A VIOLIN FOR OCHUN WITH REGGAETON! By Johnny Frías

Johnny Frías
Wed, 02 Nov 2016 01:00:35 +0000
Religion, Afro Cuba, Miami, music, religion

I had just arrived at Alain’s house to play a tambor-a ceremony featuring batá drums in the Regla de Ocha religion-when I saw him helping another man carry some sound equipment, including speakers and a keyboard case, to the back door. Alain Fernández, who is my padrino in Añá (i.e. he initiated me as a …