Podcasts about havana time machine

Today on INSIGHTS we'll hear from Raul Malo, founding member of The Mavericks, the GRAMMY Award-winning band behind albums like Music For All Occasions, Mono, and most recently En Español, the band's first completely Spanish language album. Raul Malo stopped by to chat with Amy Wright about his life as a first-generation Cuban American, growing up playing in garage bands and dreaming of being a Rolling Stone, his work on the music documentary Havana Time Machine, and much more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Every musician sacrifices something to do what they do. For most, it's money. I mean, unless you're already a huge star, the chances of making money in this industry is slim to none. But few artists have sacrificed quite as much as Lisset Diaz and her rock-and-roll band, the Sweet Lizzy Projec (https://www.sweetlizzyproject.com/)t. Lisset and her bandmates emigrated to Nashville from Havana, Cuba, in 2017. So even before the pandemic, going back home was no easy task. They came here to make a new album after being featured in a PBS special called “Havana Time Machine.” Recording Technicolor took longer than expected, and the band waited for the perfect time to release it—February 2020. We all know what happened next. On this episode of For Songs, Lisset discusses three songs from Technicolor—“Turn Up the Radio,” “Tu Libertad,” and “December 31”—and the band's newest single, “Sticky Situations.” She discusses the sacrifices it took to get here, the differences of recording in the US and Cuba, and the frustration of not being able to tour in support of their new album. Lisset also talks about the band's new EP, a collection of Christmas songs, released in late November 2020. So settle in and turn up the radio!

Sweet Lizzy Project, a Cuban rock band who is now based in Nashville. The band was one of the top bands in its native Havana when Raul Malo, front man for The Mavericks, met them in 2017 while filming a PBS show called Havana Time Machine. Raul and his wife Betty, both Cuban Americans, fell in love with the band but could see the glass ceiling for them in their country. They sponsored the band for U.S. work visas, signed them to The Mavericks’ indie label, Mono Mundo Recordings and moved them to Nashville.The band leaders are vocalist and lyricist Lisset Diaz, whose unmistakable and expressive voice may bring to mind Kate Bush, Natalie Merchant or Paramore’s Hayley Williams. Her co-writer and co-band leader Miguel Comas is one of Cuba’s most respected record producer and rock guitarists. The U.S. debut album Technicolor will be released on 2/21/20 via MonoMundo/Thirty Tigers.CommentaryI found the answer to my question in a unusual place - a movie called "Hannah Montana The Movie". My question was, who am I? Along the way I lost who I was, what inspired me, what drove me to be the person I am and I had no way of knowing how to get that back. Many people fall into the same situation, especially creative individuals because many of them if not most put their entire selves into their work and along the way they can forget who they are. This can cause serious situations where they lose inspiration, lack focus, and confidence. I explain how that movie gave me the answer I was searching for and even more, how that answer can help you.

Sweet Lizzy Project, a Cuban rock band who is now based in Nashville. The band was one of the top bands in its native Havana when Raul Malo, front man for The Mavericks, met them in 2017 while filming a PBS show called Havana Time Machine. Raul and his wife Betty, both Cuban Americans, fell in love with the band but could see the glass ceiling for them in their country. They sponsored the band for U.S. work visas, signed them to The Mavericks’ indie label, Mono Mundo Recordings and moved them to Nashville. The band leaders are vocalist and lyricist Lisset Diaz, whose unmistakable and expressive voice may bring to mind Kate Bush, Natalie Merchant or Paramore’s Hayley Williams. Her co-writer and co-band leader Miguel Comas is one of Cuba’s most respected record producer and rock guitarists. The U.S. debut album Technicolor will be released on 2/21/20 via MonoMundo/Thirty Tigers. Commentary I found the answer to my question in a unusual place - a movie called "Hannah Montana The Movie". My question was, who am I? Along the way I lost who I was, what inspired me, what drove me to be the person I am and I had no way of knowing how to get that back. Many people fall into the same situation, especially creative individuals because many of them if not most put their entire selves into their work and along the way they can forget who they are. This can cause serious situations where they lose inspiration, lack focus, and confidence. I explain how that movie gave me the answer I was searching for and even more, how that answer can help you.

