Paris to Cuba

Composer and musician Mario Grigorov’s newest album, Paris to Cuba, is a vacation in disc form. Released by Warm & Genuine Records (fitting name), each track will heat up the coldest of winter days.

As the title suggests, the album’s influences cross borders and oceans, just as Grigorov himself has. He began his musical studies at a young age in his native Bulgaria and continued them in Iran, Austria, and the United States.

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Palm trees sway in the sultry breeze of the trumpet on “Cuban Soil, Cuban Sun.” The fantasy realm of “Magic Circus” is more Paris than Cuba; listen for a particularly entrancing bit of violin work. “Ice Hotel” has a teasing playfulness to it, emphasized by the use of a synthesizer. The silky, full vocals of Melissa Newman gussy up three tracks: “I See,” “Every Little Movement,” and “Snake Eyes.” “Three Dozen Roses” is a romantic slow-dance, the perfect way to end an evening and an album.

If you like Grigorov’s work on Paris to Cuba, check out another one of his recent accomplishments: the soundtrack of the award-winning motion picture Precious.