The song, which will be released in mid-June and whose title is still a big question mark, was recorded with the Cuban Chirino’s orchestra, who invited his fellow countryman to perform a performance with a “very special feeling.”
A new song by Cuban salsero Willy Chirino in duet with his compatriot Leoni Torres, which will be released in mid-June, speaks of a “very special feeling” and “no politics,” its author told EFE in Miami (USA) on Wednesday. ).
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The new song written by the famous composer and performer speaks “of a very special, very personal feeling that is transmitted”.
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“People are going to like it a lot,” said the Cuban-American Chirino, who has been banned from entering the island by the Cuban authorities.
Although he did not advance either the title or the musical genre, he did specify that “you can dance.”
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As Chirino commented, he thought for this song of Leoni Torres, who lives in Havana and whom he recently met in person, because “his voice conveys a lot of sensitivity.”
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“Precisely at this moment we are ‘wasapeando’ from Cuba. He sang it in full and sent it to me. It was wonderful. I am fascinated with the version he did, ”said the emblematic Cuban exile artist.
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“He described to me the feeling I want to convey for that song; he believes in what he is saying, “said Chirino, 74, creator of the famous album Oxygen (1991), in which he included the anthem for Cubans Our day is coming .
The new song was recorded with the musicians of the Chirino orchestra and then Torres “took the track” back to Havana to put on his voice.
The song will be ready “very soon, before mid-June it has to be,” the artist advanced.
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Last March, Chirino premiered Yo soy cubano , a salsa song by Cuban comedian Alexis Valdés, with the trumpet of the renowned musician Arturo Sandoval, which was recorded in different countries of the world as a sign of “national pride and dignity.”
Regarding Chirino’s invitation to Leoni Torres, a very popular singer and songwriter on the island at the moment, Bobby Pérez, Torres’ music producer and representative in the United States, said that it is “a historical fact.”
Follow the news of El Espectador on Google News“He lives in Cuba. He was visiting and left last Monday when we went to Willy’s. We are proud that they can do this together, because Willy is highly respected by us, ”Pérez told EFE.
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In addition to being a performer, Torres, 43, is a composer and has produced five successful albums and collaborated with music figures such as Rosario Flores, Pablo Milanés, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Beatriz Luengo, Gente de Zona, Descemer Bueno and Francisco Céspedes.
His song Traidora , recorded by Marc Anthony, was viewed more than 355 million times on YouTube, according to the “mn2s” website for artists and celebrities.
“It is a pleasure to meet you and to welcome us to your home. All my life I have been a great admirer of his music and today another dream is fulfilled, “Torres wrote this Tuesday on Facebook in response to the collaboration announcement made by Willy Chirino.
“Thank you for thinking of me for this beautiful musical gift for our audience,” added the young singer born in Santa Cruz del Sur, a town in the Cuban province of Camagüey (east).
“He is very familiar, very shy, he does not like cameras or interviews. The vast majority of his songs are his lyrics. Chirino knows his music and invited him to his house. They only talked about music, they didn’t talk about politics, ”said Pérez.
Leoni Torres has hundreds of thousands of followers on social networks and a week ago he published the son Me Quedaré as a “gift for Mother’s Day” on his YouTube channel.