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2010-06-27 Toronto Jazz Festival Performance at Lula Lounge on June 27th!


2010-05-08 Special MOTHER´S DAY show at Lula Lounge for Lula World 2010!!! More details to come!!


2010-04-18 The recording of Darren Sigesmund band, 'Strands II', is up for a JUNO in the 2010 Juno Awards.


2009-11-01 Eliana Cuevas tours with her band in Germany to promote her european release ´Luna Llena´.


2009-05-15 WINNER- "Best Latin Performer" National Jazz Awards 2009


2009-04-06 Today Eliana gave birth to a beautiful healthy baby girl!!! Leila isabel Cuevas Ledbetter was born at home, in the water, at 2:25pm. Weight: 6 pounds 8 ounces. Length: 52.5 centimeters.


2009-03-15 Eliana Cuevas soon releases an European compilation of her music through Minor Music Records.


2008-10-10 Eliana Cuevas is nominated in the World Solo Artist category at the CANADIAN FOLK MUSIC AWARDS 2008 for her album 'VIDAS'. For more info please visit: www.canadianfolkmusi cawards.ca


2008-02-06 Eliana Cuevas receives the Canada Council touring grant to tour Canada in 2008!!!


2007-12-05 Eliana Cuevas releases her new album 'Vidas' at the Glenn Gould Studio on Wednesday Dec 5th. 250 Front Street West. Doors 7:30pm. $20 at the door / $17.50 in advance / $15 students (with ID) and seniors. For tickets: 416-205-5555 or www.tickets.com


2007-12-02 Eliana Cuevas "Vidas" CD Release is sponsored by the online magazine Cañasanta. For more information please visit: www.canasanta.com


2007-12-02 Eliana supports the THE FREE BURMA CONCERT @ Lula Lounge, on Dec 2nd, in support of freedom and democracy in Burma. Featuring CaneFire, Adam Solomon, Fern Lindzon, Russell Leon Band, Bob Rae, and more. 1585 Dundas St W. PWYC. 7pm. More info at: lula.ca


2007-11-16 CBC RADIO will record Eliana Cuevas' CD Release concert to broadcast it in the new year!!!!! Don't Miss it!


2007-10-19 Eliana Cuevas showcases for the Arts Touring Alliance of Alberta in Banff on October 19th 2007!!! For more information please visit: www.artstouring.com


2007-10-05 Eliana receives the award for 'Best World Music' at the TORONTO INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS 2007!!!! For more info please visit: www.torontoima.com


2007-08-27 Eliana Cuevas is nominated in the Best World Music category at the TORONTO INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS 2007. For more info please visit: www.torontoima.com


2007-08-15 Eliana Cuevas' third album will be out in stores this year!!! Look out for it!


2007-07-01 A New Fisherprice recording is in the works!...


2007-03-21 Eliana Cuevas gets invited to sing with Brazilian artist Celso Machado on his upcoming album!


2006-11-05 Eliana Cuevas performs in her home country Venezuela for the first time closing the Jazz Festival El Hatillo in Caracas!!!


2006-10-20 Eliana Cuevas Quintet's concert with guests Celso Machado and CaneFire recorded last May is broadcasted at 8pm Eastern time on CBC Radio 2 at 'The World in Performance'. Liste online or get more information at http://www.cbc.ca/


2006-09-21 The Eliana Cuevas Quintet is going to Germany in September to perform in Hamburg, Bremen and Berlin!! This will be their first trip to Europe so cheers to that!


2006-05-28 SPECIAL CONCERT recorded by CBC Radio @ The Mod Club, 722 College Street West, featuring Eliana Cuevas Quintet, Celso Machado and CaneFire. Tickets @ ticketpro.ca (416)645-9090 or 1(866)908-9090 + Soundscapes, 572 College Street West.


2006-03-28 Eliana Cuevas' original Christmas song 'Mi Deseo Para Navidad', 'My Christmas Wish' will be included in the CBC Christmas album that will be released later this year.


2006-02-15 Eliana Cuevas leaves for Trinidad and Tobago to try the best ROTI there is!!!


