Author Archives: Carlos Santana
Santana Fan Club re-launch
December 8, 2022
We’re excited to announce that we’ve just re-launched the Santana Fan Club with a new and improved membership system. If you previously had a Fan Club membership your account is intact, but you will need to reset your password before you can sign in again on the new site.
Please visit https://members.Santana.com/Identity/Account/ForgotPassword to do that now, then head to https://fanclub.santana.com/members/ to have a look around!
If you have any questions, please contact us at fanclub@santana.com.
COMMENTCelebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Shango album with a commemorative T-shirt in the Santana Store
August 23, 2022
Released on August 20, 1982, the album reached #22 on the Billboard 200 album charts. The single “Hold On” from the album reached number 15 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number 17 on Billboard’s Top Tracks chart. Celebrate this iconic release with the Shango Tee.
Check it out now in the Santana Store
COMMENTMiraculous Supernatural Tour Shows Now Available on Nugs.net
June 28, 2022
You can now stream, download or buy CDs of many of our shows from The Miraculous Supernatural now at nugs.net/santana.
We just posted a new show from our latest Miraculous Supernatural tour at the Shoreline Amphitheatre. Highlights include a beautiful Samba Pa Ti and a ripping Toussaint L’Overture along with all of your favorites. Check it out! We are adding shows daily.
COMMENTIMAGINE DOCUMENTARIES AND SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT PARTNER TO PRODUCE DEFINITIVE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY ON LEGENDARY MUSICIAN CARLOS SANTANA
May 20, 2022
Directed by Emmy-Winning Filmmaker Rudy Valdez; Executive Produced by Academy Award-Winning Producers Brian Grazer and Ron Howard
Imagine Documentaries and Sony Music Entertainment have joined forces to produce and finance the definitive feature-length documentary film about the father of Latin American jazz fusion and global icon, Carlos Santana, the companies announced today. Featuring never-before-seen or heard archival footage and music, the film will offer an intimate and exhilarating look inside the mind of an elemental force of contemporary music and tell the incredible story of Santana’s life – from a fourteen-year-old street musician to a ten-time Grammy-winning and three-time Latin Grammy-winning global sensation.
The project is currently in production and being directed by Emmy Award-winning Mexican-American filmmaker Rudy Valdez (The Sentence, We Are: The Brooklyn Saints), produced by Imagine Documentaries’ Sara Bernstein and Justin Wilkes along with Lizz Morhaim (Rebuilding Paradise) and executive produced by Academy Award-winning producers Brian Grazer and Ron Howard. Leopoldo Gout (Molly’s Game), Ashley Kahn (Miles Davis: The Birth of Cool), and Sam Pollard (MLK/FBI) also serve as Producers. Meredith Kaulfers is the Co-Executive Producer for Imagine Documentaries and Michael Vrionis serves as an Executive Producer. Tom Mackay and Richard Story are Executive Producers for Sony Music Entertainment.
The film is being co-financed and distributed through Sony Music Entertainment.
“I am honored and grateful to have partnered with Imagine Documentaries and Sony Music to bring my story to light. Director Rudy Valdez, along with Ron, Brian, Justin and Sara have embraced this journey, which is one of triumph and adventurousness. The intentionality of this film is to touch people’s hearts and to inspire people to re-connect with their own light that they may ignite blessings and miracles,” said Santana.
“We’re thrilled that Carlos has entrusted us with bringing his incredibly inspirational story to life in this film,” said Imagine’s Justin Wilkes. “He is one of the greatest musicians of all time, and throughout his career, Santana has unapologetically broken-down borders and reinvented a tone universally celebrated across the globe. Collaborating with Rudy Valdez again is an honor and we are excited for him to take us on a journey with Santana.
“From rock ‘n’ roll to Latin American jazz, Carlos Santana’s pioneering vision and artistry have influenced generations of fans across so many genres of music,” said Tom Mackay, President, Premium Content, Sony Music Entertainment. “Through this new project in partnership with Imagine Entertainment, we look forward to showcasing the breadth and lasting impact of his story for audiences globally.”
