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A marímbula, the "bass" instrument used by changüí ensembles. Some groups used the more rudimentary jug known as botija or botijuela.. Although the history of Cuban music dates back to the 16th century, the son is a relatively recent musical invention whose precursors emerged in the mid-to-late 19th century.
In 2008, Figueroa published through YouTube, including the songs "Las Menores", and in 2009 the mixtape "Ráfaga de Plomo". [8] In 2011 he participated in the single "CAPEA EL DOUGH" in collaboration with Toxic Crow, it was considered representative of Hip hop in the Dominican Republic, [9] [10] [11] later he released the debut singles "Yo Soy Papa", and "Yo No Te Quiero Perder" audiovisual ...
The origins of the music are traced to the land of El Cibao, where merengue cibaeño and merengue típico are the terms most musicians use to refer to classical merengue. The word Cibao was a native name for the island, although the Spanish used it in their conquest to refer to a specific part of the island, the highest mountainous range.
Ventura's son, Jandy, also a musician who has branded himself as "El Legado" (The Legacy), released Yo Soy El Merengue with his father eight months after his death. It's unclear whether they recorded the song before Johnny's death or whether Jandy used an old, unreleased recording of Johnny.
Merengue became popular in the United States, mostly on the East Coast, during the 1980s and 90s, [96] when many Dominican artists, among them Victor Roque y La Gran Manzana, Henry Hierro, Zacarias Ferraira, Aventura, Milly, and Jocelyn Y Los Vecinos, residing in the U.S. (particularly New York City) started performing in the Latin club scene ...
Merengue con mambo refers to a merengue with a second section based on hard driving rhythms and riffs played by the accordion and saxophone together. This is the dominant style today that has been further explored by artists like Ricardo Gutierrez [ 8 ] ( El rey joven del acordeon ) El Prodigio , Geovanny Polanco , Raul Roman (son of accordion ...
In 2005, García participated in a reality show titled El Principe Azul (meaning Prince Charming, though it literally means The Blue Prince), a show geared toward finding his son, Leonardo a girlfriend. García began to flirt with the young women on the show, going as far as having an on-camera kiss with one of the contestants, making his son ...
Ramón Orlando Valoy was born on July 29, 1959, in Manoguayabo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. [4] He is the son of Cuco Valoy.. Ramón Orlando started his music career at age 14, as a singer, piano player, arranger, composer and songwriter in his father's merengue band called La Tribu. [5]