X Alfonso - Real World

If a singer or musician records in Cuba, he/she isn't necessarily providing salsa and Afro-Cuban music. Cuba is best known for the music that came to be termed salsa (a convenient umbrella term for everything from son and cha-cha to mambo, danzón, and guaguanco), but it also has its share of Latin popsters -- one of whom is X Alfonso. After making a name for himself in Cuba with the band Síntesis, the singer launched a solo career with Real World, which was recorded in Havana in October 1999. Read More