Elsten Torres — Live at Realm26

Cuban-born and New York-raised, two-time GRAMMY-nominated singer-songwriter Elsten Torres has spent decades moving between languages, cultures, and musical traditions. A formative voice in the U.S. Latin alternative rock movement, Torres brings rock, Latin rhythm, acoustic songwriting, and pop into a body of work defined less by genre than by an instinct for melody and emotional honesty. Live at Realm26, that breadth is distilled into four performances that move naturally between English and Spanish, intimacy and momentum. “Turnaround” carries the pulse of his rock side, “Tan Frágil” turns inward, “Vive” feels open and immediate, and “I’ll Protect You” closes the distance between performer and listener. It is the kind of session that reflects Torres’ career as a whole: bilingual, borderless, and anchored by the craft of the song.

Watch the full session here.

Performed Live at Realm26:
Turnaround
Tan Frágil
Vive
I’ll Protect You