Biography: Barão Vermelho, Bronco, Bruno & Marrone, Bubu, Buddy Mary McClusky, Buena Vista Social Club, Bustamante, Butumbaba, Barbarito Torres, Baron Rojo,

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Barão Vermelho Biography, Photos, Pictures

The first Brazilian rock band, Barão Vermelho deserves the title because while Blitz was the first to make success in the style concocted in the ’80s in Brazil, Blitz was a pop band with pinches of rock, while Barão Vermelho had a visceral rock approach from the beginning

Bronco
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Genre: Latin

From Apodaca, Mexico, Bronco’s modern take on the norteño style in the ’80s and ’90s helped earn them a number of international hits Bandmembers Jose Guadalupe “el Negro” Esparza, Ramiro Delgado, Javier Villareal, and Jose Luis Villareal crafted a sound that paid tribute to the norteño tradition while incorporating modern instruments like keyboards, as well as a more melodic, pop style and elaborate costumes

Bruno & Marrone Biography, Photos, Pictures

Brazilian sertaneja duo Bruno & Marrone had been performing for a solid decade before their work was recognized on a large scale Bruno was born Vinicius Felix de Miranda in 1969, the son of a business man in Goiânia

Bubu
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Genre: Latin

A talented pandeiro player, Bubu was a member of the group of sambistas of the ’40s that would become known as the Turma do Muro (“the Gang of the Wall,” as they gathered in a daily basis at the wall of the train station of Oswaldo Cruz)

Buddy Mary McClusky Biography, Photos, Pictures

The songwriting credit Buddy Mary McCluskey, sounding like a friendly if mispronounced drink invitation, shows up regularly in connection with Spanish songs that have been translated to English and vice versa

Buena Vista Social Club Biography, Photos, Pictures

Less a band than an assemblage of some of Cuba’s most renowned musical forces, Buena Vista Social Club’s origins lie with noted American guitarist Ry Cooder, who in 1996 traveled to Havana to seek out a number of legendary local musicians whose performing careers largely ended decades earlier with the rise of Fidel Castro

Bustamante
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Genre: Latin

Known for his 2003 hit “Ademas de Ti” and for the theme song of Telemundo’s popular telenovela Gitanas, David Bustamante is among the promising Latin pop singers who emerged in Spain in the early 2000s

Butumbaba
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Genre: Latin

Argentinean ska/punk and reggae band Butumbaba got involved in the local scene in the early ’90s, playing at small venues in Santa Fe, the band’s base city In 1997 the ten-piece act debuted with an album called Skacharpas, followed by contributions to Skamania, a local compilation issued by El Kuraka Discos; Just Not Punk Enuff, released by California based Missing Words; Remedy Kaos; and Niteklub’s Global Ska

Barbarito Torres Biography, Photos, Pictures

For over three decades, Barbarito Torres has been one of the strongest musicians to arise from the Cuban guajiro tradition Playing the laoud, or Cuban lute, he has played with a variety of ensembles both in Havana and the Cuban countryside

Baron Rojo
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Genre: Latin

Spanish metal band Baron Rojo was formed in 1981 by sibling singers/guitarists Armando and Carlos De Castro in tandem with bassist José Luis Campuzano and drummer Hermes Calabria