Alana Harper
Production Assistant Alana Harper joined Studio 360 in 2011. A writer and longtime public radio listener, Alana first developed an interest in radio while earning a master’s degree in arts journalism at Syracuse University. She ...
Gig Alerts: The Cuban Cowboys
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
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Gig Alerts
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The Cuban Cowboys
"The Devil's Dance"
Playing at: Maxwell's (1039 Washington St., Hoboken)
Get: Tickets ($8 at door) | Directions
If Tom Waits got down with the Buena Vista Social Club, the resulting sound would be the Latin surf rock of Brooklyn's Cuban Cowboys. "The Devil's Dance" opens predictably enough, with lead singer and guitarist Jorge Navarro (a.k.a. Hialeah Jorge) providing dramatic vocals that range from somber to wild. Then, with a musical wink, the band borrows the guitar line from Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" and the opening lyrics of the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil" to transition to an infectious Havana style breakdown.
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