Alex Cuba at Temple Theater

It's a strange thing, watching audiences sing along with Alex without speaking his native Spanish. But they do. They "la-la-la" their way from chorus to chorus, caught up in his inescapable gravitational pull. His warm, elastic vocals float above a sound essentially from everywhere–an effortless mix of Funk, Soul, and pan-Latin textures–and no matter where you're from, you can't help it.