The Exclusive and Intimate Concert Series is presented by 7UP®, With Official Sponsors Kellogg's, Lincoln Motor Company and McDonald's
WHO: Six-time GRAMMY® and four-time Latin GRAMMY®-winning singer/songwriter and actor Ruben Blades, with special guest world-renowned pianist Arthur Hanlon to perform. Key members of the music industry and cultural community will be in attendance.
WHAT: The Latin GRAMMY Acoustic Sessions, nationally recognized as the only Latin music concert series, gives guests an up-close and personal experience with one of today's most talented Latin musicians. The invite only events will take place throughout top U.S. Hispanic markets with various artists.
WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013
7:30 p.m. ET Media Check-In
9:45 p.m. ET Concert
INFO: Hailed as one of the most influential salsa singers of all time, Panamanian music icon Ruben Blades has entertained the musical Latin world for more than five decades. In his latest album Eba Say Aja, he is accompanied by Puerto Rican singer Cheo Feliciano, the record is a rare split recording where the salsa singers cover one other's music.
Considered to be the best known instrumentalist in the Latin music realm, Arthur Hanlon recently released his new single "I'll Be There (Allí Estaré)" with Dominican rising star Karlos Rose. With five studio albums, Hanlon is the only pianist to hit Billboard's Latin charts in the last decade.
The 14th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards will be broadcast live on the Univision Network from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on Nov. 21 (8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central). For more information, please visit www.latingrammy.com.
The Latin Recording Academy is an international, membership-based organization comprised of Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking recording artists, musicians, songwriters, producers and other creative and technical recording professionals. The organization is dedicated to improving the quality of life and cultural condition for Latin music and its makers. In addition to producing the Latin GRAMMY Awards to honor excellence in the recorded arts and sciences, The Latin Recording Academy provides educational and outreach programs for the Latin music community. For more information about The Latin Recording Academy, please visit LatinGRAMMY.com. For breaking news and exclusive content, follow @LatinGRAMMYs on Twitter, like "Latin GRAMMYs" on Facebook , and join the Latin GRAMMYs' social communities on Foursquare, Google+, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, and YouTube.
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Media Contact:
Louis Vázquez/The Recording Academy/310.392.3777/louis.vazquez@grammy.com
Omer Pardillo-Cid/Eventus/305.668.4343/opardillo@eventuslive.com