 “¡Vamos a la Playa!” (“Let’s go to the beach!”), one of Harry’s catchphrases on a Tigers gig. We all love an instant Latin coffee roast! ☕️🥁 Throwback to last summer... We were young and carefree. Passing through the days together in eternal ecstasy. Drinking, dancing, spending our money, and taking every liberty. “Let us meet. Let us repeat. Come down to the beach…” Recalling what you said to me on the phone, listening to the radio, sipping a Frappuccino, and driving down the freeway onto the coast, with the sun beating the tarmac into a toast. “Come on down for the summer fun, I have a little wooden cabin to play out all day long. Come on down to the water’s cool and we’ll be swimming with the fishes and dolphins in the blue.” 🐟🐠🐬 Woke up in a daze of hangover. Triggered by intoxicating liquor. Last night was a hot one. This morning, my body weighs a tonne. My head is banging and I’m lying low in the sun. 🍸🍹😵💫🥵😩😵😎 Darling, come back to me. Let’s make memories by the sea! 🥰 And jump into the water! 💦 And let us party harder! 🎉 Making a splash on #27thMarch - 2 weeks away, #verano is in our reach. Come on down… to the beach. 😘 ☀️🌊👙🏝🏖⛱🩳🩱🐚 Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/redandblackmusic/snippet-05-come-on-down
 ¡Pasando… por… Calle Verano, así! ⚾️🏘 Around the corner from where we are, “Summer Road” is a neighbourhood in the south of the city, where dreamers and lovers live. I like visiting every now and then to see who is there and what is happening. Each visit generates new memories (even though the buildings are old). I can’t think of anywhere else so friendly and familiar. It’s true that home is where the heart is. Wherever I go, I always have a reason to return. Whenever I feel down, I make my way there. It feeds my soul. It lifts my spirits. The vintage cars under the palm trees... The classical façades of crumbling stone... 🚙🚗🌴🏛 I’ll go there today… I’ll go there tomorrow…I’ll go there by night next week… I’ll continue going there until the end of my days… Originally penned in Isis Avenue, Bicester, and named after Verney Road, Stonehouse. This new songo adaptation takes its cue from the vivid blue of the baseball stadium in Calzada Del Cerro, Havana. 🧢 The timeless elegance of @lillielina_penya 🌸, who brings her own element of class and sophistication to Diáspora. Her interlocking conga weaves are the magic ingredient that makes our music groove and swing from side to side. In addition to being a force of nature on several instruments, she is also a fabulous vocalist, and you can hear her harmonies underpinning many of the lines throughout the album. 🖤 Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/redandblackmusic/snippet-04-calle-verano No need to go anywhere… “Verano” comes around on #27thMarch !
Dare to be in red 😍 Devilishly handsome 'Cause the demon inside me Demands to be set free  Los cuatro elementos / The four elements 🔥💧🌻🌪 @tonyrubet @danigallini @rea_qunta @roryduffy27 Fire songs 🔥 Escalera Al Infierno “Te quemarias bajando la escalera infierno” (“You will get burned descending the stairway to inferno”) “La lava está ardiendo en el horno caliente del mundo” (“Lava is burning in the hot oven of the world”) Original Rebel “I’ll dance until the ember” No Vuelvas Nunca Más “Estaba en punto de explodar” (“I was at the point of exploding”) Water songs💧 Santo Mío “Bañame en amor” (“Bathe me in love”) “Dame agua” (“Give me water”) Come On Down “Jump into the water” “The water is in our reach” “Splash!” Summer Luxury “I felt a fool in my bikini next to the swimming pool” “The rain it may fall” “The ocean will rise” Earth songs 🌻 Calle Verano “Las fachadas clásicas de piedra desmoronadas” (“The classical façades of crumbling stone”) Mística “Había una vez, en una tierra lejana” (“Once upon a time, in a faraway land” A Guataca “Cuando siento la tierra entre de mis dedos” (“When I feel the earth between my toes”) “Descarga tierra con mí son” (“Unload the earth with my song”) Air songs 🌪 Like A Bird “Fly high in the sky” Mañana [It’s all in the mind…] Castillo En El Aire [self explanatory] Diáspora #verano Unleashing 27th March on all major music stores.  