FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New song from award-winning Cuban folk group streams on all platforms March 21, band to celebrate at Hoy Como Ayer same night
Miami, FL – March 5, 2025 – Miami’s leading Cuban folk music ambassadors Cortadito will release “Aqui Te Traigo Mi Son” on March 21st, the second single of their upcoming album The Guajiro Triangle. Written by the late Alberto Pantaleon Hernandez and arranged by Franklin Reytor, the song features Humberto Upierre on lead vocals and Cuban pianist Michelle Fragoso.
The song opens with a memorable hook lead by Roniel Vega’s trumpet, which gives way to the catchy chorus and several sultry traditional sonero verses by Upierre. With a solid Cuban son rhythm provided by bassist Alberto Pantaleon and percussionist Pacha Portundo, the number soars into Vega’s and Fragoso’s masterfully executed solos. “Aqui Te Traigo Mi Son” was recorded by Guillermo Rodriguez Bravo and group founder Jose Elias and mixed by Carlos “El Loco” Bedoya (Beyoncé, Enrique Iglesias).
“I’m very happy that the band has chosen to interpret, and record one of my father’s songs,” says Pantaleon. “He wrote more than 200 of them, I personally know 30 to 40, and the rest are available as karaoke tracks internationally through ASCAP.” Born and raised in San Antonio de Río Blanco, Cuba, the bassist studied the instrument under Irakere’s Carlos del Puerto, has performed with Chucho Valdes, Diego Cigala, Armando Manzanero, and Yuri, and toured with Eliades Ochoa and the Afro–Cuban Allstars.
The accompanying video is a performance piece set at Hoy Como Ayer, the legendary Little Havana hotspot, shot by Adrian Gonzalez (Oigovision) and edited by producer Jose Elias. It will be released at 12 p.m. EST on March 21 through the band’s YouTube Channel.
The release comes on the heels of the band’s first single “A Yemayá”, which dropped on February 7 with an accompanying video. That song, a vibrant homage to the Afro-Cuban goddess of the sea, features Latin GRAMMY-winning flautist Nestor Torres and showcases the band’s signature Cuban son sound.
Additional singles are to be announced; the full-length drops in May and will be available on vinyl and all streaming platforms. The band plans a celebration at Hoy Como Ayer (2212 SW 8th St, Miami, FL 33135) on the night of the release, beginning at 9 p.m. More information and tickets are available online here.
For more information, visit CortaditoMusic.com.
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