Gloria, Emilio Estefan celebrate release of new album ‘Raíces’ along with friends in Miami

The Magic City s own Gloria Estefan celebrated her new album her first in two decades at a red carpet event in Miami The release party for the album titled Ra ces was held at the Design District Wednesday night where she was flanked by family and friends The nine-time Grammy-winning superstar stated Ra ces her first Spanish-language album in years returns listeners to her roots as an artist I m filled with happiness and gratitude mentioned Gloria I hope you enjoy this album Mostly written by Emilia s husband Emilio Estefan Ra ces is reported to be love letters written by him to her so she could sing them throughout the album I yearned to do something that has a little bit of but do something a little bit something new explained Emilio As in true Emilio form I explained him Babe you re the only one that writes your own love songs ' mentioned Gloria Emilio revealed he s thankful for the various fans who have made all the previous albums prosperous We want to say thank you to everyone that did it all the way from the beginning when nobody presumed in our sound It was a Miami sound noted Emilio Gloria disclosed the artist is also a true love letter to Latin music and traditions She credited La Vecina as the most of fun song on the album Sasha s Song as the preponderance emotional and Te Juro as the one that brings the biggest surprise The arrangement is phenomenal and it s kind of like a little stalker-ish You know it s like I love you so much I m going to follow you into the next life ' mentioned Gloria Friends of the Estefans like Mario Luis Kreutzberger Blumenfeld also known as Don Francisco attended the event to celebrate with the artist It s very complicated to keep you accomplished for years and Gloria is constantly doing better and better revealed Blumenfeld News Belkys Nerey also attended the event and recalled Gloria s famous song Conga being played at her own wedding At our wedding she did the conga to her song and the entire wedding like all people were like Is this really happening right now ' commented Nerey Gloria s album debut party came a insufficient days after she performed a medley of her hits at the American Music Awards Ra ces the album drops at midnight Thursday