{"id":32135,"date":"2023-05-18T08:47:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T08:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vca.gov.mt\/?post_type=etn&#038;p=32135"},"modified":"2023-06-26T07:11:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T07:11:36","slug":"32135-2","status":"publish","type":"etn","link":"https:\/\/vca.gov.mt\/en\/events\/32135-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoskuban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For a few hours, a concealed corner of Valletta is set to get a taste of Cuba thanks to a much-anticipated performance by HosKuban at the Mae West in Strait Street on Wednesday the 14<sup>th<\/sup> of June at 8:30pm.<\/p>\n<p>This outdoor performance will be held in what is undoubtedly one of Valletta\u2019s best kept secrets: the magnificent courtyard of the Mae West bar in the section of Strait street better known as The Gut.\u00a0 The venue, which can hold an audience of some 300 people, will be hosting HosKuban\u2019s second ever performance, having blown audiences away at their debut show during 2022\u2019s Notte Bianca with their blend of Afro-Cuban rythyms, Mambo, Salsa and Jazz.\u00a0 The members of HosKuban are all seasoned and veteran Jazz musicians with a penchant for the \u2018Cuban Sound\u2019 (the modified Maltese translation becoming HosKuban).\u00a0 These include Adrian Galea Lucas on Congas and percussion, Adrian \u2018Ir-Russu\u2019 Brincat on Trumpet, Warren Galea on guitars, Emanuel Pulis on drums, Gregory Camilleri on piano, Walter Vella on saxophone and flute, Anthony \u2018Il-Fesu\u2019 Saliba on bass and Joseph Camilleri Jnr. \u2018Il-Bibi\u2019 on percussion.\u00a0 Those attending the event will be regaled with an entire set list suffused with the best of Cuban\/Jazz music, including standards such as Manteca (Dizzy Gillespie &amp; Chano Pozo Gonzalez), Mambo Inn (Mario Bauza\u2019,Grace Sampson, Bobby Woodlen), Caravan (Juan Tizol &amp; Duke Ellington), as well as Chucho Valdez\u2019s Mambo Influenciado, amongst many others.\u00a0 Needless to say, bringing one\u2019s dancing shoes to the event is practically mandatory.<\/p>\n<p>Entrance to is free of charge.\u00a0 This event is an initiative within the Valletta Cultural Agency\u2019s Strada Stretta programme.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mO5xf2w5J8Q\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a few hours, a concealed corner of Valletta is set to get a taste of Cuba thanks to a much-anticipated performance by HosKuban.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32136,"parent":0,"template":"","etn_category":[463,18],"etn_tags":[138,119,121,84,19],"class_list":["post-32135","etn","type-etn","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","etn_category-music","etn_category-nightlife","etn_tags-liveband","etn_tags-livemusic","etn_tags-liveperformance","etn_tags-music","etn_tags-nightlife"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - 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