Yes, Vol. 2 is for you and it's just as good as Vol. 1

Mirtha y Raul – El Sueño De Andría
Grupo Monumental – Tremendo Tremendo

Back in 2007, out of seemingly nowhere, Canadian record label Waxing Deep released the first volume of Si Para Usted, featuring some extraordinarily rare (especially for us here in the States, what with the embargo and all) Cuban music from the 1960s and 1970s. That release was nothing short of a revelation, since these hybrid forms just really hadn’t been heard widely and were almost non-existent in our collective funky conscience. This second volume, in what is thankfully now a series, had some very big shoes to fill, and I’m happy to say it’s largely on par with the original. (more…)