Alonso Brito, The kind of Music that gets under your skin!

Discover the Old Style Cuban Music of

Alonso Brito!

When I hear the music of Alonso Brito, I feel myself transported to an old cafe somewhere in Havana, with the smell of cigars in the air and the heat in the air assisting in the slow grind of Cuban couples dancing to the sultry rhythms. It is how i picture real Latin music to be.  You can feel in the song that their is Latin passion behind it.  You just can't fake emotion in songs like this.

"Alonso is like no other contemporary salsa singer – part Mick Jagger, part Caetano Veloso and part Desi Arnaz on acid" – Los Angeles Times

"In the 1950's America fell in love with the Mambo.  It's 2008 and we are already falling in love with Alonso Brito and his brand of Cuban music, he is really talented, extremely talented" -KPFK Radio

About Alonso Brito:

Born in La Habana, Cuba during the Golden Fifties, Alonso Brito had an idyllic childhood that ran parallel to Hollywood classics of that period. At the age of nine, he was living in Cuba when Fidel Castro's revolution arose. Political and civil unrest forced him to flee the country, never to return.  During a landmark historical period in American history, Alonso arrived in Miami, Florida in September 1960.

Thrust into early adulthood though being barely ten years old, Brito has been witness to events that have formed our country and left an indelible mark in his memory. The short-lived presidency of John F. Kennedy, The Birmingham Riots, The Cuban Missile Crisis, the civil rights movement and the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, manned space travel and the Vietnam War are moments in time that some of us lived while some of us only read about them in books—Alonso Brito has done both and uses it to not only give depth to the life he leads, but volume to the music he shares.

Those wonder years, as well as those of his pre-emmigration childhood are reflected throughout his music. Alonso, or “AB”, along with his dear friend Chris McClure have prepared a style of show that has not been seen since the 1950's. Nothing in the United States and few similar performers are comparable to the style, culture and substance of the music and performances that AB brought from Cuba to gift us. His journey, his convictions, his spirit and his music have become the epitome of what it is to be Cuban-American.

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Festival Del Sole:

Celebrated for its “high-end mix of musical, gastronomical and oenological offerings” (San Francisco Chronicle), this spectacular festival offers world-class musical concerts followed by five-star meals and the finest wines at some of the most stunning venues throughout the Napa Valley. The 10-day schedule also includes visual art exhibitions, free community concerts and family events.

"With the success of Festival del Sole's first two seasons, the Napa Valley is becoming a leading summer cultural destination," said Festival Co-Founder Rick Walker. “This year, audiences can look forward to more unique events that unite the world's best and most adventurous music with the visual, culinary and viticultural arts.” For more info about the Festival Del Sole, please visit their website.

At Mondavi Winery; Presented by Festival Del Sole

Robert Mondavi Winery

7801 Saint Helena HWY

Oakville, CA 94562

Phone: (888) 766-6328

Grammy-nominated Tiempo Libre is one of the hottest young Latin bands today. This Miami-based band has become well known for their imaginative and high voltage performances, delivering the hard-driving, seductive rhythms of "timba" – true modern heirs to the rich tradition of the music of their native Cuba. Tiempo Libre is committed to sharing the Latin musical heritage and reinvigorating traditional Cuban music with a youthful and modern sound.