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Adolescent's Orquesta, known informally as Los Adolescentes, is a salsa romantica group from Venezuela that was initially popular in the mid- to late '90s with hits including "Anhelo" and "Persona Ideal." A decade later, after a new lineup was assembled, the group proved popular once again with hits including "Se Acabó el Amor" and "En Aquel Lugar." Adolescent's Orquesta is essentially the group of Porfi Baloa (piano, keyboards, bass), who is not only the group's producer but also its musical director and primary songwriter. The original lineup of Adolescent's Orquesta was comprised of Wilmer Lozano, Williams Lozano, Armando Guiñan, and...

After having played together for a year and a half and released a 5-song demo, in a band with the name Allsherjar, Karg (vocals), Joel (drums), Linus (guitar), Joakim (keyboard) and Jörundr (bass) decided to take on an extra guitar player, consequently, Zharlie joined the band during Fall 2002, however, the music progressed and changed so drastically that a change of name felt necessary, thus the name Shadows of Paragon was embraced. Five songs were chosen and during Summer 2003 the recording of Shadows' first demo/EP began. The goal was to release the demo/EP at the metal festival Bobfest in...

Welcome to the second volume in the Vampi Soul series of tropical Peruvian music of the 60s. The casual music enthusiast might not think that Peru was a hotbed of tropical music in the 1960s and 70s. But with it's indigenous tradition of Afro-Latin percussion on the coast, and an obsession with mambo in the 50s, Peru was actually the perfect place for the Cuban and Nuyorican sounds of son, boogaloo, and guaracha to take root. The proximity of Columbia and Venezuela made sure that cumbia was popular as well. The MAG label producer Manuel A. Guerrero Silvestre captured this...

According to the legend, this peculiar band was created in Grafton Street, one of the main streets in Dublin, where musicians from all over the world meet to make a living by playing alive. Joselito Maravilla (accordion) and Maravilloso David (main vocals, guitar) met over there. After some months playing on the streets, they decided to come back to Spain and start up a band mixing traditional music (Irish, American and Slavic), rock&roll structures and the most classic blues. To accomplish such an achivement, they recruited the two most particular musicians they found: inimitable Juan Mariscal (bass) and matchless Adán...