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Though the group may be Miami-based, the members of timba band Tiempo Libre are all Cuban-born, -bred, and -inspired Founded in 2001 by pianist Jorge Gomez as the first authentic Cuban timba band in the U
From their home state of Michoacan, regional Mexican group Tierra Cali is one of the genre’s few family acts, comprised of five brothers, including Humberto Plancarte (voice and keyboard), Rafael (bass), Cruz (percussion), Arcadio (keyboards), and Efrain Plancarte (drums)
Latin rock foursome from Panama Tierra de Nadie was formed in 1989, releasing its first EP called Salto Al Vacío in 1991 They signed up to Sony Music soon after, recording Grito En La Tierra in 1992, produced by Alex Nahual’s Alvaro Aguilar
Spanish heavy metal band Tierra Santa emerged in 1997 comprising singer/guitarist Angel, guitarist Arturo, bassist Roberto, keyboardist Paco, and drummer Iñaki A year later, the rock en español ensemble self-produced their debut album, called Medieval, soon after touring along with Avalanche and opening for Dio (the heavy metal quintet led by singer Ronnie James Dio)
No norteño act is more renowned than Los Tigres del Norte, a group of Mexican-American brothers based in California who began their recording career in the early ’70s and enjoyed widespread acclaim over the following decades, recording regularly for Fonovisa Records from the 1980s onward
Mexican alternative band Tijuana No was formed by the end of the 1980s, playing under the name of No, at the beginning Combining rock and traditional Mexican music, the act has been mostly known for compromising itself in the defense of indigenous groups and writing eloquent lyrics about it
The father of Brazilian soul music, Tim Maia never hid his true nature from his fans, his prospective employers, or the law Iconoclastic, ironic, outspoken, polemical (but always humorous), and openly addicted to cocaine and marijuana, he was known for lightheartedly missing appointments and even big-time gigs, and also for being boycotted by recording companies, major TV networks such as Globo, and other media that didn’t swallow his disturbing presence
Formed by Carlinhos Brown in the Candeal borough of Salvador (Bahia), Timbalada represented his desire of using the timbau (a kind of drum indigenous of candomblé religions) in an Afro-pop-oriented way, melting rhythms of Bahia with those of Afro-American and Afro-Caribbean origin
The Latin teen pop group Timbiriche was formed in 1981 by producers for the Mexican network Televisa; the original members — Diego Schoening, Sasha Diez Barroso, Benny Ibarra, Mariana Garza, Alix Bauer and Paulina Rubio — were all under the age of 11 at the time of their formation, with all agreeing to join the group under the provision that they continue to receive good grades at school
Latin rock band from Argentina Timmy O’Tool burst into the local scene by the end of the 1990s, issuing an EP in 1997 and participating in an event called Buenos Aires No Duerme (Buenos Aires Doesn’t Sleep) in 1998