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Diego Gutiérrez (singer-songwriter)
Diego Gutiérrez (born September 25, 1974) is a Cuban singer-songwriter. In 2018, Gutiérrez was nominated for his album Palante el Mambo! to the Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical Fusion Album. Early years Diego Gutiérrez was born in Ciego de Ávila, where he lived during his childhood and adolescence. His brothers taught him to play the guitar, being themselves self-taught, and soon he began to sing the Trova Tradicional Cuban classics and also the songs of the Nueva Trova movement. Since he was little he got the influences of Cuban country and popular music through the old vinyls listened at home, which marked his compositions to come. He began to write his own songs at the University "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas, Central University of Las Villas, where he found a powerful cultural movement which inspired and drove him to think seriously in developing his musical career, while studying English Language and Literature. First, he got known by a growing audience through am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciego De Ávila
Ciego de Ávila () is a city in the central part of Cuba and the capital of Ciego de Ávila Province. The capital city has a population of about 156,322 and the province 430,507. Geography Ciego de Ávila lies on the Carretera Central highway and on a major railroad. Its port, Júcaro, lies south-southwest on the coast of the Gulf of Ana Maria of the Caribbean Sea, in the adjacent municipality of Venezuela. The city is located about east of Havana and west of the city of Camagüey. It was part of the Camagüey Province until 1976, when Fidel Castro's government made Ciego de Ávila the capital of the newly created Ciego de Ávila Province. By 1945, the municipality was divided into the barrios of Angel Castillo, Ceballos, Guanales, Jagüeyal, Jicotea, José Miguel Gómez, Júcaro, La Ceiba, Majagua, Norte, San Nicolás and Sur. After the new political and administrative division of Cuba in 1976, it was divided into four municipalities ( Majagua, Ciego de Ávila, Baragua, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
