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One of the most noteworthy reggaeton voices of the mid-2000s, Voltio worked his way up the ranks over the course of several years, expanding his reach with each successive release

Volumen Cero Biography, Photos, Pictures

Miami-based Latin rock band Volumen Cero was formed in the late ’90s by musicians from South America who were previously playing under the name of Orgasmic Bliss, releasing an independent album in 1996

Vox's
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Genre:Latin

Chilean teen pop outfit Vox’s, assembled by former politician Rodrigo Eitel, burst into the Latin music scene by the end of 2000 with a dance-pop single titled “Noche de Brujas

Dominican pop-vocal group Voz a Voz is born of a world that most of their peers only try to emulate Formed in Santo Domingo by three youths of poor economic class and single parent households, a fact which they are not shy about sharing, the young men that make up the vocal trio are Gilberto Cesar D’Oleo (“Gio”), Ammy Yatniel Acosta (“Ammy”) and David Leonardo Rosario Pimentel (“David”)

Valerio Longoria, Sr. Biography, Photos, Pictures

The Longoria family dynasty in Tex-Mex music begins in the 1920s in a Mississippi cotton field, with no one in the large family of Valerio Longoria Sr aware that a master musician was growing up in their midst

Not very important as a player, Valzinho was a great composer, having left classics like “Óculos Escuros” (with Orestes Barbosa, 1955; recorded by Zezé Gonzaga and by Paulinho da Viola, 1971), “Doce Veneno” (with Carlos Lentine and Esperidião Machado Goulart, 1945; recorded by Marion, Djalma Ferreira Group, Jamelão, Gaúcho, Britinho, Paulinho da Viola, and Elizeth Cardoso), “Não Sei Por Que” (with Luperce Miranda, 1944; recorded by Gilberto Alves), “Tormento” (1946, recorded by Orlando Silva), and “Súplica” (with Pernambuco, 1947)

In 2000, Vander Lee’s second album, No Balanço do Balaio, had success with “Românticos” Lee has had as special guests in his shows Luís Melodia and Milton Nascimento and was one of eight artists selected to close the Novo Canto project at Canecão in 2000

Vanessa da Mata Biography, Photos, Pictures

Born in a small town in the province of Mato Grosso, Brazil, in 1976, singer and composer Vanessa da Mata grew up listening to venerated artists like Antonio Carlos Jobim, Milton Nascimento, and Luiz Gonzaga, as well as the sounds of Rio she picked up on her radio

Vayo
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Genre:Latin

Tango singer Vayo (pronounced vah-djoh) Raimondo, who performs under his first name, was born and raised in Montevideo, Uruguay, which, along with Buenos Aires, Argentina, claims to be one of the two cities where the tango originated

Vayo Raimondo Biography, Photos, Pictures

When Latin music lovers think of tango, the first country that comes to mind is Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina’s largest city, is widely regarded as the tango capital of the world; that was true during tango’s pre-Astor Piazzolla era, and it was true after the revolutionary, innovative Piazzolla (who is arguably to tango what alto saxophonist Charlie Parker is to jazz) pointed tango in a darker, more jazz-influenced direction

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