Watch | LPT Live on the JME Soundstage

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Our cavernous JME Soundstage felt a little less so a few months back when Jacksonville’s mighty LPT stopped by. The ten-piece salsa orchestra tends to fill up the room. As one of the most sought after live acts in the city, LPT not only commands the stage, they’re also prone to drawing the ire of those who would enforce fire-code-mandated …

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LPT’s ‘Se Quema El Mundo’ is a dance-floor-ready Fire Stoked with Social Commentary

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Jacksonville’s mighty 10-piece Afro-Cuban Salsa Orchestra LPT first introduced themselves through a series of monthly showcases in the backroom of Five Points watering hole Rain Dogs, enticing revelrous, full-capacity crowds onto the dance floor. From the jump, they were a force to be reckoned with. A band with a promising future.  But right after the group’s debut of original material, …

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Local Spotlight | ‘Se Quema El Mundo’ by LPT

New full-length by popular Jax-based Afro-Cuban Salsa ensemble is designed to move you

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Since forming 2015, LPT have been vigilant in bringing their personal brand of salsa music to both the stage and studio. The 10-piece Afro-Cuban ensemble have released a handful of singles, a full-length and live releases on labels Winterland Records, Bold City Records and their own LPT Salsa imprint.  In concert, LPT is a veritable juggernaut, setting stages ablaze (figuratively) …

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Watch | LPT drops new single and video “Se Quema El Mundo”

LPT seeks light among the darkness; emerges with a scorching new tune

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What is LPT––Jacksonville’s mighty 10-piece Afro-Cuban salsa orchestra––without a dance floor? It’s a question that the band, which began its world-beating run performing in dank clubs in and around Northeast Florida, enticing revelrous, full-capacity crowds onto the dance floor (and all but daring the fire marshal to shut them down), was forced to reckon with in the face of an …

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