NewsWhore
09-22-2008, 03:00 PM
Five legends of Dominican popular music - Joseito Mateo, Frank Cruz, Francis Santana, Vinicio Franco and Cuco Valoy - accompanied by the Super Orquestra San Jose conducted by another legendary musician, Papa Molina are booked for the United Palace Theater in Manhattan, New York. Diario Libre speculates this could be the birth of a Merengue version of the Buena Vista Social Club. Journalist Alfonso Quinones says that all that is missing is a Ry Cooder to become the promoter who would send this group of classic merengue musicians to stages such as the Olympia in Paris, Festival Latino in Milan, the Mexican Auditorio and Madison Square Garden, to just mention a few. In this way they would fill the space left by the original Buena Vista Social Club members, the late Cuban son stars Compay Segundo, Ibrahim Ferrer, Eliades Ochoa and Omara Portuondo who rose to international fame late in life as part of Ry Cooder's Buena Vista Social Club in the late 1990s.
Diario Libre reports that they represent history, myths and legends. The show "The Story of Merengue" is produced by Radhy Montero. After its premiere at the United Palace, the show will move on to Lawrence and Revere in Massachusetts, Providence in Rhode Island, Newark, Bronx and Queens, and close on 26 October in what is hoped to be just the promotional start of a continued tour.
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Diario Libre reports that they represent history, myths and legends. The show "The Story of Merengue" is produced by Radhy Montero. After its premiere at the United Palace, the show will move on to Lawrence and Revere in Massachusetts, Providence in Rhode Island, Newark, Bronx and Queens, and close on 26 October in what is hoped to be just the promotional start of a continued tour.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#12)