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    "Vivencias en Clave Cubana" is the debut solo album of Cuban cuatro master Kiki Valera, a member of the Familia Valera Miranda, a century-old group and one of the most important purveyors of the Son Cubano. While completely dedicated to the performance of traditional Cuban music, Valera was exposed to Pat Metheny, Wes Montgomery and Chick Corea through cassette tapes while in school and those jazz inspirations elevate the quality of his cuatro solos in subtle and beautiful ways. Joined here by childhood friend, renowned Cuban vocalist Coco Freeman, Valera and his exciting ensemble pair 12 original songs with beautiful instrumental work in ways that will make you dance, laugh, and possibly shed a tear. Cuba's traditional music has a history of constant evolution from its very beginnings. With "Vivencias en Clave Cubana," Kiki Valera continues in that spirit.

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El Sinsonte is the story of a mockingbird that freely came to visit Kiki’s family. In the lyrics, it sings of a broken heart.

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Un sinsonte, de claro cantar
El mi patio. vino a posar
Con su canto, me quiso contar
De una herida, que lo hace llorar
Con su trino, me vino a mostrar
Su alitas, vacías de amor

Una gran desilusión
Que en el monte tuve yo
Un amor que me dejo
Por las alas de otro amor
Y mi canto enmudeció,
Como la muerte

No quiero ya volver a mi monte ni a mi nidito
No quiero ver el arroyo fresco que nos bañaba
No quiero alzar mi cantar ya mas en los algarrobos
Vengo a tu jaula para encerrar este desconsuelo
Y ver los días matar de a poco mis ilusiones
Vengo a tu jaula para morir con mis desazones
Y así encerrar el dolor inmenso de mis pasiones

No quiero ya volver a mi monte ni a mi nidito
No quiero ver el arroyo fresco que nos bañaba
No quiero alzar mi cantar ya mas en los algarrobos
Vengo a tu jaula para encerrar este desconsuelo
Y ver los días matar de a poco mis ilusiones
Vengo a tu jaula para morir con mis desazones
Y así encerrar el dolor inmenso de mis pasiones

Coro:
La decepción es como un puñal
Se clava en tu pecho y te puede matar

La decepción es como un veneno
Es como un frio puñal

Coro:

Porque se clava en tu pecho
Porque te puede matar, si señor

For our listeners who don't speak Spanish, we offer this English-language guide to our lyrics. It is not a word for word translation (that never works well in any language), and you won't be able to sing along in English, but we hope that it will help you better understand our songs.

EL SINSONTE (The Mockingbird)

A mockingbird, singing clearly
Alighted in my garden
With his song, he wanted to tell me
Of a wound, which makes him cry
With his trill, he came to show me
His wings, empty of love:
A great heartbreak
That I had in the forest
A love that left me
For the wings of another
And my song fell silent,
Like death
I don't want to go back to my forest or my nest
I don't want to see the cool stream that we bathed in
I don't want to sing in the carob trees anymore
I come to your cage to enclose this grief
And watch the days slowly kill my dreams
I come to your cage to die with my anguish
And thus end the immense pain of my passions
I don't want to go back to my forest or my nest
I don't want to see the cool stream that bathed us
I don't want to lift my singing anymore in the carob trees
I come to your cage to enclose this grief
And watch the days slowly kill off my illusions
I come to your cage to die with my anguish
And thus enclose the immense pain of my passions

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from Vivencias en Clave Cubana, released October 18, 2019
Composed by Francisco J Freeman (BMI) & Kiki Valera (ASCAP) / arranged by Kiki Valera (ASCAP)

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Kiki Valera Seattle, Washington

Kiki Valera es el hijo mayor del famoso septeto La Familia Valera Miranda, un grupo multi-generacional tradicional de Santiago de Cuba. Multi-instrumentista, compositor, arreglista, ingeniero de sonido y productor, Kiki es mejor conocido como uno de los grandes tocadores de cuatro cubano, una guitarra con 4 pares de cuerdas. ... more

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