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The author of bossa nova classics like “O Barquinho,” “Ah, Se Eu Pudesse,” “Errinho ? Tôa,” “Nós e o Mar,” “Rio,” “Você,” and “Vagamente,” Roberto Menescal started his professional career in 1957 as Sylvia Telles’ sideman (on guitar) within a tour around Brazil. In 1958, he opened up a guitar …

Perhaps one of the most influential Cuban music artists from the Castro period, Juan Formell formed Los Truck Truck in 1969 after developing Afro-Cuban meldings using the changui audio of Elio Reve’s Orchestra. Following that he did even more to impact the audio of Cuban music than other people through …

Tropical orquestra Jossie Esteban y la Patrulla 15 was shaped in-may of 1979 by Jossie Esteban (given birth to Esteban Grullón) and Alberto Martínez, also called Ringo. Music artists from Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic participated in Jossie Esteban con la Patrulla 15’s debut recording, called Un Cuchu Cu Cha. …

Raised by way of a one mother or father, Josie Kreuzer’s musical job started at age 16. After shifting to the town of New Orleans, Kreuzer started searching for music wherever she may find. From ragtime and Dixieland jazz to Cajun and blues, the teen religiously watched road music artists …

California rock-band Rooney emerged in 2002, building their live debut starting to warm up for Phantom World, a far more experienced L.A.-centered group who distributed similar traditional pop influences (E.L.O., the Seaside Boys) plus a family member. Younger brother of acting professional and previous Phantom World drummer Jason Schwartzman, Rooney …

Windell Beneto Edwards became the singer referred to as Gyptian when he still left his rural house in St. Andrew, Jamaica, and journeyed to Portmore, the city where in fact the promoter referred to as Mr. Wong went his studio room. Gyptian had developed performing in his mother’s Adventist cathedral …

Mexican group Alegres de la Sierra started being a foursome within their indigenous San Blas, Sinaloa, comprising singer/guitarist Inocente Guerrero (aka Chente), singer/songwriter Manuel Guerrero, bassist Guillermo Guerrero, and accordionist Alberto Guerrero. Their discovery came after launching Suerte He Tenido on Infinity Music accompanied by Del Rancho a la Sierra …

Chances are that this Hour Cup’ two albums could not have already been reissued, but also for the fact that this group was formed by Duane and Gregg Allman from the ruins of the first full-time music group, the Allman Joys; additionally, its lineup presented future Capricorn Information star record …

After Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs parted ways in 1969, Flatt reassembled lots of the Foggy Hill Children, renamed the group Nashville Lawn, and toured extremely successfully until his death in 1979. Unlike Scruggs, who along with his sons shifted to music which was just marginally nation, Flatt as well …

Venezuelan vocalist/percussionist Jose Luis “Un Puma” Rodríguez offers recorded with a lot of Latin music’s most prominent skills, including Julio Iglesias, Ed Calle, Emilio Estefan, Jr., Julio Hernandez, Lola Flores, Pedro Infante, and Rita Quintero. During the period of his decade-plus documenting profession, Rodríguez’s range provides spanned boleros, mariachis, norteño …