DIFF 07: Gloria and Emilio Estefan

In town to celebrate the inaugural Rhythm and Reels festival of DIFF, Gloria Estefan brought along her husband Emilio and the whole Miami Sound Machine to not only screen the self produced documentary "90 Millas" (90 Miles) but also perform a sold out concert (their first in the middle east) later in the week.

Emilio, being of partial middle eastern descent, was especially proud to bring his documentary to the festival. The doc and subsequent album, 90 Miles, describes the distance between Cuba to Miami. Both having roots there, Gloria decided to record an album covering all the musical influences that their homeland gave to latin music while bringing in the best of the best latin musicians around. The final result is something truly dynamic (heck, it was my unofficial soundtrack every night in my hotel room).

I got a chance to talk to Gloria and Emilio right after the press conference. As you will see below, they are lovely and really interesting to chat with.       

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Posted by Brian on December 20, 2007 1:18:00 PM HKT #