“I am completely humbled by the opportunity to tell the Carlos Santana story with the amazing teams at Imagine and Sony Music,” said Valdez. “Taking this journey with Carlos has been inspiring. As historic a life that Carlos Santana has lived, he continually reminds us that greatness lives within us all and I can’t wait to share this story with the world.”
COMMENTWe’re pleased to share Calypso Rose’s Watina featuring Carlos and the Garifuna Collective is out now
May 19, 2022
We invite you to check it out!
COMMENTSANTANA ANNOUNCES JULY 23 SHOW AT CALIFORNIA MID-STATE FAIR!
May 16, 2022
The Fan Club presale for this new date will begin on Tuesday, May 17 @ 10 am PT.
The general public sale will start Friday, May 20 at 10 am PT.
To participate sign into your Fan Club account and head to the Santana.com Tour Page. Not yet a Fan Club member? No problem, you can join for free today.
Remember, while all Fan Club members are welcome to participate in our presales, only Supernatural Subscribers enjoy front-of-line seating. For more information on that or to purchase a Supernatural Subscription, visit the Fan Club Store.
Complete tour details, including presale start times and links can be found on the tour page. If at any time you have questions or need assistance, simply email tickets@santana.com and a member of the Ticketing team will be happy to assist.
For a list of all shows and tickets, visit www.santana.com.
COMMENTSPLENDIFEROUS DOUBLE LP FOR RECORD STORE DAY – APRIL 23
April 20, 2022
We are proud to announce this limited edition Vinyl coming as part of Record Store Day 2022!
Find more info and a participating store near you at recordstoreday.com
Splendiferous is a vision collection of incredible songs that I feel needed to be shared with the listeners’ heart. I personally compiled the songs in a flow that speaks to me and tells a story, outside of time. The songs are assigned and designed to unite and celebrate humanity and bring healing and intimacy. I invite you to turn it up and join us for a glorious ride and enjoy ‘The Summer of Santana!’ It’s going to be Splendiferous!” says Carlos Santana.
Splendiferous Santana focuses on the too-often-underappreciated, yet creatively fertile period after the huge success of Supernatural. Santana released a series of remarkable recordings–among them 2003’s Shaman, 2005’s All That I Am and 2014’s Corazón–that stand with the best that Carlos, or his band, have ever made. Many of these songs and performances were overlooked at the time of their release and are being presented anew on Splendiferous Santana as essential musical elements in the Santana canon.
SANTANA RELEASES “YO ESTARE” FEATURING ALLY BROOKE
April 15, 2022
Today, music legend and guitar master Carlos Santana releases the single “Yo Estare,” featuring Ally Brooke, from his star-studded masterpiece Blessings and Miracles. The song can be streamed on all platforms and is available on the Blessings and Miracles vinyl edition, out now via BMG.
Written by hitmaking chart-topper Diane Warren and Claudia Brant, “Yo Estare” is the Spanish version of the song “Break,” an aching and poignant ballad that features the spellbinding vocals of former Fifth Harmony singer Ally Brooke. Here, she duets with Santana band member Andy Vargas alongside Santana’s deeply poignant guitar lines – melodies that swoon and sigh to dizzying effect, with a crescendo to a solo full of chilling trills and bracing chordal passages.
With Blessings and Miracles, Santana delivers one of the most ambitious, inspired, and magical records of his storied career, which “finds the guitar hero once again celebrating the spirit of collaboration” (Forbes). There are genre-bending, hook-filled celebrations featuring Rob Thomas, Chris Stapleton, G-Eazy, and American Authors, thrilling feats of bravura musicianship that pair the guitar master with fellow icons like Chick Corea and Steve Winwood, and knockout rockers with Metallica’s Kirk Hammett and Living Colour’s Corey Glover, among others.
Listen to “Yo Estare” HERE.
Buy Blessings and Miracles on Vinyl HERE.
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