Tag Archives: Lázaro Ros

Pío Leyva looms among the giants of Cuban music. Though perhaps one of the most effective soneros from the pre-revolution period, he only gained worldwide renown in his twilight years because of the landmark record and documentary Buena Vista Public Club. Blessed Wilfredo Pascual in Morón, Cuba, on, may 5, …

Lazaro Ros may be the world’s leading akypwon, or business lead singer within the Afro-Cuban custom of LA Regla de Ocho, a method of music rooted within the Yoruba lifestyle. A founding person in Conjunto Folklorico Nacional, which he helped to create as the Country wide Folkloric Outfit of Cuba, …