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Meridian Brothers

Bogota’s the Meridian Brothers will be the creation of Eblis Álvarez, who writes, arranges, makes, takes on, and sings everything on the recordings, though when the music group plays live he’s aided by other music artists. Their music is nearly unclassifiable, a bracing meld of digital and organic tools, affected …

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Ivan Ovalle

Before becoming famous performing his own music, Colombian singer/songwriter Ivan Ovalle worked well behind the scenes and wrote hits for a few of vallenato’s biggest stars. Diómedes Díaz, Jorge Oñate, Beto Zabaleta, Rafael Orozco, and many more had hits along with his music before Ovalle started performing his personal tracks …

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Peter Manjarrés

Peter Manjarrés is a favorite vallenato singer given birth to in Valledupar, Colombia, that has often performed in tandem with accordionist Sergio Luis Rodríguez. The duo’s collaborations expand from live shows to documenting studios, leading to such albums as Imbatible (2006) and Un Papá de Los Amores (2007), the last …

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Marala

Given birth to Maria Adelaida Agudelo, Marala is a Colombian singer who pursued a profession in journalism before making a decision to accomplish music full-time. She produced her debut being a single musician with Por Aqui, a disk that spans intimate balladry, pop, exotic elements, as well as cuts in …

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Rayito Colombiano

A longtime veteran from the Latin pop circuit whose career included a stint using the best-selling LA Azules, vallenato performer Rayito Colombiano issued solo LPs including Cicatrices, A Mi Manera, 1998’s Que Cante el Amor and 2000’s El Baile de la Ranita.

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Los Reyes del Camino

Produced in 1991, Los Reyes del Camino quickly enticed attention using their distinctive mixture of vallenato and Mexican cumbias; debuting in 1995 with Single Em fun??o de Enamorados, the group eventually released LPs including 1996’s Muchacha Bonita, 1997’s Asi Ha sido la Vida and 1999’s Con Hambre de Amor. Amantes …

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Carlos Vives

Before he graduated from Jorge Tadeo Lozano University using a publicist degree, singer/songwriter Carlos Vives joined different bands and participated in a number of plays. In 1982, the musician got a job in the Colombian Television series Tiempo Sin Huella, beginning his successful performing career, later increasing his professional abilities …

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La Tropa Vallenata

Growing in 1986 from Mexico’s Monterrey, Nuevo Leon region, Tropa Vallenata had been long in the forefront from the cumbia design. Their 1996 LP Los Caminos de la Vida was their industrial discovery in the U.S., topping the Latin graphs; in 1998 they resurfaced with Mi Cafetal, adopted a year …

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Chicos de Barrio

Mexican 12-piece tropical music group Chicos de Barrio burst in to the regional pop music picture mixing metropolitan and Latin rhythms such as for example cumbia and vallenato. After issuing the effective Ven a Bailar and La Lola, Chicos de Barrio came back in 2001 with Dominando y Controlando, made …

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Tropical Panamá

A product from the San Nicolas de las Garza, Nuevo Leon, Mexico music picture, the group Tropical Panamá, founded in 1979, is led by principal vocalist Francisco Javier Gonzalez. One of the Mexican pioneers from the cumbia and vallenato noises, the group was frequently controversially in comparison to both Renacimiento …

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