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Podcast: The Show On The Road with Z. Lupetin
Episode: Daymé Arocena: A New Afro-Cuban Sound In Exile
Description: This week we bring you an intimate talk with rising Cuban roots-pop singer-songwriter DaymĂ© Arocena. Known for her honey-voiced records that honor Cubaâs joyous folk and jazz traditions, her newest Alkemiâ takes a sonic leap into the powerful pop and suave R&B music that she admired as a girl - Sade, Whitney Houston and even BeyoncĂ©Â - while also paying homage to her grandmotherâs lifelong practice of Santeria. Born to a musical family in Havana where she shared a two bedroom house with twenty-one extended family members (her mother and grandmother sang locally and dad owned a night club...