Biography: Ney Matogrosso, NG la Banda, NG2, Ni Voz Ni Voto, Nicho Hinojosa, Naguinho Da Beija-Flor, Nicholas Rodriguez, Nelson Trigueiro,

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Ney Matogrosso Biography, Photos, Pictures

An uncommon artist with an uncommon sopranino voice, Ney Matogrosso fell in the Brazilian popular music scene like a bomb in the ’70s aboard the Secos e Molhados The end of the group marked the beginning of a fertile and successful solo career in which he began exploring his sensuous and charismatic persona through satiric and ironic repertories

Probably the best and most exciting Cuban dance group of the 1990s, NG La Banda formed in 1988 and has been led by flute player José Luis Cortés ever since Including many brilliant musicians who had formerly played with Irakere and Los Van Van, the group is known for placing emphasis on tight rhythms and their aggressive brass section, nicknamed the Terror Brass

NG2
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Norberto Vélez and Gerardo Rivas, the vocalists who make up pop-salsa trailblazing duo NG2, were far from newcomers when they arrived on the scene Vélez embarked on his performance career at the age of ten, playing traditional Puerto Rican music with local groups and joining the Orquesta Trompeta de Trovadores by 17

Ni Voz Ni Voto Biography, Photos, Pictures

Five-piece Peruvian band Ni Voz Ni Voto was formed in 1994 After playing at small underground venues around Lima, the group had the opportunity to participate in a rock festival in 1996, allowing the act to get involved in the local alternative scene

Nicho Hinojosa Biography, Photos, Pictures

Latin troubadour Nicho Hinojosa (born Dionisio Hinojosa) began singing at the age of eight Influenced by classic rock bands, he started playing drums in a local ensemble, emerging as a multi-instrumentalist after attending Monterrey’s Escuela Superior de Música y Danza, a prestigious Mexican school of music and dance

Naguinho Da Beija-Flor Biography, Photos, Pictures

Neguinho da Beija-Flor has been a puxador (the official singer in a samba school) since 1970, and since 1975, the puxador of the samba school Beija-Flor de Nilópolis, which has grown in popularity since then

Nicholas Rodriguez Biography, Photos, Pictures

It should come as no surprise that at least one of several performers named Nicholas Rodriguez should actually be involved with Latin music This artist produced Los Españolisimos album Raza y Pasion and wrote a song entitled “Serena,” probably not in honor of the ’70s porno star

Nelson Trigueiro Biography, Photos, Pictures

Nelson Trigueiro became a composer at 17, with “Morena Sem Rival” debuting in radio on December 8, 1934, with Odete Amaral singing “Minha Guanabara” in the R�dio Guanabara show Horas Cariocas

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