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Has Hollywood lost touch with American values? CUBA'S ROBERTO GOMEZ HAD a single night free on his first trip to San Francisco, part of a short performance visit in his role as lead guitarist for singer- songwriter Carlos Varela, often referred to as “The Bob Dylan of Cuba,” and “The Poet of Havana.”Gomez might have chosen to head to any number of clubs, restaurants or other social gathering places in one of the most vibrant and culturally rich cities in the U. S. Instead, foremost on his mind immediately after the Varela concert performance was his search for a power cord to his laptop computer. Watch Old Wives For New Online Hulu. Is Hollywood out of touch with your America? Tell us > > “I just want to go back to my hotel,” Gomez said, “and watch all the music videos we cannot see at home.”It’s a common cry from Cuban musicians in particular, and artists in general. State- controlled media in the socialist country is heavily censored, and access to the Internet has only begun, leaving Cubans often feeling isolated from the cultural conversations going on in their culture- dominating neighbor to the north.

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Indeed, one of the most prized commodities among Cubans is “El Paquete” — The Package, typically a 5. American music, movies and television programs secreted into the country from the U. S. by relatives, friends or cunning entrepreneurs. Consider it a contemporary expression of the cultural grapevine that has long kept Cuban musicians apprised of what their peers elsewhere in the world are doing.

Cuba’s artists and musicians take pride in forging a cultural scene outside of the direct influence of Hollywood and the kind of hit- making pull that has led countries such as France to impose quotas on American movies and music. But there is still a strong desire for artists and musicians to interact with their counterparts in the U. S. and around the world. “I come from a generation of musicians that grew up with no access to the Internet whatsoever,” said trumpeter Yelfris Valdés, who left Cuba in 2. London, where he has played with various world- beat groups as well as his own Dub Afro Electric Jazz ensemble. Although when I started to learn about jazz music at school, I was fully aware of what was happening with the composers [and] arrangers from around the world.“Fellow musicians who were already traveling would feed to the rest of us what was going on in the industry,” Valdés said. Thanks to that information I received as a student, I am now producing a more complex type of music. The more styles of music I can have access to, the richer my own music becomes.”Which means, despite the stereotype created by the large number of pre- Cuban revolution American cars commonly found in Havana and other cities, Cuban music is hardly stuck in the 1.

Along with the traditional son and salsa music that thrives in clubs and theaters around the country, it’s possible these days to find Cuban hip- hop and R& B acts serving up their equivalent to the latest videos by American trend- setters such as Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé or Rihanna. But it’s a relatively recent development, and Cubans still don’t have ready access to the actual videos, much less live music, from Western pop stars. The Cuban government has a strict filter on media coming into the country. That is compounded by the political, economic and cultural embargo imposed by the U. S. on Cuba almost 6.

Fidel Castro’s history- shifting revolution on Jan. Easing of some elements of the embargo under President Obama’s administration has allowed great opportunity for Cuban musicians to visit the U. S. and perform here. Cuba and its music, for instance, will be the focal point internationally at the 2.

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. But many musicians and artists who have welcomed improved relations with the U. S. expressed uncertainty and concern about whether President- elect Donald Trump is more likely to continue opening travel and commerce opportunities or return to more restrictive policies. As the decades have rolled by, musicians, especially the younger generations, have often struggled to work with their American counterparts, to perform and promote their music to U. S. audiences and to be actively engaged with the most lucrative music market in the world.“Youth is characterized by the desire to explore and know,” said singer, guitarist, percussionist and educator Jesus Bello.

Most of the young musicians wish to work abroad not only to obtain better pay for their work, but for the exchange with other musicians.”The reverse is equally true: Americans and other musicians outside Cuba are frequently compelled to visit to learn more about the country’s music and musicians.“It’s a great, rich place of music— there are so many styles,” Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger said following his band’s first performance in Cuba in March, a free show that drew a massive crowd estimated at 5. I have no pretense of understanding where it’s all coming from. Music historians must love it, because there is so much richness in one fairly small place.”A major step toward bringing Cuban music to the outside world came in 1. American roots musicians Ry Cooder and British producer Nick Gold visited Havana.

They spearheaded the Buena Vista Social Club project, a recording and companion documentary (by German filmmaker Wim Wenders) that spotlighted a coterie of veteran Cuban musicians performing the infectious music that’s lived and breathed within the country, but was previously little exposed in the U. S.“There’s a world of music down there,” said singer- songwriter Jackson Browne, who recently led a contingent of international oceanographic scientists to Cuba to study the relatively pristine ocean around the island. During that trip, he arranged for them to be exposed to the music of Varela, for whom Browne has become something of a cheerleader in the U. S., along with other Varela admirers among the rock music community including Dave Matthews and Bonnie Raitt.“We’re isolated from Cuba, rather than Cuba being isolated from the world,” Browne told The Times recently. We are the ones that have isolated ourselves from this incredibly rich musical culture.

For all of the attempts at isolation, Cuban music has still had an incredible influence in the U. S. It’s influenced jazz, it’s influenced a lot of our music over the years.

