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Merengue tipico band playing in Santiago, Dominican Republic. Merengue típico (also known as merengue cibaeño or colloquially as perico ripiao) is a musical genre of the Dominican Republic, and the oldest style of merengue.
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.
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.
Ramón Fernando Villalona Évora (born May 7, 1955), known professionally as Fernando Villalona, is a Dominican merengue singer. Considered to be one of the most important merengue artists in the genre's history, [citation needed] Villalona began singing in the early 1970s; his popularity started to grow by the late 1970s and has not declined ever since.
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.
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 ...
Entre Mar y Palmeras is the second live album of the Dominican artist Juan Luis Guerra and 4.40.It was released on June 18, 2022 along with special concert, an open-air and audience-free concert, broadcast by HBO special, premiere on June 3, 2021, performing the songs and was recorded at the Esmeralda Beach, Miches in the Dominican Republic.
He became interested in wrestling as a teen, watching the Mexican luchador El Santo. [4] He debuted in 1969. Also known as "El hijo de Doña Tatica" (Mrs. Tatica's Son), he worked for many years on Color Visión channel 9 during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, on a wrestling show called Lucha Libre Internacional. [5]