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Oct 12, 2021 · Xenia Rubinos stuck her head inside a white, doughnut-shaped couch, trying to get a better feel for the furniture’s globular shape. Earlier, she had plastered her face on an oblong, clear...
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Dec 3, 2021 · In an unexpected twist that suits her perfectly, composer and singer Xenia Rubinos is shaken by the childhood memories, obsessions for Cubans rumbas, and her grandmother’s lamp. Unbeknownst to her, these all become the triggers that inspire her latest album, Una Rosa.
Oct 15, 2021 · But one of those mornings, she kept hearing a melody inside her head and attempted to sing it out.
Oct 22, 2021 · Arms flailing high above her frilly white dress, Rubinos sang “Ay Hombre,” a high drama anthem from her genre-defying album Una Rosa, with such conviction, it reverberated throughout the...
The song “Una Rosa” has been with Xenia Rubinos all her life. As a little girl, it would emanate from a wind-up music lamp in her abuelita’s room, its fiber optic lights lulling her into a trance with swirling colors.
Oct 15, 2021 · Xenia Rubinos is overdue her moment. Yes, the five year break since her last album doesn’t help, but that album, 2016’s Black Terry Cat, was one of the most startling breakouts of the last decade; a cocktail of jazz vocals and fiery funk which somehow tackled themes of race and labour with a sparkle in its eye.
Oct 20, 2021 · The undulating tones of “Did My Best” hit like waves of nausea as she processes the loss of someone dear, her voice deconstructed through voceded effects that only make her pain more searing.
