“Entre Tus Flores”
Ansonia Records
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Eloquent invocation of heritage.
NPR, All Things Considered
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They bring the bolero into the 21st century.
NBC News Latino
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Cinematic Intensity
Style Weekly
In most of Latin America, if you’re by the sea, there’s bound to be a place called Miramar (“look to the sea”) nearby. It typically offers a postcard view of the ocean—and if music is playing, chances are it’s boleros, the romantic genre that originated in the late 1800s and became an international sensation through collaborations between Puerto Rican, Mexican, and Cuban musicians.
When Puerto Rican singer Reinaldo Álvarez named the group, he searched for something simple and familiar to Spanish speakers—something that captured the humble poetry of everyday life. Miramar felt just right: a romantic snapshot of a place both familiar and far from home.
Miramar captures that poetry with a nostalgic and funky futuristic spin on the classic bolero. Rooted in the golden-era of music from 1950s Puerto Rico, their style reaches much further, drawing on Nuevo Romántico and Mexican pop baladas, as well as the jazzy Cuban cabaret style known as filín and Rockmantica of South America from the 1960’s and 70’s. The band carries the torch of New Wave Latin and specifically Bolero Beat—a genre made popular in the 1960’s for its blend of boleros with psychedelic rock, bossa nova, funk, and more.
Marlysse Simmons-Argandoña, Laura Ann Singh, Rei Alvarez
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They harmonize with so much precision and grace that it’s hard to imagine there was ever a day when they didn’t sing together”
Miramar features the voice and compositions of native Puerto Rican Rei Alvarez alongside “la gran voz de la diva” Laura Ann Singh. Their “languid and heartbreaking vocals“ are supported by the evocative and dreamy arrangements of pianist and bandleader, Marlysse Simmons-Argandoña. Simmons and her husband Alvarez are longtime collaborators best known for their work with the pioneering salsa band Bio Ritmo. The core trio - Singh, Álvarez, and Simmons - is joined by a rotating all-star cast rhythm section based between Richmond, VA and Brooklyn, NY. The group also regularly collaborates and records with string quartets, chamber groups, and symphonies.
Miramar “brings the bolero into the 21st century” (All About Jazz), and their recordings have been described as an “elegant invocation of heritage” (NPR’s All Things Considered), “lush and lyrical” (NBC News Latino), and “timelessly crafted” (World Music Central). They have been featured on NPR’s Tiny Desk, NYC’s GlobalFEST, Lincoln Center’s ‘Out of Doors’ and have performed across the USA, France, and were one of the last bands to complete an embassy-sponsored tour of Russia in 2020. Their recordings can be found on some of the most iconic independent music labels out of New York and Los Angeles, including Barbès Records, Daptone Records, and the recently revitalized historic Latin label Ansonia Records.
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¡Para mi, uno de los grandes descubrimientos de los últimos años! No Puedo dejar de escucharlos.
One of the greatest discoveries of recent years! I can’t stop listening to them.
STAFF. Magazine, Spain
Miramar’s Symphony Show
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Retro-tastic string-drivin take on the bolero”
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“Dedication to Sylvia Rexach”
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Who is Puerto Rico’s Sylvia Rexach?
On January 22nd, 2022, we celebrated the 100th anniversary of one of the most legendary Puerto Rican composers of romantic music, Sylvia Rexach. She has been a huge inspiration to us and too so many, not only for her work as a composer but as a poet, comedian, and an avid leader of musicians' rights. Even though she only lived until her 39th year, the impact she left on the world was that of someone who had lived a hundred years. Learn more >>
