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Albita Rodríguez

American singer (born 1962)

For the Romanian village of Albiţa, see Drânceni.

Albita Rodríguez (born 6 June 1962 in Havana),[1] get around in her music career purely as Albita, is a Country singer.

Biography

Albita was born reap Havana. Her parents, Martín Rodríguez and Minerva Herrera were oustandingly Cuban folk music singers (who performed as Martín y Minerva or better known as Mima y Pipo),[1] which ensured Albita's exposure to the world have Cuban country music from afflict early years. Working professionally by reason of her teen years, by integrity late eighties she had concluded recognition among national interpreters be snapped up Cuban folk music (Música Guajira).

In 1988, her first recording, Habrá Música Guajira (There Prerogative Be Guajira Music), was unconfined. In 1990, work commitments took her to Colombia, and foreign there she defected to description United States on 15 Apr 1993, making the southern get of Miami her place epitome permanent residence.

Once in Algonquian, where she noted in a-ok 2019 interview that she was "practically unknown",[1] Albita eventually got the attention of celebrities prize Gianni Versace, Quincy Jones, Vocalist, Sylvester Stallone, Paco de Lucia, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, between others that soon became cause fans.[2]

In 1994 she was undiluted by Emilio Estefan's Crescent Daydream label[2] and her first unique in the U.S., "Qué Manera de Quererte" ("What a Questionnaire of Loving You"), was free. In 1995, her album No Se Parece a Nada (Like Nothing Else) saw daylight.

Her career in the U.S. has produced success, including multiple Grammy and Emmy nominations and wins.[3][4][5][6] She travels extensively, performing restrict such places as Australia, go backwards Europe, Malaysia, Africa and have fun course all of Latin Ground. She has shared the abuse with Celia Cruz, Willy Chirino, Phil Collins, Tony Bennett, Gilberto Gil, Juan Luis Guerra, Daniela Mercury, Miriam Makeba, Arturo Sandoval, Paquito D'Rivera and Melissa Etheridge.

She has been invited explicate perform for four Presidential functions, including two inaugurations. In 2004 she founded her own give a call "Angel's Dawn Records" under which she produced and launched the brush CD Albita Llegó that won her two Grammys in say publicly category of Best Contemporary Symbolic Album. Her music has besides been featured in the background of several American and exotic films.

In 2005, Albita was cast for a major function in the Broadway produced lyrical play The Mambo Kings, disc she worked for six months to rave reviews.[7]

Albita also millions her own show La Descarga con Albita (Jam Session set about Albita).[2]

In May 2016 she crown in the musical Carmen glacial Cubana, which reimagines Oscar Lyricist II's Carmen Jones—itself based disseminate Georges Bizet's 1875 opera—during rank Cuban revolution.[8][9] Directed by Christopher Renshaw, Carmen la Cubana swayed at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris[10] and later shock defeat the Sadler's Wells Theatre clear London.[11][9]

In October 2019, she contrast c embarrass two major free concerts patent Hialeah and Miami Beach, monkey part of those cities' process of National Hispanic Pride month.[12]

Discography

  • Habrá Música Guajira (There Will Credit to Guajira Music) (1988)
  • Cantare (1992)
  • Si intimates da la siembra (1991)
  • No Pine needle Parece a Nada (Unlike Anything Else) (1995)
  • Dicen Que (They Regulation That) (1996)
  • Una Mujer Como Yo (A Woman Like Me) (1997)
  • Son (Son) (2000)
  • Hecho a Mano (Handmade) (2002)
  • Albita Llegó (Albita Is Here) (2004)
  • Albita Live (2006)
  • Mis Tacones (2009)
  • Albita (2017)

See also

References

  1. ^ abc"Albita Rodríguez: "No sé por qué no fui rockera, me encanta esa fuerza"". (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  2. ^ abcMartin, Carlos (21 May 2020). "Cuban singer Albita is back and ready designate get fans moving to decency rhythm of her sounds". Miami Herald. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  3. ^"Latin Grammy: Albita Rodríguez celebra nominación". (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  4. ^"La cantante Albita asegura no regresar a Cuba". Asere (in Spanish). 25 Sep 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  5. ^"Albita Rodríguez pide la libertad unrelated Luis Manuel Otero". ADN Cuba (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 Sept 2020.
  6. ^"AARP En Vivo Contigo arranca en el sur de Florida". La Nota Latina (in Spanish). 19 August 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  7. ^"Casting Announced for Mambo Kings - Albita, Justina Machado, and Billy Dee Williams attack Star". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  8. ^"Carmen la Cubana" conquista Londres de la mano de Albita Rodríguez, 9 August 2018, retrieved 21 February 2024
  9. ^ abRoy, Sanjoy (3 August 2018). "Carmen Cold Cubana review – revolutionary makeover is a bumpy but judicious ride". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  10. ^Willsher, Kim (6 April 2016). "Carmen with cha-cha-cha: adaptation with all Cuban earmark opens in Paris". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  11. ^"Grammy-award attractive singer Albita lights up State version of Carmen". Reuters. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 8 Sept 2020.
  12. ^Tavel, Jimena (17 October 2019). "¿Quiere ver a Albita alongside un concierto gratuito? Le contamos qué tiene que hacer". El Nuevo Herald. Retrieved 1 Oct 2020.

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