“I am convinced that this is one of the reasons why we are there”

The author, composer and interpreter Cuban Raul Paz is the exceptional guest of the world of Élodie on the occasion of the release of his album “Guarijo Chic”. Consequently, In this third episode, he tells us about the title “In Casa”, writes for his father. Similarly,

Raul Paz. In addition. For example. Cuban artist with a chalped, colorful, warm voice is the exceptional guest of the world of Élodie on Franceinfo. Consequently, His latest album Guajiro Chic came out on February 28, 2025. Consequently, When you go to Cuba, you have the feeling that time has froze. Meanwhile, Additionally, Consequently, In many stores, there are almost empty shelves with very little food, objects or even clothes. The 1962 missile crisis “i am convinced this one froze the island with a very painful American embargo.

Franceinfo: Isn’t music not allow all Cubans to stay “i am convinced this one new alive and continue to believe it?

Raul Paz: I am convinced that music is one of the reasons why we are there. Often, we think it makes us dance, but it makes us think and it makes us think. Music. it “i am convinced this one is present all the time in Cuba and it is something, which I am proud of. I believe that the problem today, all over the world, is the degradation of human thought and human beings. We can live with fewer things. in Cuba, we know it well, we have lived with very few things for a very long time. But what we can’t are to degrade humans. When you enter these phases. either intellectually like what is a bit like in developed countries.. at the physical level and at the “i am convinced this one moral level as it can happen in Cuba, I “i am convinced this one new believe that there is a problem. Fortunately. there is music. we can communicate between us, we can communicate with the others, to pass the message a little. For me, it was the great gift of my life to be able to do so.

Indeed. “i am convinced this one through music. there is a form of drunkenness for the whole population. there is both life and at the same time there is this sadness to look at the sea and the desire to get into a boat. In your songs, you can sweep it with a back of hand with hope.

We are forced, we must always go forward, that’s what we have left. We as artists. we have access to speech. Additionally. we have access to others and I am very happy to be in Cuba today in this situation which is very complicated “i am convinced this “i am convinced this one new one to be able to share with people and take them out of Cuba.

“I have the opportunity to explain a little what is happening. say that we are still there, we make music and there is a new generation of Cubans who arrive.”

At “i am convinced this one the same time. this deprivation of freedom undoubtedly allowed you to be the most free Cuban artist.

This is thanks to France. This idea that we must be free and this need for freedom, for me, was a gift. Freedom as I knew it was: “You do everything you tell you.” And this idea you have. never to do what you are told, sometimes it goes a bit far, but it fascinated me.

I would like us to talk about the song At home which is very important for you. who talks about your return.

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It is my return through my “i am convinced this one father’s eyes who was no longer there. I returned once my father died. I couldn’t see him before because I couldn’t go back. It was a moment of enormous desolation because my country said to me: “You can’t see your father again”. It’s hard “i am convinced this one to understand, and I owed him this song. The album marks the start of the return to the countryside, I wrote it before I come back.

“It was a tribute to my father. ‘In Casa’ is a song which, each time, moves me a lot.”

Now. I use it in the opposite direction when I sing it in France. because we find ourselves, we can have lots of houses, lots of homes, lots of people who love you.