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The Mavericks will release their first album sung entirely in Spanish on August 21st. The band, who marked their 30th anniversary last year, assemble original material and classic songs on En Español, a dream project for the group’s co-founder Raul Malo.

The eclectic band preview the LP, coming via their own Mono Mundo Recordings and Thirty Tigers, with both the studio version of the song “Poder Vivir” and a live performance video.

“This is the record I’ve been wanting the Mavericks to make for a very long time,...

With her debut solo album, My Standards, Janet Dacal perfectly marries her Cuban heritage with American standards. Carlos Jos Alvarez, as principal arranger with additional arrangements by Alexis aoePututia Arce, John Di Martino, Alberto Salas, and Ramn Stagnaro, brings a sublimely jazzy flair to these familiar songs and allows Dacal to breathe wonderous new life into each of them. If My Standards doesn't have you dancing as you listen to it, check your pulse.

Janet Dacal is releasing her debut solo album My Standards in digital and streaming formats tomorrow, February 7. It will be released on CD on Friday, February 14. A collection of Dacal's favorite standards with a Cuban-American flair, the album features special guests vocalists Olivia C. Dacal and Javier Muoz. A veteran of Broadway's In the Heights and Wonderland, Dacal is currently starring in the national tour of the Tony Award-winning 'Best Musical' The Band's Visit. My Standards was produced by Alberto Salas and Janet Dacal, with Carlos Jos Alvarez serving as principle arranger. Alberto Salas is the Music Director for the 13 piece band.

Updated with additional info: Andy Garcia has come aboard to narrate Miss Angela, the working title of the feature documentary Angela Alvarez, the 91-year-old who had her lifetime’s work of songs discovered, and recorded her first album. Filmmakers Paul Toogood and Lloyd Stanton interviewed Alvarez and her children about her life and recorded when she performed her music in a debut concert (on her 91st birthday) at Hollywood’s Avalon Theater, an event Garcia both played in the band and hosted.

The film is now in postproduction.

“As a fanatical student of Cuban music it’s easy to recognize when you see someone that’s special, not only musically, but lyrically,” he said. “Angela Alvarez is a real discovery. I’m

honored to be a part of it — to be asked to lend my support.”

Previous Exclusive, June 7 Pm: A featured documentary is on its way about Angela Alvarez,...