2006-02-14 Eliana Cuevas joins Ralph on BENMERGUI IN THE MORNING for an interview at JAZZ.FM91


2006-01-30 Eliana's song 'Irracional' from her album VENTURA is chosen as one of the semi-finalists in the International Songwriting Competition ISC among fifteen thousand, 15000, entries from 80 different countries. www.songwritingcompe tition.com


2006-01-29 La Emisora Cultural de Caracas, 97.7 fm (Caracas, Venezuela) features Eliana's album 'Ventura' in their program "MADRE AFRICA" that takes place every Sunday from 8pm to 10pm.


2005-11-05 Eliana Cuevas is interviewed live by Amanda Martinez on Jazz Fm 91.1 during her show 'Café Latino'.


2005-10-13 Eliana Cuevas performs with Jeremy Ledbetter on CBC Radio for the first Metro Morning back after the lock out. Welcome Back!!


2005-09-28 Eliana Cuevas is nominated for the Best World Music category in the TORONTO INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS held on October 5th 2005 at the Phoenix Concert Theatre. For more info please visit: http://www.torontoim a.com/


2005-04-09 Eliana Cuevas profile on Global Village CBC/RCI airs on the radio show, 'The News of the World in the World of Music' at 6:30pm (7:30 AT, 8:00 NT) on CBC Radio two. For more information visit: http://www.cbc.ca/gl obalvillage/


2005-04-06 Eliana Cuevas profile on Global Village CBC/RCI airs on the radio show, 'The News of the World in the World of Music' at 8 p.m. (8:30 NT) on CBC Radio one. For more information visit: http://www.cbc.ca/gl obalvillage/


2005-02-08 Eliana Cuevas joins Ralph on BENMERGUI IN THE MORNING for an interview at JAZZ.FM91


2005-02-01 Eliana Cuevas is nominated in the category of Favourite Latin Alternative Group / Artist of the year in the CANADIAN INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS 2005. For more info please visit: http://entertainment 1.sympatico.msn.ca/M usic/cmw/


2004-12-04 Eliana Cuevas Quintet has been chosen as one of the groups to showcase at Pacific Contact 2005.


2004-11-08 Eliana Cuevas goes live on air on CBC Radio One at 11:00am. The show 'Sounds like Canada' airs nation wide and it is hosted by the award winning journalist and broadcaster Shelagh Rogers. For information please visit: http://www.cbc.ca/so undslikecanada/


2004-11-01 The OMNI CULTURE segment featuring Eliana Cuevas airs on Rogers Cable on Monday Nov 1st at 10am, Tuesday Nov 2nd at 10am, Saturday Nov 6th at 12noon and Sunday Nov 7th at 8am. To find the Roger's cable station for your area check www.rogerscable.com


2004-09-25 ELIANA CUEVAS SUCCESSFULLY RELEASES HER NEW ALBUM 'VENTURA'. Now available at HMV stores or through Festival Distribution at http://www.festival. bc.ca/


2004-08-10 Eliana Cuevas' song 'Rompe Mi Alma' from her new album 'Ventura' wins the World category in The 2004 Songs From the Heart competition organized by OCFF. For more information you can visit: http://www.ocff.ca/s ongs.htm


2004-07-01 SUMMER 2004: ELIANA CUEVAS QUINTET TOURS ACROSS CANADA.


2004-06-30 Eliana Cuevas receives the Specialized Music Sound Recording Grant. Especial thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts.


2004-06-10 Eliana Cuevas Quintet has been chosen as one of the groups to showcase at Ontario Contact this year.


2004-05-01 Eliana Cuevas successfully finishes recording her new album "Ventura". This album contains all original compositions and it will be released in July. Especial thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts and to The Ontario Arts Council for their support.


2004-04-27 Recording of Eliana Cuevas' new album "Ventura" resumes.


2004-03-29 Eliana Cuevas receives the Popular Music Grant. Especial thanks to the Ontario Arts Council.


2004-02-18 Taping of the TLN Television Show "Calando...", with Ismael Cala where Eliana Cuevas will be the the featured artist. For more information on the show please email: calandoa@tlntv.com or visit: http://www.tlntv.com /main/shows/italian_ primetime/Calando.ht m


2004-02-02 Eliana Cuevas receives the Music Touring Grant in support of her 2004 summer tour. Especial thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts.


