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Alex Cuba: reviews

Cuba From Canada at the Dakota
Britt Robson | Published Mon, Apr 6 2009

“the kind of under-the-radar booking that gives you the chance at a memorable, lightning-in-a-bottle evening of music”
– Britt Robson, Minn Post

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“Alex Cuba provides thrilling, diverse show”
There’s no telling where and how Cuban music will go when it’s unleashed, to judge by guitarist and songwriter Alex Cuba’s concert… Roaring with rock guitar licks, underpinned by a lacy and oblique but steely Cuban rhythmic structure, Alex Cuba’s music supplied proverbial tropical heat in thrillingly unexpected ways.
– Miami Herald. Feb 8, 09

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The Gibson-Toting, Afro-Sporting, Bellbottom-Wearing New Voice of Cuba: The Unexpected and Soulful Essence of Alex Cuba

“… a soulful voice that takes cues not only from the powerful musical heritage of his homeland, but from Michael Jackson, Ray Charles, and—if you count the vintage Gibson guitar—Elvis Presley.”
- rockpaperscissors.biz

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