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Eme Alfonso
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- artist:EME ALFONSO
- featured artist:EME ALFONSO
- release year:2013
- style(s):Latin, Soul
- country:Cuba
- formats:CD (Compact Disc)
- record posted by:One World
- label:MEME records
- publisher:MEME records
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When she was 23, her solo debut “Señales” ("Signs") won the Cubadisco award for best Cuban fusion album.
“Eme”, Alfonsos second album “Eme”, was awarded for Cubadisco best Pop-Fusion album 2013.
“Buscando inspiración” was awarded for Lucas best Cuban music video of the year.
In her new album, Eme shows an innovative genre by mixing the Cuban and Latin music with Soul and Jazz. The artist recreates in “Eme” the Golden Age of Cuban music from the 50 ́s. According to NPR, “the album's compositions hinge on [Eme] Alfonso's warm and moving vocals”.
Cuban singer and composer , Eme Alfonso, graduated in Piano and Choral Conducting at the National Arts School of Cuba. She recorded for the first time in an album when she was 7, together with Silvio Rodríguez.
She started her professional career when she was 14, with the Afro-Cuban rock band Síntesis, from which she has been singer and composer, and with which she was nominated for Latin Grammy 2002. With Síntesis she travelled America and Europe for 10 years, performing at international festivals such as Rock in Rio in Brazil, Jazz à Vienne in Austria and Nice Jazz Festival in France.
Eme started her solo career in 2006 and collaborated with renown artists such as Fito Páez, Chucho Valdés, Omara Portuondo and Florence K. She sang for one million people at Juanes ́ Peace Concert in Havana, 2009.