Artist:Raul Paz
Song:Mulata
Album:Putumayo Presents Nuevo Latino
Raul Paz is a Cuban singer songwriter who is supposed to be revolutionizing modern Cuban music. That's probably overstated but he has had success in Europe. He was born in 1969 in Pinar del Rio in west Cuba. He grew up listening to guajira and studied at Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana. Then he started listening to rock music on American radio. The music was banned in Cuba at the time. Paz left Cuba in 1993 and studied at the Schola Cantorum in Paris. He got married and started a family. Paris has always been a musical melting pot. Paz hung out in the local Latino music scene. He was spotted by RMM Records owner Ralph Mercado and Paz made inroads in Latin music over the next couple of years. He moved back to Paris and signed with Naive Records. Mulata was his first album and single in 2003. Mulata is a mix of different styles of music. It became popular with the Lounge Music crowd. The album is available as a digital download. I recommend this Putumayo various artist sampler. Paz appeared in the 2012 PBS documentary Havana, Havana. It looks like Paz has returned to Cuba. He last recorded for the Cuban label Bis in 2018. Here's the video for Mulata by Raul Paz.
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