MIAMI, United States. – Cuban singer Leoni Torres expressed his support this Monday for the orchestra El Niño y la Verdad, directed by composer Emilio Frías and censored during a live concert last Saturday night.
“All my respect and support for El Niño and the Truth. Of course we need a change and let it be now! He, like many others, wants the best for his people ”, Torres wrote on his Facebook profile.
The group immediately thanked the Cuban musician, who currently resides in Miami: “Thank you my brother, you know that I love and admire you for many years. Change is the word that Cuba is crying out for because this is not life, blessings for you. Long live free Cuba”, he finished.
“That’s how it is. The life that Cubans live on the Island is not life. It is a slow death,” Torres reaffirmed.
Last Saturday, the popular orchestra El Niño y la Verdad was censored during a concert at the Casa de la Música de Galiano, in Havana.
When Frías spoke to the public about the censorship To his song “Cambio”, which will premiere on YouTube on September 16, security agents from the place turned off the audio.
Before the repressors decided to end the concert, Frías told the public: “Maybe I could be wrong, but my mistake is mine. I am not saying that, as I think, many people think. I haven’t said anything, they’ve put together all this here… And if they’re going to do that, really, I tell them, if they’re going to get like that, don’t invite me anymore. Don’t call me anymore, and get me out of everywhere. Get me off the TV, get me off the radio. The only place they won’t be able to get me out of is from the hearts of all Cubans. Wherever I am, I will be in the hearts and minds of all Cubans. I just have to tell you: May Yemayá’s blessing always reach everyone!
As seen in images shared on social networksan audio technician was violently expelled from the place for refusing to turn off the sound amplification equipment.
“Let people see you turning it off. He is finished. Knock it down if you want now”, Emilio Frías said to one of the censors and began to sing “Agua pa’ Yemayá”, to close the concert, but they didn’t let him finish.
In one of your postsFrias announced that the song “Cambio” is a theme “with which many Cubans inside and outside the Island will identify.” “The word Change is very necessary,” he stressed.
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