Hi amigos!
I thought you may like to listen to some songs from our upcoming album.
Traditional Spanish tunes:
And then a song I wrote, this time with a guy who's a rock and roll legend in Spain.
Hi amigos!
I thought you may like to listen to some songs from our upcoming album.
Traditional Spanish tunes:
And then a song I wrote, this time with a guy who's a rock and roll legend in Spain.
Los Hermanos Cubero
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Cubero's Facebook
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@hermanos_cubero
@robertocubero_
Wow! These are wonderful.
Very nice. Thanks for sharing.
What a fine selection. Beautiful music and so beautifully played. Your mix of instruments is so enjoyable too.
I love the artwork too!
I'm playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order. - Eric Morecambe
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I also really loved watching the shirt painting. What talent ! You could have stopped at an infinite number of places and still had a great painting. How do you ever decide when you're done ?
No matter where I go, there I am...Unless I'm running a little late.
Awesome!
Especially "Problemas!"
Chris Cravens
Girouard A5
Montana Flatiron A-Jr.
Passernig Mandola
Leo Posch D-18
Thanks so much, Roberto. I enjoyed both the music and the videos.
Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
New video with flamenco star Rocío Márquez
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This makes me wish I understood Spanish so that I could know the story in the song. Nice music and very intriguing video production.
Beautiful music. Two thumbs up!
I don't understand Spanish either, but I set the YouTube closed-captions/subtitles to "on" (it's still in Spanish though) and then I typed those words into Google Translate to get some sort of idea of the general vibe of the song.
I'm assuming I can't post the whole thing because the lyrics are probably copyrighted material, and besides, Google Translate is notoriously difficult to make sense of. But below is a snippet. Sorry I don't know how to make the accent-marks over the letters, so it's just plain letters in the Spanish part. YouTube captions make it difficult to know where sentences stop and start so this may be pretty vague.
Youtube CC: "alumbrar abre la puerta y empiezan tan poco importa presente todo principio en vez de un final"
Google Translate: "lighting opens the door and they begin so little matters present every beginning instead of an end"
Last line seems to be:
Youtube CC: "pero voy a aprender a sonreir otra vez"
Google Translate: "but I will learn to smile again"
So that kinda matches what Youtube commenters said (again utilizing Google Translate, so might not be accurate), about new beginnings and such.
Anyway, super nice music!
I liked watching them all but I really enjoyed watching the first two. Fascinating. And of course the audio is wonderful.
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Hi. Thanks for your interest!!
Here's the lyrics in Spanish:
¿Es un final
o es un principio?
¿Cómo sabrás
si en el precipicio
acaba la tierra o empieza el mar?
¿Es un principio o es un final?
Cruza el umbral
abre la puerta
y empieza a andar
poco importa
salir o entrar, no mires atrás
Todo principio empezó de un final
Algo de mi se queda atrás
Me llevaré lo que pueda recordar
La cicatriz
es piel nueva
Que empieza a sentir
Y aunque duela
Tiene ese matiz del provenir
Lo que recuerda y lo que hay por vivir
Algo de mi se queda atrás
Me llevaré lo que pueda recordar
No sé dónde voy ni qué encontraré
pero voy a aprender a sonreír otra vez
And a translation ¨(I hope it's good enough!):
Is it an ending
or is it a beginning?
How would you know
if on the cliff
the land ends or the sea begins?
Is it a beginning or is it an ending?
Cross the threshold
open the door
and start walking
does not matter
go out or come in, don't look back.
Every beginning started from an ending.
Some of me is left behind
I'll take with me what I can remember
The scar
is a new skin
That is starting to feel
And even if it hurts
It has that nuance of the future
What it reminds and what there is to live yet.
Some of me is left behind
I'll take with me what I can remember
I don't know where I'm going or what I'll find
but i will learn to smile again.
Thanks for the translation. That's some poetry!
Hey Roberto!! Beautiful songs, as always! By the way, I have tickets for your gig on the 1rst of May in Barcelona, third row!!
And it'll be the first concert I'll be attending since Covid started a year ago, so I'm extra-excited!!!
I'll see you there, take care!
Isaac
Prucha F5 2015
Martin Style B 1920
Weber F4 Bitterroot Octave 2013
Eastwood Mandostang Sunburst 2020
Isaac!! Guay! Allí nos vemos!
I’m so glad that you posted this, Roberto. These songs really brighten my day. Your music is new to my ears and I will certainly look for more of it.
Mil gracias.
A couple years in, now, and still learning!
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Eastman MDO-305 Octave Mandolin
Kentucky KM-272
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Hey Roberto, I have just discovered this thread and I really like your very tasteful, understated accompaniment on mandolin. You make every note count and support the song nicely. I am new to Spanish music and I am enjoying what I hear.
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