LaCasa de la Trova - Santiago de Cuba

Since early this century Santiago de Cuba has been famous for its musicians (Pepe Sánchez, Manuel Corona, Sindo Garay and ñico Saquito, amongst others) as well as the music they created: the sones, boleros and guarachas that make up traditional trova.

Their music is still very much alive in Santiago thanks mainly to a small blue fronted house, the Casa de la Trova, which opens its doors day in, day out, so that the Santiago public can while away the hours listening to great musicians play a repertoire which, with its combination of understated energy, sensuality and wit, reflects the rhythm of an old port town that is the musical capital of Cuba.

This CD celebrates one of the great musical venues of the world with recordings of resident bands from the Casa de la Trova including Cuarteto Patria, Estudiantina Invasora, Septeto Típico Oriental and Guitarras y Trovadores, featuring the late great guitarist, Maduro.