Alex Cuba | Friday, May 17 | Show at 8 p.m. | Doors open at 7 p.m.
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Alex Cuba
He was immersed in music at a very young age, joining his father’s (guitarist and teacher Valentin Puentes) group of 24 guitarists. Cuba went on to study electric and upright bass, touring and recording nationally and internationally. His sound is the unique confluence of tradition and global influences in articulate arrangements that convey emotions through melody and lyric.
In 2022 he won a Grammy for Best Latin Pop for Mendó as producer, artist and engineer.
In 1999, Cuba moved to Victoria, Canada, where he recorded an album, Morumba Cubana, alongside his twin brother Adonis, as The Puentes Brothers. Cuba went on to record his solo debut album Humo De Tobaco in which earned him a Juno award for World Music Album of the Year in 2006 . Followed by Agua Del Pozo, in 2007 which also earned him another Juno award for World Music Album of the Year in 2008 .
From there, Cuba released his third album, a self-titled project Alex Cuba in 2009. The album features his first ever English track titled “If You Give Me Love”. In 2010, Cuba took home the award for Best New Artist at the 2010 Latin Grammy Award s, where it was also nominated for Best Male Pop Vocal Album and was followed by a nomination for Best Latin Pop Album at the 53rd Annual Grammy Award in 2011 where Cuba took home a BMI Latin Award for his song-writing on Nelly Furtado’s #1 Spanish hit “Manos Al Aire”.
In 2012, Cuba released his fourth album Ruido En El Sistema, a year which he received his second Socan Hagood Hardy Award for outstanding achievement in Jazz and World Music . He also won his second Latin Grammy Award – this time as a songwriter, alongside co- writer Yoel Henriquez received the award for Best Tropical Song for the Milly Quezada’s single, “Toma Mi Vida”feat.
Juan Luis Guerra. In 2013, he again brought home a Latin Grammy for the video “Eres Tu” from Ruido En El Sistema, a video produced entirely in his hometown of Smithers.
Cuba’s 5th studio album, Healer, was recorded in New York, USA and Victoria, Canada, using a live rhythm section, trading in horns for guitars and vocal harmonies. With five duets with singer songwriters, four being Canadian, Ron Sexsmith, David Myles, Alejandra Ribera and Kuba Oms as well as New Yorker Anya Marina. The album won a Latin Grammy for best Singer- songwriter and nominated for a Grammy as best Latin Pop in 2016 .
In 2017, Cuba completed his 6th album Lo Unico Constante, beginning in Spain and passing through Montreal to record a single with Jean Massicotte. Then meeting up with the rhythm section from Healer in Baker Studios to record and mix 12 songs that delve deeper into his song-writing roots, focusing on nylon string guitar and upright bass. Looking at the “filin” movement in Cuba of the 1940s that fused jazz and trova, music that influenced his writing style to this day. The album was nominated for both a Latin Grammy for Best Singer-Songwriter and Grammy for Best Latin Pop .
His musical evolution for years was all about searching for the simplicity and soul in Cuban music – taking apart the complex arrangements, mixing it with North American influences, adopting the melodic simplicity of pop music, looking to Cuban folk traditions for inspiration – he’s always exploring, always creating something fresh and new, and always, it seems, getting it just right.
La Casita Taco Truck will be serving food beginning at 6 p.m.
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