Sweet Lizzy Project, a Cuban rock band who is now based in Nashville. The band was one of the top bands in its native Havana when Raul Malo, front man for The Mavericks, met them in 2017 while filming a PBS show called Havana Time Machine. Raul and his wife Betty, both Cuban Americans, fell in love with the band but could see the glass ceiling for them in their country. They sponsored the band for U.S. work visas, signed them to The Mavericks’ indie label, Mono Mundo Recordings and moved them to Nashville.The band leaders are vocalist and lyricist Lisset Diaz, whose unmistakable and expressive voice may bring to mind Kate Bush, Natalie Merchant or Paramore’s Hayley Williams. Her co-writer and co-band leader Miguel Comas is one of Cuba’s most respected record producer and rock guitarists. The U.S. debut album Technicolor will be released on 2/21/20 via MonoMundo/Thirty Tigers.CommentaryI found the answer to my question in a unusual place - a movie called "Hannah Montana The Movie". My question was, who am I? Along the way I lost who I was, what inspired me, what drove me to be the person I am and I had no way of knowing how to get that back. Many people fall into the same situation, especially creative individuals because many of them if not most put their entire selves into their work and along the way they can forget who they are. This can cause serious situations where they lose inspiration, lack focus, and confidence. I explain how that movie gave me the answer I was searching for and even more, how that answer can help you.

Global Tennessee brings you a special Podcast featuring renowned photographer Ronald Modra, 25 years with “Sports Illustrated” and a whopping 70 “SI” covers! In our second segment we talk with Lisset Diaz, lead singer of the Sweet Lizzy Project, a band with its roots in Havana, Cuba that is now working hard to make it big in Music City in the process making some great sounds. LEGENDARY LENSMAN Mention any legendary athlete from the last four decades and there’s a likelihood that she or he has been at the other end of Ron Modra’s camera lens. Mickey Mantle, Muhammad Ali, Pete Rose, Brett Favre, Nolan Ryan, Martina Navratilova, Lawrence Taylor, Tom Brady, Cal Ripken, Joe Montana. World Series, Olympic Games. Portraits, action shots, coffee table books. Well you get it. Ron’s 25 years with SI put him front row with the world’s best. Then there’s his love of the Blues and his portraits of some of America’s finest musicians. But there’s more. Travel photography. We loved talking with Ron about the best of the best professional athletes and his great stories – like winding up in Gordie Howe’s home for Thanksgiving dinner – but our lane in the road is Ron’s international travel photography. Galapagos, Argentina, Cuba, China, Italy, Scotland, and many more. Special images of people and places – bringing the world to you in the magic of still photography. Join us in our conversation with photographer Ronald Modra, one of the people who make Nashville a special place, as we learn about capturing the world with a camera. Also learn about how you can join Ron and his colleague, Don Smith, on an upcoming photo excursion. “Fall in the Scottish Highland” next October can be your chance to experience the mystical landscapes and villages of the Isle of Skye, Isles of Harris and Lewis and the Glencoe area. Check Don Smith’s web site for details on this fabulous opportunity. http://www.ronaldcmodra.com http://www.donsmithphotography.com SWEET LIZZY PROJECT “Turn up the radio.” Indeed. In our conversation with Cuban native Lisset Diaz (aka Lizzy of the Sweet Lizzy Project) we learned the value of being in the right places at the right times. If making great music is only part of the formula for success in a tough business Sweet Lizzy Project is well on their way. Mix in their good fortune of being profiled in a PBS documentary “Havana Time Machine” along with the “Mavericks” from Nashville and lead singer Raul Malo. That connection led to an invitation to Nashville, an opportunity that was almost lost to Washington’s change in visa policy under the current White House. Fortunately Sweet Lizzy Project had performed for American diplomats in Cuba and managed to get their paperwork through just under the wire. Listen to this Global Tennessee Podcast to hear the rest of Lisset’s and the band’s story of making great music in Nashville, inside a Tennessee mountain cavern and in their travels around America – “a distinctive sound imbued with overtones of classic American indie pop-rock suffused with an intoxicating Latino flair.” We have several of Sweet Lizzy Project’s songs in our Podcast for your enjoyment. The Sweet Lizzy Project – official web site https://www.sweetlizzyproject.com The Sweet Lizzy Project perform in “Bluegrass Underground” inside the Caverns of the Cumberland Mountains https://youtu.be/IUsO-M7oEc8 “Havana Time Machine” http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/havana-time-machine-full-episode/7326/ (Paywall for NPT members) “Raul Malo explores music, Cuban heritage in 'Havana Time Machine'” https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/2017/10/04/raul-malo-havana-time-machine-documentary-pbs/724224001/

Scotty sits down with Grammy Award winner, Raul Malo, from The Mavericks to talk about his experience while performing and filming the PBS documentary, Havana Time Machine, in Havana Cuba.