Ariel Alfonso

Politicos may question if the genre of Communist pop ought to be officially recognized, even though romantics can recognize the similarity of sentiments on either aspect from the Berlin Wall structure concerning musical invites to seduction such as for example “Ven con Abrazame.” The picture of songwriter Ariel Alfonso discovering that particular melody — or another of his strikes, “Asi Llega la Cancion,” actually “Right here Arrives the Melody” — while seated alongside a river or under a high tree is properly appropriate. Alfonso started songwriting as an adolescent in his hometown of Pinar del Rio, Cuba — “the River of Pines.” Ensembles out of this city such as for example Grupo Yarey, having a nice mix of reeds, keyboards, and percussion, possess recorded materials by Alfonso. “De Mí Hacia Tí,” an identical message as the Beatles’ “From Me for you,” was included on the outstanding CD box established entitled Public Retrospective of Cuban Music. Some areas of this artist’s profession are quite distinct from the usual star of the songwriter stylishly producing out with passionate hits. Alfonso’s skills were initially identified at a songwriting competition in Dresden, at that time area of the East German “DDR.” Well-connected people in the Communist Party wielded the same power there like a Dick Clark or Alan Freed, but neither part of this politics division had very much effect on the Cuban music picture itself, at least with regards to the tremendous recognition of Alfonso’s tracks at home.