Yilian Cañizares - Invocación (Deluxe Version) (2017) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Bringing a myriad of verve, elegance and exotic rhythms to the Swiss jazz scene is Havana-born Yilian Cañizares. Classically trained violinist, singer, songwriter, dancer, teacher - there are many feathers to her cap. With a highly acclaimed 2nd album, ‘Invocación’, recently released on Naïve Records, Yilian talks about the music that has shaped her and the important role that Switzerland has played in her musical evolution.

This is my most honest work to date, a real portrait of myself, my lived experiences and all that has shaped me. Above all it’s a homage to loved ones no longer here: my grandfather, family friends, slave ancestors, singers and poets who have taught me so much. Clearly it’s a very personal, heart-felt work with lots of different influences ranging from a Yoruba traditional prayer to Edith Piaf’s ‘Non, je ne regrette rien’. I hope people can feel the Cuban influence in my work, but also all the other important musical journeys that have helped me evolve. I feel a certain responsibility to represent the ‘new Cuba’, a country with a fragmented population struggling to open up to the world. I am so very Cuban, but for now my place is in Europe.

Tracklist:

01. Beroni Abebe Osun
02. Laïla
03. Donde Hay Amor
04. Mapucha
05. Lucero
06. Non je ne regrette rien
07. Toi mon amour
08. Invocación
09. Canción de Cuna para Dormir a un Negrito
10. Iya Mi
11. Iya Mi (Remix) [Bonus Track]
12. Beroni Abebe Osun (BLVK SAMURAI Remix)
13. Toi mon amour (BLVK SAMURAI Remix)



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