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Whats new at Relief Records NYC in 2010

By NarhedWed, 02/24/2010 - 19:44

We are proud to announce the first full length official release by Abraham Rodriguez Jr, Produced by Dehran Duckworth and Relief Records NYC! You will find a link to purchase the album at CdBaby.com on the album page of this site. Soon to be released will be a full length album by the guys from Cajadura, followed by the first big coming out of Miss Knockout herself, so stay tuned.
Take a listen to a few samples of the musical diversity over here at Relief Records NYC in the current projects section and the loops section etc.

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Caja Dura @ Relief Records NYC

By CajaDuraWed, 03/10/2010 - 02:23

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On March 7th 2010 "Caja Dura Ya Llego" started recording their first full length album at Relief Records NYC "Rumba de Cahone Na Ma". Sambi was back on lead vocals along with Pete Conga Jr, Jayson Camacho, Apache, Abidoaye Holliday, Alfredo Poet, Nicky Laboy, and Julissa Vale. Go to current projects to hear some pieces of the session!

Del Boleros alla Rumba @Relief Records NYC

By Del Boleros all...Mon, 03/08/2010 - 17:08

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Charlie Hart (Fix-a-Flat Music) brought to us singer Luis "Sambi" Becquet and "Del Boleros alla Rumba" on the 21st of February, 2010 for the first session in our series Afro Cuba alla New York. This was an all live session @ Relief Records NYC featuring some of New York's finest rumberos! current projects

Rumba @ Relief Records NYC

By NarhedMon, 03/08/2010 - 15:48

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We have begun a Rhumba/ Guiro series where we will be recording various groups of top NYC artists from various parts of the carribbean doing their thing and then releasing multi-volume collections of these NYC gems. Again this is music that happens all the time in New York and represents a solid resting place for the diaspora that brought us Puntilla, The Afro-Cuban All Stars, Francisco Aguabella, Milton Cardona, Conjunto Cespedes, Celia Cruz, and Lázaro Ros.

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Felix Sanabria and family passing by and dropping some Afrocuban gems

By NarhedFri, 01/29/2010 - 06:04

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We continue to work on completing a project with the well known and respected musician and priest of Ocha, Felix Sanabria and family which brings to life the best of New York Afro-Cuban non-secular music, pure Orisha music. This is a beautiful project much anticipated in the drum and dance community of New York as it showcases this little exposed world of Afro-Cuban music and prayer that has been thriving for decades in New York, but hardly recorded and released. You can find samples samples of these recordings in our "current projects" section.

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