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Merengada is the UK's only specialist merengue band - though
they play excellent Salsa too!
Check out their new CD "ARRANCANDO" (Deep South
Records) with the chart-topping Salsa version of "No
Woman No Cry".
Merengue music comes originally from the Dominican Republic,
but is now popular throughout Latin America, as is Salsa,
and both now have a great following in the rest of the world
too, from Europe to Japan.
MERENGADA
is a 10 piece band, formed in early 1997, and based in London,
England. Merengada's live stage show is the liveliest in
Europe, modelled on the native bands from Santo Domingo,
and with a front line of 2 crazy singers (Guillermo and
Biembo) and hi-energy girl-sax player Nina, the non-stop
show leaves them and their audiences breathless and ecstatic!
With
an international line-up of 2 Dominicans, one Mexican, an
Italian and 6 top British musicians, this band has created
their own identity and repertoire, with some classic songs,
and many of their own salsa and merengue compositions, which
are featured on the new CD, and have already been used on
television (Carlton TV & Channel 4).
The
line-up: 2 Singers, 3 Brass (trumpet, alto sax, tenor sax),
3 percussion (congas, guira/timbales, tambora/bongo), Piano,
and Bass.
This summer they performed at over 40 venues and festivals,
including Italy (Torino and Verona) and Belgium (Polé
Polé - headlining with Orquesta Clave y Guaguanco,
and Orlando Poleo)
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Style:
Latin Salsa Merengue band
