When I was a young boy, I complained about the lack of color in the music that my teachers gave me to practice.  So, eventually they gave me Latin Music like “Cumana” and I really liked it.  Much later in life, I became very involved with Latin people in my work and pleasure travels.  This gave me a view of the arts and craft, and since I was looking for it, a great deal of the music.  But the best part was the rather intimate exposure to the people.  The philosophy of living in English-speaking countries and Latin countries is vastly different, and this is a wonderful thing.  If everything is the same, where is the learning and melding of different wonderful ways, ideas, and of course, music?  In addition to the great rhythms and varying instruments to produce the rhythms and syncopation, passions, and I mean deep, feeling passion is the norm in Latin music

To see parents walking down the streets arm in arm with their children, even teenagers, is a pleasant shock.  To hear music coming from musicians from a place so deep inside that the entire person is exposed is a revelation into how it should really be done.  I learned all of this from my exposure to Latin people, and I try to get better at it each day.  “Isla Espania” is exclusively devoted to Latin music.

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