi Choir presents the celebration of our second CD “Lullaby for Naila”. Our celebration takes place at Rich Mix in Shoreditch. This album was a very special project. It was inspired by the birth of my ( Daniela Rosselson De Armas) granddaughter and the gift that I wanted to
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Over the past year, the London Lucumi Choir have been preparing their third album dedicated to the Orishas Oshun and Obatala. Recording is a learning experience and working with different engineers and in different locations and studios has also been very enlightening. One of the difficulties in recording has always been the fact that many
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I have decided to write about the rhythmic challenges of teaching the Lucumi Choir since this is always a hurdle and a challenge. What makes this choir so different to any other British Based Choir is the fact that we sing with percussion and the rhythm is as important as the melody and harmonic
Everyday thoughts of a Lucumi Choir Director 