American and Cuban artists are featured on ‘Two Beats, One Soul’
As U.S. travel restrictions to Cuba loom, the country’s rich musical influence shows no signs of waning, with an album and documentary celebrating Cuban sounds and artists slated for release this fall.
Produced by Dancing With the Stars musical director Ray Chew and his wife and business partner Vivian Scott Chew, Two Beats, One Soul (RVMK Records) will be released digitally on Sept. 22 (with a physical release to follow on October 13).
Recorded at Havana’s Abdala Studio with a cast of Cuban and American artists and producers, Two Beats, One Soul has tracks produced and written by Ray Chew himself, as well as Latin hitmaker Sergio George, freestyle and house pioneer Louie Vega, R&B singer Jon B., Cuban timba bandleader Manolito Simonet and musicians Ruben and Gabriel Rodriguez, Eric Benét, Josh Milan and others. Former Yerba Buena vocalist Xiomara Laugart, who moved to the U.S. in the Nineties and has portrayed Celia Cruz Off Broadway, also sings on the album.