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Masters of Hawaiian Music
September 30thMasters of Hawaiian Music - SOLD OUT!
October 1stDonation to support the Maui Strong Fund
October 1stJosh Ritter & The Royal City Band
October 2ndMac Sabbath
October 7thJD Simo
October 18thBonnie "Prince" Billy - SOLD OUT!
October 20thSona Jobarteh
October 20thBad Bad Hats
October 21stOmara Portuondo (from Buena Vista Social Club)
October 22ndSharkk Heartt and Jillian Bessett
October 24thTurkmen Days 2
October 24thSharkk Heartt and Jillian Bessett
October 25thRudy Boy
November 1stJoe P
November 1stKaran Casey
November 1stKaran Casey
November 2ndLisa Loeb
November 3rdLisa Loeb
November 4thNoche De Risa: Laughter is the Best Medicine
November 9thHenry Rollins - SOLD OUT!
November 10thCrane Festival
November 11thPeter Case
November 11thPeter Case
November 12thPamyua
November 12thLa Dame Blanche & BCUC
November 15thMatt Andersen - SOLD OUT!
November 16thLa Dame Blanche & BCUC
November 17thLa Dame Blanche & BCUC
November 18thRyan Adams - Cancelled
November 22ndRudy Boy
November 29thWendy Rule
December 5thWendy Rule
December 16thA Winter's Evening with Ryanhood
December 16thA Winter's Evening with Ryanhood
December 17thAlash
January 17thAlasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas
March 15thOmara Portuondo (from Buena Vista Social Club)
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Tickets cost $45, $55 and $65 (plus applicable service charges). They are also available from the Lensic Box Office (505-988-1234).
Omara Portuondo is the grand dame of Cuban music. While her early recordings made her a star in Cuba, her participation in the 1996 album and video documentary, The Buena Vista Social Club, brought her to international attention. Her solo album, The Buena Vista Social Club Presents Omara Portuondo, released in 2000, reinforced her status as one of Cuba's greatest musical ambassadors.
Omara started her professional career at the Cabaret Tropicana in Havana in 1930, and began her international career backing Nat King Cole in the 1950's. From 1950 through the late 1960s, she was Cuba's top performer of songs in the filin style (the word is taken from the English word feeling, and describes music inspired by the performances of Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme, and Glenn Miller, among others). At the height of her popularity, Portuondo sang with a number of different groups across Cuba.
In 1997, at the age of 67, Omara became The Diva of Buena Vista Social Club, crowning her fame after half a century of a huge national and international solo career. Omara won her first Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Tropical Album along with a Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009. She received three Grammy Award nominations in 2019, and in 2021, Omara was awarded with the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts by the Spanish Ministry of Culture and Sports, in a ceremony presided over by the King and Queen of Spain, and then she won the prestigious Songlines Pioneer Award for her life long contribution to Cuban music and culture.
With the album Vida ("Life"), Omara fulfills the request her mother made to her before she died: to bring music to the world. It is a tribute to her existence, and, in part, she intends to return the affection that her fans have for her wherever she goes.