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Gipsy Kings
About Gipsy Kings are a musical group founded in 1979 in Arles, France. The band, whose members have Catalan heritage, play a blend of Catalan rumba, flamenco, salsa, and pop. They perform mostly in Catalan but also mix in Spanish and languages of southern France, such as Occitan. Albums/Songs: Allegria Gipsy Collection Estrellas Best Remixes…
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Juan Luis Guerra
About Juan Luis Guerra Seijas is a Dominican musician, singer, composer, and record producer. He has sold 15 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling Latin music artists. Throughout his career, he has won numerous awards including 24 Latin Grammy Awards, three Grammy Awards, and one Latin Billboard Music Award. He won 3 Latin…
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Ali Farka Touré
About Ali Ibrahim “Ali Farka” Touré was a Malian singer and multi-instrumentalist, and one of the African continent’s most internationally renowned musicians. His music blends traditional Malian music and its derivative, African American blues and is considered a pioneer of African desert blues. Touré was ranked number 76 on Rolling Stone’s list of “The 100…
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Salif Keita
About Salif Keïta is a Malian singer-songwriter, referred to as the “Golden Voice of Africa”. He is a member of the Keita royal family of Mali. Albums/Songs: Mandjou / Seydou Bathily The Best of Salif Keita: The Golden Voice Talé Les Ambassadeurs Internationales Mandjou “Folon”… The Past The Lost Album The Best of the Early…
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Tito Puente
About Ernest Anthony Puente Jr., commonly known as Tito Puente, was an American musician, songwriter, bandleader, timbalero, and record producer. He composed dance-oriented mambo and Latin jazz music. Albums/Songs: Cuban Carnival Top Percussion Revolving Bandstand Homenaje a Beny, vol. 2 Mambo Caravan Dance Mania El Rey Bravo Puente Now! La pareja Para los rumberos The…
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Enrique Morente
About Enrique Morente Cotelo, known as Enrique Morente, was a Spanish flamenco singer and a celebrated figure within the world of contemporary flamenco. After his orthodox beginnings, he plunged into experimentalism, writing new melodies for cante and jamming with musicians of all styles, without renouncing his roots in traditional flamenco singing, which he kept on…
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Fairuz
About Nouhad Wadie Haddad, known as Fairuz, is a Lebanese singer. She is widely considered an iconic vocalist and one of the most celebrated singers in the history of the Arab world. She is popularly known as “The Bird Of The East,” “The Cedar Of Lebanon,” “The Moon’s Neighbor”, and “The Voice Of Lebanon”, among…
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Julio Iglesias
About Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva is a Spanish singer, songwriter and former professional footballer. Iglesias is recognized as the most commercially successful Spanish singer in the world and one of the top record sellers in music history, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide in 14 languages. It is estimated that during…
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Silvio Rodríguez
About Silvio Rodríguez Domínguez is a Cuban musician, and leader of the Nueva Trova movement. Albums/Songs: Tríptico. Volumen II Silvio Silvio Rodríguez con Diákara Para la espera Descartes Tríptico. Volumen III Al final de este viaje Segunda cita Cita con ángeles Rabo de nube Rodríguez Mariposas Silvio Rodriguez y Pablo Milanes Expedición Unicornio Días y…
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Astrud Gilberto
About Astrud Gilberto was a Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer and songwriter. She gained international attention in the mid-1960s following her recording of the song “The Girl from Ipanema”. Albums/Songs: That Girl From Ipanema So & So: Mukai Meets Gilberto September 17, 1969 The Silver Collection Beach Samba The Best of Astrud Gilberto The…