Biography
Joyful, original Latin roots music! Sol y Canto creates music and performances that move, delight, excite and connect - connect the audience to the richness of Latin American culture; connect individuals, Hispanic and non-Hispanic, to each other through shared experience of music, poetry, humor and a joyful, playful vibe; and connect us all to our hopes and visions of a better world. (See below for full group biography.)
FUNDING for non-profit organizations presenting Sol y Canto is available through the New England Foundation for the Arts. Contact us for info.
PROGRAMS AVAILABLE
*Sabor y Memoria: Brian Amador's new musical suite featuring Sol y Canto with the Cuarteto Latinoamericano of Mexico is about a favorite topic: Latin food!
*Cada Dia un Regalo: Adult concerts featuring passionate Latin roots music celebrating each day as a gift.
*Noche de Muertos: a multi-media concert program celebrating the Mexican Days and Nights of the Dead.
*Family Concerts (with your local community kids choir!)
*Also available: Educational services celebrating Latin musical roots & Mexican Day of the Dead themes
HISTORY/BIO
When Rosi and Brian Amador met and fell in love in 1984, they did not know their relationship would blossom into the musical project of their dreams...
Puerto Rican/Argentine singer and bongo player Rosi Amador and New Mexican guitarist and composer Brian Amador have been lucky enough to spend more than two decades composing, arranging and performing music that moves people inside and out; songs that combine poetic lyrics, commitment to social change, and sabor, the "tastiness" of music that draws you into its story or makes you want to get up and dance. Singing of a longing for peace or of taking care of our planet, telling the story of a solitary kiss or the sadness of losing a loved one, celebrating the Mexican "Night of the Dead" - has put them in touch with people who share their concerns and joy in celebrating Latin culture and what they offer: a personal, idiosyncratic language of music and lyrics revealing a common, human language.
Sol y Canto is their three-time Boston Music Award winning Pan-Latin ensemble and the culmination of their musical vision. Featuring Rosi's crystalline voice, Brian's lush Spanish guitar, and accompanied by virtuoso musicians from Uruguay, Peru, Panama and Argentina on piano, winds, bass, and percussion, the sextet has established a reputation for its quirky original compositions that address matters of the heart as well as social and global aspirations, and its unique and driving interpretations of contemporary Latin favorites.
Since 1994, Sol y Canto has brought audiences to their feet from the Kennedy Center, the White House, and Boston's Symphony Hall to the California World Music Festival, Puerto Rico's Museo de Arte and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Before that, Brian and Rosi were two of the founding members of the Billboard-charting Boston-based Nueva Cancion band, Flor de Cana (1984-1994).
Sol y Canto is known for making their music accessible to Spanish- and non-Spanish speaking audiences of all ages. Brian Amador was the first Latino ever to be commissioned by Boston's preeminent Celebrity Series to compose a Latin orchestral suite, Prisma de amores, which tours nationwide with classical ensembles from symphony orchestras to string quartets. Their debut recording, Sancocho, on Rounder Records, was chosen by The Boston Globe as one of the ten best recordings of 1994. Sendero del Sol, their 1996 Rounder Records release produced by renowned Panamanian jazz pianist Danilo Perez, was chosen as "one of the best of the year" by Hispanic Magazine. Sol y Canto's fall 1999 album, En Todo Momento, was featured by People en Espanol as one of the year's HITS in 2000. Their bilingual children's CD and a Parents Choice Award winner, Twice as Many Friends/El Doble de Amigos (Rounder 2003), features a celebratory collection of bilingual children's songs for singing, dancing and learning. Their touring multi-media concert celebrating the Mexican Day and Night of the Dead, "Noche de Muertos: Welcoming our ancestors Home," garnered standing ovations at all of its 2007 debut season venues and is booked all over the East Coast in 2008.
Three time winner of "Best of Boston for Latin rhythms"
Winner: Boston Magazine, "Outstanding Latin Act," &
Boston Music Awards, 1995
Instrumentation
Brian Amador - (New Mexico) Guitar, Compositions, Arrangements, Musical direction, Vocals
Rosi Amador - (Puerto Rico/Argentina) Lead Vocals, Bongos, Small percussion
Jorge Roeder (Peru) , Bass
Renato Thoms - (Panama) Congas, Percussion
Bernardo Monk - (Argentina) Sax, Flute
Nando Michelin - (Uruguay) Piano, Keyboards
Discography
Cada Dia un Regalo/Each Day a Gift (MusicAmador Productions 2008)
Twice as Many Friends/ El Doble de Amigos (Rounder Kids 2003)
En Todo Momento (Redwing Music 1999)
Sendero del Sol (Rounder Records 1996)
Sancocho (Rounder Records 1994)
Links
| http://www.solycanto.com |
| Movie of "Sabor y Memoria" Latin food suite! |
| NEW:music & images of DAY OF THE DEAD show! |
| Sol y Canto CD Shop |