Frank Delgado (born October 19, 1960 in

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n musician, and a member of the novísima trova, heir to the

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movement.

Biography

He was born October 19, 1960 in Consolación del Sur part in the university cultural movements, and won some awards in different festivals. He is a

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by the Instituto Superior Politécnico José Antonio Echeverría. His first songs (''Orden del Día'' and ''Río Quibú''), were performed and brought to fame by other groups, but later on he sang his own songs. He has sung in more than 120 cities, in over a dozen countries, and his music has been used as

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for

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and

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. His songs are remarkable because of their lyrics, and speak about love, social affairs and deeply ironic criticism of current Cuban politics and society.

Discography

Albums

# ''Trova - Tur'' (1995) # ''La Habana Está de Bala'' (1998) # ''El Adivino'' (2001) # ''Mi Mapa'' (2004) # ''... pero, qué dice el coro?'' (2006) # ''Extremistas Nobles'' (2010) (together with Cuban pop/rock band Buena Fe (duo)) # ''Ustedes los trovadores no saben na' de la vida'' (2012) # 'Más' (2016)

Others

#''Sonríete Sin Malicia'' (1993) # ''En México'' (1994) # ''Un Buen Lugar'' (1996) # ''Trucho'' (1999) # ''Concierto Inmigrante a Media Jornada'' (1999) # ''A guitarra limpia'' (2000) # ''Otras canciones'' (2002) # ''En cuerdas para cuerdos'' (2004)

External links

Frank Delgado's Official Page

Frank Delgado Youtube Channel

Listen songs of Frank Delgado

Songs in CANCIONEROS.COM
1960 births Living people People from Consolación del Sur Cuban songwriters Male songwriters {{songwriter-stub

Biography

Discography

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