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Sol y Canto® (sun and song) is
an exuberant Latin musical ensemble headed by Rosi and Brian
Amador, two of the founding members of the renowned Latin
Boston-based band, Flor de Caña (1984 - 1994). They
perform regularly as a duo, trio, and sextet. Invited to perform
in venues as diverse as the White House and the Kennedy Center’s
Millennium Stage, the Vancouver Folk Festival, and the Philadelphia
Art Museum, the group has established a national reputation
for its unique interpretations of latin music, and for making
this music accessible to non-Spanish and native speakers alike.
With its rich, natural harmonies, Sol y Canto's
sound is built upon a framework of Brian's warm, versatile
Spanish guitar and Rosi's expressive, crystalline voice. Brian's
playing shows how the nylon-string guitar, often abandoned
in contemporary popular Latin music, has provided a backbone
of harmony, melody and percussive rhythms from the Flamenco
styles brought by the Spanish settlers to the sones of the
Trio Matamoros, and how vibrantly relevant that instrument
is to the music of today. Rosi's singing has been described
by the Boston Globe as "like clean spring water: it's
smooth, it's clear, and somehow, you come to believe that
it's necessary for life."
Their debut recording, Sancocho, on Rounder
Records, was chosen by Scott Alarik of the Boston Globe as
one of the ten best recordings of 1994; Alarik describes Sol
y Canto as: "Boston’s sublime ambassadors of the
Pan-Latin tradition."
Sendero del Sol, their 1996 Rounder release,
was produced by renowned Panamanian jazz pianist Danilo Pérez,
and was chosen as "one of the best of the year"
by Hispanic Magazine. It includes the participation of Danilo
and Puerto Rican jazz saxophonist David Sánchez
Sol y Canto’s fall 1999 album, En Todo
Momento, features a more acoustic approach to their music
than their last two Rounder Records CD’s, showcasing
rich harmony vocals and a more intimate musical ensemble featuring
three singer/instrumentalists: Rosi and Brian Amador, joined
by Alan del Castillo.
Their newest (2003) release, "Twice
as Many Friends/El Doble de Amigos" is on Rounder Records
and features celebratory bilingual children's songs, both
traditional and contemporary originals , to dance to and learn
by. Fun for kids and adults alike guaranteed! Click
here to learn more about this CD.
"Best of Boston for
Latin rhythms"
Boston
Magazine, 1996
"Outstanding
Latin Act,"
Boston Music Awards, 1995
"Energetic and inventive
guitar work ... breathtaking vocals, ...the delicate weave
of flute, guitar, percussion."
Norm Weinstein
From the liner notes
of "En Todo Momento."
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