2003-12-15 Eliana Cuevas receives the Career Development Grant. Especial thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts.


2003-12-01 Eliana Cuevas launches her new website.


2003-11-23 Eliana Cuevas secures national distribution for her upcoming CD "Ventura" with Festival Disribution. The CD will be released in Spring 2004.


2003-11-20 The TV show, "TheToronto Show" (channel 15) taped on November 14th, goes on the air on Dec 6th 2003. This show features the Eliana Cuevas Quartet amongst other artists.


2003-11-20 Eliana Cuevas goes to Montreal for the "Rendez Vous Folk!" conference. There she has the opportunity to meet and play music with some of Canadian's best world music artists such as Celso Machado, Galitcha and Joaquin Diaz amongst others.


2003-11-05 Eliana Cuevas joins the World Music Album of the Year Committee for the Junos. For more information on the Junos please visit: http://www.juno-awar ds.ca/


2003-11-01 Along with other eight Canadian artists, Eliana Cuevas is announced by Folk Alliance Canada as one of the alternate showcases for the Redez Vous Folk Conference taking place in Montreal, November 20-23.


2003-10-30 Eliana Cuevas performs for the first time at the Glenn Gould Studio, one of Toronto's favorite concert venues, with flamenco guitarist Jorge Miguel and his group "Toma que Toma".


2003-10-17 Eliana Cuevas goes to Sudbury! for the OCFF conference.


2003-09-30 Lisa Patterson and the Eliana Cuevas Quartet featuring Jane Bunnett perform at Hugh's Room on a World Accord Benefit Concert called "Schoolbooks for Honduras".


2003-09-24 Eliana Cuevas begins recording her new album, "Ventura".


2003-09-19 Eliana Cuevas wins the Vocal Artist of the Year award, "Premio al Cantante del Año", in the Latin American Achievement Awards celebrated at Roy Thompsom Hall in Toronto, Canada on September 19th of 2003.


2003-06-28 The Eliana Cuevas Sextet goes on tour to the West Coast and the Yukon thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts.


2003-06-13 Eliana Cuevas album Pre-release for "Cohesión" reaches the top (#2) of the International Charts at CIUT in June 2003.


2002-09-01 Eliana Cuevas album Pre-release for "Cohesión" reaches the top (#1) of the International Charts at CKLN in August 2002.


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Eliana and Leila at the National Jazz Awards


Leila Isabel Cuevas Ledbetter.
Born on April 6th of 2009. She's 5 days old in this photo


Eliana Cuevas entering motherhood, March of 2009.

'Poetry and Rhythm - Subtle, strong, elegant, sophisticated yet simple and honest. She impresses with her strength but is never forceful. South American rhythms, poetry, jazz are all elements of her music which obviously flows from the core of her being. ' - The Live Music Report - Joyce Corbett, June 2007

'Reina Latina - Canada’s emerging Latin music queen ' - 680 News - Patricia D’Cunha, June, 2007

'Eliana Cuevas... She just might be the next Norah Jones. ' - Now Magazine, Toronto, 2004

'There was nobody on the floor as the band took the stage but the sweet vocals of Eliana Cuevas soor people to get grooving. ' - NOW Magazine, Toronto, June 2001

'Disarming samba jazz? Sexy sultry salsa? Take your pick, Eliana is a major new voice on the Canadian music landscape. ' - Derek Andrews, Festival Producer for Harbourfront Centre (2003)

'Someday London’s first Fiesta del Sol Festival will be remembered for bringing Toronto Latin Jazz singer Eliana Cuevas’ group to London ' - London Free Press, August 2003

'Eliana is (just as) amazing to watch. At times her voice is as smooth as silk, and then… she eruptes like a volcano. She gives me goose-bumps!Toronto, April 2003. ' - CBC Radio One commentator Claudia McCoy.

'…Sweet and enticing Latin vocals of the charming Eliana Cuevas… ' - NOW Magazine, Toronto, April 2003.

'Refined and ever-evolving, I feel she's one of the finest Latin vocalists in this country ' - Nick Ali, trumpet player/composer (2002)