Latin roots music to change the world; Passionate, poetic, playful and honest.
WELCOME! ¡BIENVENIDOS! Thanks for dropping by. We have exciting news! Our voices and original music are featured in two great new audio book projects, for Barefoot Books in English and Spanish (see below). We've also got more shows coming up that we'd like to tell you about. Join us! ¡Unete a nosotros! Read our mission statement and biography on our ABOUT US page and get to know Sol y Canto, or navigate around to see videos and hear music.
ENJOY! ¡GOZALO!
Brand New Barefoot Books Audiobooks Feature Amador Family's Voices And Music
Just in time for the hoidays! We're thrilled to have collaborated on two great new projects for Barefoot Books. Rosi, Brian, Sonia and Alisa voiced Lola's Fandango/El Fandango de Lola, a charming and beautifully-illustrated book by author Anna Witte, and Brian created the flamenco musical score and sound effects. Click here for a behind-the-scenes interview. Also by Anna Witte is The Parrot Tico Tango/El Loro Tico Tango, a humorous story in verse that Brian set to music and recorded with Rosi and Alisa.
Sabor y Memoria - "A Musical Feast in Seven Courses" Composer and MacDowell Fellow Brian Amador’s newest multi-media, pan-Latin musical suite is about a favorite topic - food! Performed by our sextet and strings, Sabor y Memoria (Flavor and Memory) touches on issues of memory and nostalgia for one’s home country, immigration, hunger, cooking, and of course, chocolate! From appetizer to dessert, each movement is a “dish” of an imaginary meal. Everyone will want a taste! But that’s not all! Learn more...
Music is part of the recipe in his kitchen Composer's passions honed from his past.
By Andrea Pyenson • Globe Corresponent • March 9, 2011
CAMBRIDGE — Musician and composer Brian Amador prepares his family's favorite dishes as he discusses his passions for music and food. The kitchen has heady aromas from two large simmering pots. In one is red cabbage, balsamic vinegar, and raisins for something he calls "Repollo (cabbage) Sonia,'' named for one of his twin 14-year-old daughters. In the other, a mixture of ground turkey, tomatoes, and plantains mingle to become Salsa Medibeña, a name Amador coined to reflect Mediterranean and Caribbean influences. Later, he will ladle the meat sauce over pasta...read the rest here...
Edible Radio Episode 88 Growing Home: Marla Camp with Sol y Canto
Growing Home host Marla Camp, publisher of Edible Austin, talks to musicians Rosi and Brian Amador about their touring musical feast in seven courses, Sabor y Memoria.
Rosi and Brian Amador are founders of the Boston-based musical ensemble, Sol y Canto.
Composer and MacDowell Fellow Brian Amador's newest multi-media, pan-Latin musical suite, Sabor y Memoria (Flavor and Memory) is performed by the Sol y Canto sextet--plus strings, and touches on issues of memory and nostalgia for one's home country, immigration, hunger, cooking and, of course, chocolate! From appetizer to dessert, each movement is a "dish" of an imaginary meal. Everyone wants a taste! Rosi and Brian talk about what inspires their music, the role food plays in their lives and how food defines and brings together family and community.
The latest CD from Sol y Canto
"Cada día un regalo" / "Each Day a Gift"
Listen to a three song medley.
Sol y Canto’s NEW CD,Cada Día un Regalo is featured on PRI’s THE WORLD archive, December 18th. Click here to listen anytime. Billboard Magazine called it “unfailingly inspiring!” Listen/Buy Music at CD Baby by visiting: www.cdbaby.com/solycanto
Voice-Over and On-Camera work
Amador Bilingual English/Spanish Voice-Overs
Rosi Amador for voice-over and on-camera work
