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The Shains are a Peruvian rock icon, a band that started as many imitators as the British sound, way to surf and garage. From its founding in 1964 did not stay for any edition of this last record. Were several musicians who passed through the band, as the brothers Juan Luis and Raul Preyra, bassist Pico Ego Aguirre, but not be enshrined until the incorporation of one of the most remarkable figures of the scene of Peru, Gerardo Manuel, who Dolton leaves to `s to join the Shains. Like most Latin bands, as the sixties progressed their sound was closer...

CONJUNTO CÉSPEDES played its first performance billed as Trio Céspedes on July 26, 1981 at Previews, a nightclub on Polk Street in San Francisco. The founders of the Conjunto Luis, Gladys, and Guillermo Céspedes began playing original and traditional "Son Cubano" relying on the instrumentation of guitar, small percussion and vocals. By 1982 the Conjunto had expanded to a "septeto format", and was consistently playing 4 set dance gigs three or four nights a week in clubs and cultural centers throughout the Bay Area. In 1984 CONJUNTO CÉSPEDES released its first self produced LP titled GUIRA CON SON, comprised of...

TIEMPO LIBRE www.tiempolibremusic.com The Miami-based Cuban music group, Tiempo Libre, is one of the hottest Latin bands today. At home in concert halls, jazz clubs and dance venues around the globe, Tiempo Libre has earned international acclaim for its joyful performances of timba – a dance-inducing mix of high-voltage Latin jazz and the seductive rhythms of son. Classically trained in Cuba’s premiere conservatories, the group is equally fluent in classical performance and continues to collaborate on impressive projects with other classical artists. Since forming in 2001, Tiempo Libre has been on a mission to share the musical heritage of its...