HOT OFF THE DIGITAL PRESS! MY INTERVIEW WITH CUBAN SINGER Diana Fuentes! SHE HAS IT ALL, TALENT, YOUTH AND BEAUTY! I THOUGHT MY TITLE WAS KIND OF CLEVER! FEEL FREE TO LIKE , TWEET OR SHARE IT! AND YES, IT HAS A TIA KELO FLAN STORY! LIVING OUT LOUD MAGAZINE: Cuban Singer Diana Fuentes: A Fountain of Youth, Talent and Beauty - by Humberto Capiro - November 8, 2013 During my years as the “official translator” for all Cuban artists passing through Tom Schnabel’s then radio shows “Morning Becomes Eclectic” and later “Café LA” on KCRW 89.9fm, I was lucky to meet many great musicians from Cuba. It included troubadour Carlos Varela in 1998. It was during Varela’s second tour of the U.S. in 2010, being presented by American musician Jackson Browne at The Echoplex, that I first saw and heard the lovely Diana Fuentes. She was his female singer at the time and added another dimension of sound to the more male dominated songs by this icon of the Nueva Trova. And yes, I brought them a flan from my Tia Kelo that night. In 2001, she joined the Afro-Cuban music-fusion group Sintesis, which was nominated for a Latin GRAMMY for “Habana a flor de piel” in 2002, where she remained for 6 years. Once leaving Sintesis, she joined Cuban songwriter X Alfonso for his “X Moré” recording, which was also nominated for a Latin GRAMMY. In 2006, she joined singer/songwriter Varela and became part of his band while pursuing a solo career that in 2007 yielded “Amargo pero Dulce” (Bitter but Sweet) with producer Descemer Bueno. In a taped conversation in Spanish, Fuentes spoke to Living Out Loud about her life, family, her second solo recording “Planeta Planetario” and how it is to have her husband Eduardo Cabra (El Visitante) from Puerto Rican Hip Hop group Calle 13 as her record producer. Living Out Loud: You started your artistic life in dance at a very young age, can you tell us what it was like? Do you still practice dance? CLICK LINK FOR ENTIRE INTERVIEW! lol-la/cuban-singer-diana-fuentes-a-fountain-of-youth-talent-and-beauty/
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