Biography: La Firma, La Floripondio, Lefty Perez, Legião Urbana, La India Meliyara, La Kausa, Leila Pinheiro, La Ley, La Lupe, La Lupita,

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Formed in Monterrey, Mexican ensemble la Firma made its debut with the release of Como Una Estrella in 1998, followed by the successful Para Recordar Playing a mixture of local traditional music and different Latin rhythms such as Colombian Cumbia and vallenato, the band, led by singer/songwriter Luis Padilla, returned in 2001 with Por El Amor de Una Mujer

La Floripondio Biography, Photos, Pictures

Chilean group la Floripondio started as a four-piece punk rock act in 1991, led by singer Aldo Asenjo The band’s debut album, called Muriendo Con Las Botas Puestas, came out in 1993

Salsa vocalist Lefty Perez was born in the barrios of New York, where he lived until the age of 13, at which time he returned with his parents to their home island of Puerto Rico

Legião Urbana Biography, Photos, Pictures

Legião Urbana was formed through the fermentation of youth tedium in the capital of Brazil, Brasília, DF, during the economic crisis and corruption of the ’80s The best way to deal with this picture was punk rock, the initial vehicle adopted by Renato Russo in his band Aborto Elétrico, who would give birth to Legião Urbana

La India Meliyara Biography, Photos, Pictures

Colombian La India Meliyará (born Melida Yara Yanguma) began attending music classes in 1972, but she was mostly influenced by her father, a local musician After winning a festival called La Nueva Estrella de la Canción, the young and promising singer had the opportunity to make her first record, titled Homenaje Al Maestro José Barros, which was released in 1977

Chicago’s Latin rock band la Kausa was formed in 1994 Inspired by Mexican rock acts such as Café Tacuba, the band moved to Monterrey to record its first album After a temporary breakup in 1996, la Kausa came back, releasing a four-song EP called Entre la Revolución

Leila Pinheiro Biography, Photos, Pictures

Leila Pinheiro is a renowned singer who established a name in bossa nova and then started to explore the Brazilian pop field At ten, she began her music studies Four years later, she abandoned music theory and started to have piano classes with Guilherme Coutinho

In 1987, ex-Aparato Raro member Rodrigo Aboitiz, ex-Paraiso Perdido member Andrés Bobe, and ex-Nadie member Shia Arbulu formed a techno-pop ensemble called la Ley After issuing an EP, Aboitiz and Arbulu left the band to get involved in different projects

Singer La Lupe (born Guadalupe Victoria Yoli Raymond) became involved in music while finishing teacher training, performing live in different public places In 1962, the artist, also known as La Yiyiyi, settled in New York, getting along with percussionist Mongo Santamaría and making a record called Mongo Introduces La Lupe in 1963

Mexican experimental band La Lupita got involved in the local scene in the early-’90s, combining rock and traditional Latin music, performing ironic and sarcastic lyrics, which resulted in one of the band’s main characteristics: its sense of humor