Alex Cuba at the Biltmore

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      Cuban music can sometimes seem mired in its own illustrious history, but Cuba’s music is unabashedly innovative—so long as it’s Alex Cuba we’re talking about. The Smithers, B.C., resident is steeped in the rhythmic lore of the Caribbean island where he was born, but he’s also got major electric-guitar abilities and some serious pop smarts, too—as he demonstrated by cowriting a good chunk of Nelly Furtado’s Mi Plan. Cuba releases his own third solo effort, the eponymous Alex Cuba, at the Biltmore on Tuesday (November 10), and it’s a good chance to discover that there’s more to Latin rock than that old hippy Carlos Santana.

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