Blues Alley cancels Daymé Arocena performance after objection to diplomatic link
The artist and trumpeter Kalí Rodríguez-Peña asked that the concert not be presented as linked to the Cuban Embassy; the cancellation was communicated on October 12.
Daymé Arocena said Blues Alley canceled her scheduled performance with trumpeter Kalí Rodríguez-Peña after both musicians asked that the show not be associated with the Cuban Embassy in the United States.
The performance was scheduled for October 13 in Washington as part of Hispanic Heritage Month activities. Notice arrived on October 12, when Arocena had already traveled to New York to rehearse with the band.
The singer said Paquito D’Rivera alerted her to the event’s link with the diplomatic mission. The musicians’ team asked by email that Arocena be removed from that association; the club did not offer a satisfactory explanation.
Arocena apologized to people who had arranged their schedules to attend and expressed hope that the performance could be rescheduled in the city.
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