Go to Cuba. Step off the plane. Do not go to La Habana, Matanzas or Santiago de Cuba, the places many know as centers of Cuban music. Instead, take a deep breath through both nostrils and your olfactory system, if in good working order, will inevitably take you to a laid-back provincial city surrounded by millions and millions of tobacco plants that is home to 700,000 people who aren't afraid of very fast balls coming at them in wickedly curving life-threatening trajectories. So where are you? Pinar del Rio, source of the famous Cuban cigar and purveyor of baseball stars to the Major League. AND MUSIC.

Alula Records proudly presents this beautiful collection of songs for all Cuban music lovers and cigar aficionados. Pinar del Rio cradles over 100 musicians who present the rich musical traditions of the whole province. You will hear bolero, guaracha, son, punto and danzón; vocal and instrumental soloists; trios, quintets and orchestras…truly an album to delight the ears as well as the feet. This album's rootsy flair reflects Cuba's direct deeper link to Africa and Spain.