But we don’t know the most contemporary stuff” because of the embargo. Bello agrees that the embargo has resulted in misconceptions and ignorance among Americans about the deep well of Cuban music.“Silence and isolation between our ways of life have made many [American] people imagine Cuba in a very different way than it is,” Bello said, a situation that increased travel opportunities has begun to change. I think it is very good for people to see the different ways and musical programs we have in Cuba, from the academies and the theaters to the most authentic manifestations that have been transmitted orally from generation to generation, such as peasant music, rumba and the tunes of African saints, changüí, nengón, parrandas, etc.”One of the more dramatic results of the recent easing of relations  is the April release of “Papa Hemingway in Cuba,” the first major Hollywood film to be shot in Cuba since before the revolution.

Fifth Harmony's Ally Brooke steals the show in new Work From Home music video. There's no shortage of showing off their assets. Watch Unspeakable Streaming.

Fifth Harmony released their Work From Home music video on Friday and there's plenty of revealing low- cut tops and booty- shaking. The song, which features Ty Dolla $ign, is the first track taken from the girl band's upcoming album 7/2. Scroll down for video Revealing: Ally Brooke steals the show with her cleavage in Fifth Harmony's new music video Work From Home that was released Friday. The five girls - Ally Brooke, Camila Cabello, Normani Hamilton, Dinah Jane Hansen and Lauren Jauregui - are seen parading around a home construction site in the video. Brooke steals the attention in a revealing denim jacket and push- up bra.'We don't nobody. I just need your body. Nothing but sheets in between us,' she sings as she flirts with a construction worker wearing a yellow hard hat.

Seductive: The singer wore a denim jacket and push up bra that revealed her ample chest. Girl band! Fifth Harmony is comprised of Ally Brooke, Camila Cabello, Normani Hamilton, Dinah Jane Hansen and Lauren Jauregui. The girl band finished third in the second season X Factor in 2. The new album title 7/2. The Work From Home music video opens with a shot of a concrete mix bag that reads: 'Fifth Harmony Work From Home Featuring Ty Dolla $ign by Director X.'Hard hats!

Camila shows her sassy side in a white hard hat as she leans on a shovel as a worker walks past. Getting dirty: The singer helps out as she uses a concrete mixer on set of a construction site. A buff construction worker in a white singlet and hard hat picks up a bag and walks across the construction of a large home, before Camila comes into shot leaning on a shovel.'I'm not worried about nothing. I'm not worried about nada,' the song begins. A series of shots show Camila dancing around topless construction workers as they work with power tools and wheelbarrows - she even helps out with a concrete mixer. Shake that! Camila isn't afraid to get up close and personal with the heavy duty trucks in the music video. Keeping safe: The singer wears protective glasses as she gets her groove on.

Camila then waltzes over and sits on the pickup tray of a dirt mover that Normani is standing on. She shakes her booty around the vehicle before being helped up the stairs by a worker with an unbuttoned shirt.

She shakes her butt as she sings, 'You're the boss at home.'I'm coming up! The girl band member is helped up stairs on the heavy duty dirt mover. Bootylicious! She shakes her butt in the music video as a construction worker with an unbutton shirt checks her out. A shot of the entire group in an under construction concrete pool is the location of the first chorus.'You don't have to go to work, work, work,' they sing while in a choreographed dance. Shots of of a construction worker using a jackhammer flash on screen as they girls sing and dance.

Girl power! All five girls come together for the first chorus. We've got the moves! The band, which formed on the X Factor in 2. The music video then cuts to Brooke inside one of the room's in the home. She dances seductively with a hammer before flirting with a worker, pulling him in for a kiss before pushing him away. She continues to dancing around with her cleavage front and center. Let's take this inside: Brooke shows her seductive side as she dances around with a hammer. Enticing: She isn't afraid to flirt up a storm in he low- cut top. The video then pans to the next room in the house, featuring Dinah in a white shirt and denim overalls over one shoulder. She seductively unrolls a blueprint of the site plans with a worker who's wearing a silver hard hat.

Her scene ends as she pulls out a tape measure and sizes up the plans on paper. Construction is fun! Dinah gets into the action in a white shirt and denim overals. Sizing up! The singer puts a tape measure to use in the music video. For the next chorus the five girls dance in one of the biggest rooms of the house that has two sets of wooden stairs under construction. Lauren stands in between the two sets of staircases as she's flanked by two girls on each set. Two construction workers can be scene walk from one side of the room to other at the top of the stairs. Epic chorus! The girls sing and dance to the chorus in the center of the house that features to sets of stairs.

Nice moves! Lauren takes center stage in the main chorus - the four other girls danced on the stairs. Ty Dolla $ign then makes his special appearance. His heavily tattooed body can be seen as he wears a tight white singlet and black overalls that are only clipped on his right shoulder. He wears yellow construction gloves as he carries a sledge hammer while he sings. Special appearance: The new song features singer Ty Dolla $ign. Looking the part: The singer wore yellow construction gloves as he carried a sledge hammer. The remainder of the video is the girls dancing out front of the property at night.

They continue to dance around as construction workers strut around the background. Their 7/2. 7 album is the follow up to the 2. Reflection. Nice dance! The remainder of the music video takes places at night outside the property. Coming soon! The song will be the lead singer on the new album that will be release July 2.