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Silvio Rodríguez Domínguez (born 29 November 1946) is a Cuban musician, and leader of the Nueva Trova movement.. He is widely considered as Cuba's best folk singer and arguably one of Latin America's greatest singer-songwriters. [1]
Julio Brito [1] [2] was a Cuban musician, composer, orchestra conductor and singer. He achieved great popularity both in his native Cuba and internationally, thanks to compositions such as the guajira "El amor de mi bohío" or the world famous bolero "Mira que eres linda", interpreted by numerous artists around the world, even today.
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Recorded music was to be the couduit for Cuban music to reach the world. The most recorded artist in Cuba up to 1925 was a singer at the Alhambra, Adolfo Colombo. Records show he recorded about 350 numbers between 1906 and 1917. [115] The first theatre in Havana opened in 1776. The first Cuban-composed opera appeared in 1807.
Cimafunk endeavored to blend Afro-Cuban and African American music, [4] with a focus on funk rhythms. [2] The New Yorker has since compared him to James Brown. [5] Cimafunk self-released the album Terapia in 2017, [6] followed by the single "Me Voy" in 2018. [3] Billboard named him one of the "10 Latin Artists to Watch in 2019". [7]
Pedrito Martinez is a Cuban percussionist, drummer, singer, dancer, bandleader, songwriter, composer, and educator. He was born and raised in Havana, Cuba. He is a Cuban Conguero performing classic Cuban Rumbas, Afro-Cuban folkloric and religious music. He is a Santería priest. He came to the United States of America from Havana in 1998.
Moisés Simons was born on 24 August 1889 in Havana, Cuba.The son of a Basque musician, he started studying music with his father, Leandro Simón Guergué. By the age of 9, he was the organist at his local church in the barrio of Jesús María and choirmaster of the Pilar church.
Cooder also played slide guitar on Lilí Martínez's famous son "Alto Songo". [19]: 1 In the sleeve notes, Juan de Marcos wrote: "This album is dedicated to Rubén González, genius of Cuban piano". [19]: 41 The second set of recordings were meant to revive the acoustic sound of the 1940s Cuban trova and filin movements. [17]