Dave's Fiction Warehouse

In which I bloviate about books, TV, movies, politics and other stuff -- all without the aid of ChatGPT!

  • Books
  • Movies
  • TV
  • politics
  • american life
  • Writing
  • Other Stuff

Connect

  • Email
  • Facebook

Powered by Genesis

Christian rock, Cuban style

March 30, 2011 by Dave Knadler

During our stay in Havana we met a young guy named Pepe, who is the drummer for a Christian rock band. That genre is sort of rare in Cuba, not least because the Christian thing is not favored by the government and such bands are therefore denied access to state venues and state television. Pepe said that when his band plays on the street, they make sure to sing the lyrics in English so as to camouflage the Christian message.

Personally, I’ve never been a fan of Christian rock, or the kind of praise music where people are supposed to wave their hands in the air.  But these young people are inspiring because they’re doing their thing against long odds and they’re doing it without Internet access or state-of-the-art equipment. If these seem a little retro, even a little corny, remember that.  Videos don’t go viral in Cuba; at best they get passed along by DVD and played on home computers, assuming the computer is up to the task. I uploaded these to YouTube upon my return.

Anyway, I like these songs and I like the band, Cantate Domino. (And yes, that’s Pepe on the bike and on the drums.) See what you think:

 

More along these lines:

  • The year’s best space station videoThe year’s best space station video
  • It takes a lot to be a legend
  • district court jury boxJury duty redux
  • Of crosshairs and survey symbols
  • glen p. woodFarewell to the last of the cowboys

Filed Under: Music, Other Stuff, video

Recent posts

  • Full frontal Florida
  • Later, alligator
  • A writer on top
    of the short-story game
  • ‘The Passenger’
    will please refrain
  • Floaters in the stream

Recent comments

  • Rachel Kohl on Later, alligator
  • Dave Knadler on Later, alligator
  • John H. on Later, alligator
  • Dave Knadler on Later, alligator
  • Erin Murphy on Later, alligator

FInd something

send dave cash

The obligatory PayPal donation button. Go ahead: Make my day.