Hi there and thanks for reading this - it's Susan Werner and i'm writing this up myself. This album is a set of songs written after two trips to Cuba - and these are songs i hope will speak to you whether you've had the chance to visit the island, or have wondered what it might be like to go there. It's a fascinating, heartbreaking, unique place, and Havana earns it place on the list of World's Greatest Cities, for sure. There's this recording - and there's even more Cuba-inspired songs I'm singing live in concert. Special thanks on this record go out to the fabulous NYC percussionist Mayra Casales, born in Havana and who carries this music inside her from her parents, her brothers, her sister, and who informed the songs and arrangements from start to finish. She also played on the record - those congas you can't get enough of? That's her. thanks for listening - s werner personnel: vocals, guitar, piano on Nostalgia: Susan Werner percussion: Mayra Casales piano: Nicki Denner bass: Jennifer Vincent timbales, drums: Pablo Bencid trombone: Mark Miller cello: Gonzalo Grau flute: Anton Denner