Birds and trees! Summer luxuries! 🦜🌴🦜🌴🦜🌴🦜🌴🦜🌴🦜🌴🦜🌴 “Abro mis alas, y muestro mis garas.” I spread my wings, and I flash my claws. Diáspora’s new album is out on the 27th. 🎷🎤🎸🎤🪘🎤🎺 Haven’t you heard? 🦎🐛 Live like a bird… 🐦🐤 @roryduffy27 @rea_qunta @wamcgee @danigallini @tonyrubet @drummerharry @joe.fenning   I always felt for Oliver’s sweet red rose seller in “Who Will Buy?” because although she made the effort to get out of bed before anyone else, she was all too soon overcome by an onslaught of other traders. She didn’t stand a chance. I began to think about her backstory… "Mañana" is a song about Depression. It stages a fictional dialogue between the woman and a man (a carer or close friend). Our flower merchant been driven to delusion by the opportunities and promises - a bicycle, a boyfriend, and a baby - that life repeatedly wafts in front of her, and subsequently withdraws, because she is too ‘slow’ (this is why she wakes up early in the morning - to get a head start on the rest of the world). The man voices the laissez-faire (“let it go”) sentiments of those around her, shutting her down, and gaslighting her into thinking that these offers and withdrawals were merely figs of her imagination. The fools in the background enact the ephemeral phantoms, jokers and flag wavers who conglomerate around to heckle and jeer at her imminent disillusionment. 👻🚩 In the end, she wonders where all the people have gone, and finds herself alone in the waiting room, forced to confront her solitude. The worst shock she must endure is the possibility that the voices in her head are not ghosts; they are projections of her inner turmoil. Ultimately, “Mañana” highlights the paralysing sense of abandonment one can feel, when stuck inside one’s own head, unable to articulate oneself, let alone trust… “Mañana” / “Madrugada” (“morning” / “night”) = while the rest of the world continues; for some, being a prisoner of the mind can be a perpetual, daily, nightly, reality… 🌹🥀 And here is the voice behind the song, our amazing chica Latina, Daniela! 💙 Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/redandblackmusic/snippet-03-manana Rise and shine to “Verano” on all major music stores 27th March. 🐓🌅
Rea plays the part of a medium/interpreter, who calms and soothes our restless warrior. She prays for his saint to end the war, settle the score, and ensure liberty is in store. “Give me life. Give me blessings. Bring me sunshine.” And here is our spirited Tony, to invoke Verano’s opening number! ❤️ Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/redandblackmusic/snippet-01-santo-mio
 
Wonderful in white 😇 Innocent in moonlight 'Cause I'm an angel in disguise Fallen from paradise Follow me…🎶 into a world of existence 🦜 So happy to announce that the next album with Diáspora, “Verano”, will be released into the wild on Wednesday 27th March (uk charts)! 💿😎 Diáspora is a 12-piece band bringing you a one-way ticket to the music of the Americas. Its 12-piece lineup lends itself to an expansive big band sound and combines sensuous vocals, sophisticated horn lines and explosive percussion solos. 🎤🎤🎤🎷🎹🎸🥁🥁🪘🎷🎺🎺🎺 Follow me 🦜for updates: http://www.rorymusic.co.uk/blog/category/diaspora-verano https://www.facebook.com/diasporamusic https://www.facebook.com/roryduffy27 https://www.instagram.com/roryduffy27 https://www.twitter.com/diasporamusic  
Merry Christmas! As a present to you all, I’ve made Supersalsanova (2019) free to listen on SoundCloud. Boom Boom! https://soundcloud.com/roryduffymusic/sets/supersalsanova I had a lot of fun in my 20s writing and arranging these Latin-Brazilian mashups and I have included the lyrics so you can sing along. May the stars shine brightly on you this festive season!    Salseros⭐️ Looking for someone to mix (and potentially master) a Cuban salsa album. Open to suggestions / recommendations. ¡Gracias!  URGENT: professional salsa dancing couple needed for paid gig in London Next Tuesday afternoon. Please DM me or e-mail [email protected] 💃🕺if you are interested / available. 
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