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Bamboleo (band)
Bamboleo is a Havana-based Cuban salsa and timba band formed in 1995, and emblematic of the "timba brava" generation of Cuban bands in the 90s. Their albums also include boleros and reggaeton. The group was founded by Lázaro Valdés, a keyboard player, and initially fronted by two female singers, with a distinctive female "voice" and perspective in the lyrics. This was reflected on the first album cover, ''Te Gusto O Te Caigo Bien?'' (1996) which featured prominently the singing duo Haila Mompié and Vannia Borges, but Haila Mompié left the band after the first album and Valdés contracted various other singers. Overall the feminine voice element of the band was later pulled back, with Valdes explaining in interview "That was important until the public got used to the sound of our music. The singers are the visual element, but you really have to get people accustomed to your particular sound."Eugene Robinson ''Last Dance in Havana'' 2012 "Wasn't this abandoning theidentity that ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timba
Timba is a Cuban genre of music based on Cuban ''son'' with ''salsa'', American Funk/R&B and the strong influence of Afro-Cuban folkloric music. Timba rhythm sections differ from their salsa counterparts, because timba emphasizes the bass drum, which is not used in salsa bands. Timba and salsa use the same tempo range and they both use the standard conga marcha. Almost all timba bands have a trap drummer. Timbas also often break the basic tenets of arranging the music in- clave. Timba is considered to be a highly aggressive type of music, with rhythm and "swing" taking precedence over melody and lyricism. Associated with timba is a radically sexual and provocative dance style known as despelote (literally meaning chaos or frenzy). It is a dynamic evolution of salsa, full of improvisation and Afro Cuban heritage, based on son, Rumba and mambo, taking inspiration from Latin jazz, and is highly percussive with complex sections. Timba is more flexible and innovative than salsa, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolero
Bolero is a genre of song which originated in eastern Cuba in the late 19th century as part of the trova tradition. Unrelated to the older Spanish dance of the same name, bolero is characterized by sophisticated lyrics dealing with love. It has been called the "quintessential Latin American romantic song of the twentieth century". Unlike the simpler, thematically diverse ''canción'', bolero did not stem directly from the European lyrical tradition, which included Italian opera and canzone, popular in urban centers like Havana at the time. Instead, it was born as a form of romantic folk poetry cultivated by a new breed of troubadour from Santiago de Cuba, the ''trovadores''. Pepe Sánchez is considered the father of this movement and the author of the first bolero, "Tristezas", written in 1883. Originally, boleros were sung by individual ''trovadores'' while playing guitar. Over time, it became common for trovadores to play in groups as ''dúos'', ''tríos'', ''cuartetos'', etc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reggaeton
Reggaeton (, ), also known as reggaetón and reguetón (), is a music style that originated in Panama during the late 1980s. It was later popularized in Puerto Rico. It has evolved from dancehall and has been influenced by American Hip hop music, hip hop, Latin American music, Latin American, and Caribbean music. Vocals include rapping and singing, typically in Spanish. Reggaeton is regarded as one of the most popular music genres in the Caribbean Spanish, Spanish-speaking Caribbean, including Puerto Rico, Panama, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Colombia, and Venezuela. Over the 2010s, the genre has seen increased popularity across Latin America, as well as acceptance within Pop music, mainstream Western music. Etymology The word ''reggaeton'' (formed from the word ''reggae'' plus the augmentative suffix ) was first used in 1988 when El General's representative Michael Ellis gave it that name to describe it as "''reggae grande''" (big reggae). The spellings ''reggaeton'' and ''r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haila Mompié
Haila María Mompié González (born 28 January 1974), better known as Haila Mompié or simply Haila, is a Cuban singer, specializing in son and timba. She is known as the lead vocalist in Azúcar Negra, as a former Bamboleo singer, and for her solo career. Life and career Haila was born on 28 January 1974 in Amancio, Las Tunas, Cuba. She started her musical schooling at age nine in Santiago de Cuba, where she studied dance. At age 15 her family moved to Havana, which stopped her career shortly. There, she met the famous son-singer Yaquelín Castellanos, who was very fond of Haila's singing ability. Haila was offered a position in the group Septeto Tradición, which mostly played in the traditional style of the son septetos of the 1920s/30s. Later she performed in the cabaret Las Avenidas and joined the group Habana Son. With the project Guajira Habanera she had her first foreign performance in 1994 in Mexico. In September 1994, she joined the group Bamboleo as a vocalis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ya No Hace Falta
''Ya No Hace Falta'' is an album by the Cuban timba band Bamboleo. It was released in 1999. The title track ("I am not in need") was the group's most commercially successful song. The band supported ''Ya No Hace Falta'' with a North American tour. Production The majority of the album's songs were written and arranged by bandmember Lazaro Valdes, who was chiefly influenced by Earth, Wind & Fire. The songs were performed by four singers and 10 musicians. Valdes employed tumbaoes on many of the songs. Critical reception The ''Sun-Sentinel'' wrote that "Bamboleo blends funky urban salsa with storytelling and arrangements that feature blaring horns, thunderous percussion and four poetic vocalists. Its music includes more breakdowns than the commercial salsa heard in the United States and Puerto Rico, so much so that the tembleque, or tremor, is ideally suited to freestyle dancing." '' The Washington Post'' called the album "irresistible," writing that it is full of "lots of bottom, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
