MONDAY MORNING MUSIC: Desde Rep. Dominicana: Xiomara Fortuna Sings "Baisabi".

YOUTUBE / 4:56 / Static Album Cover

The past 4-5 days have been grim here in the USA.


Untold hours of media coverage on the 10th anniversary of "9/11"...11 Sept. 2001....brought a renewal of old fears and tears...with new warnings of terrorism.


It really is time to change the mood...with something more upbeat.


Normally this news blog does not include the Dominican Republic...but today's M3 will do just that.


A wonderful songstress...previously unknown to me... named XIOMARA FORTUNA...singing"Baisabi"... discovered while searching YOUTUBE for the best version of a S. BACA song.


Fortuna's sound also echoes the lyrical Caribe rhythms of Santiago de Cuba...where I was on that terrible day in 2001.


From the compilation album : "Latinas: Women of Latin America".