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La Línea (gang) La Línea ("The Line") is currently the leading faction of the Juárez Cartel originally designed to be one of the cartel's enforcer units set up by a number of former and active-duty policemen, heavily armed and extensively trained in urban warfare. [3] Their corrupt "line" of policemen were set up to protect drug traffickers ...
Merengues are fast arrangements with a 2. 4 beat. The traditional instrumentation for a conjunto típico (traditional band), the usual performing group of folk merengue, is a diatonic accordion, a two–sided drum, called a tambora, held on the lap, and a güira. A güira is a percussion instrument that sounds like a maraca.
Dominican Republic traditional merengue artist El Prodigio. Merengue is a musical genre native to the Dominican Republic. It has a moderate to a very fast 2/4 rhythm played on güira (metal scraper) and the double-headed tambora. The accordion is also common. Traditional, accordion-based merengue is usually termed merengue típico and is still ...
Toño Rosario. Máximo Antonio del Rosario (born November 3, 1955), commonly [clarification needed] known as Toño Rosario, is a Grammy Award nominee [ 1] musician, best known for his role of bandleader of Merengue music act Los Hermanos Rosario. [ 2] In 1990, he started his successful solo career receiving gold and platinum certifications.
Mendez started his career in 1988 as one of the co-founders of the merengue band La Cocoband, along with Alfonzo "Pochy Familia" Vásquez and Bobby Rafael. Mendez wrote and arranged many of La Cocoband's songs, including "La Manito", "El Boche", "El Cacu" and "Mujer Malvada". Mendez later decided to leave and start his own project in early 1992 ...
Merengue típico (also known as merengue cibaeño or colloquially as perico ripiao) is a musical genre of the Dominican Republic, and the oldest style of merengue. Merengue típico is the term preferred by most musicians as it is more respectful and emphasizes the music's traditional nature. The Instruments that are used are the accordion, bass ...
The Skeleton Key: Ben Devereaux Iain Softley [2] Shooting Dogs: Christopher Michael Caton-Jones: The Proposition: Jellon Lamb John Hillcoat: Nominated – Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role [2] 2006 V for Vendetta: Adam Sutler "Fake Sutler" actors James McTeigue [2] Perfume: The Story of a Murderer: Narrator Tom ...
Suavemente (English: Smoothly) is the debut studio album by American merenguero recording artist Elvis Crespo. Released by Sony Music Latin on April 14, 1998, the album established Crespo as a leading artist in the Latin music market. He collaborated with several songwriters and record producers to create an overall tropical music -flavored ...