Music in Corrales: Sol y Canto - Latin/Afro/Caribbean vocals & rhythms September 16, 2006

The heart and soul of Sol y Canto's music is its rich vocal harmonies, sumptuous Spanish guitar and a combination of beautiful ballads and churning Latin rhythms, each performed with unparalleled depth and enthusiasm. Add wind, percussion and bass, and you have Sol y Canto's unique sound.

With its rich, natural harmonies, Sol y Canto's sound is built upon a framework of Brian's warm, versatile Spanish guitar and Rosi's expressive, crystalline voice. Brian's playing shows how the nylon-string guitar, often abandoned in contemporary popular Latin music, has provided a backbone of harmony, melody and percussive rhythms from the Flamenco styles brought by the Spanish settlers to the sones of the Trio Matamoros, and how vibrantly relevant that instrument is to the music of today. Rosi's singing has been described by the Boston Globe as "like clean spring water: it's smooth, it's clear, and somehow, you come to believe that it's necessary for life."

Sol y Canto (sun and song) has brought audiences to their feet from the Kennedy Center and White House to the California World Music Festival and Puerto Rico’s Conservatorio de Música and Museo de Arte. Rosi Amador's crystalline voice and Brian Amador's lush Spanish guitar accompanied by outstanding Latin musicians from Cuba, Uruguay, Mexico and Argentina.

Brian Amador was born and raised in Albuquerque and all of the members of Sol y Canto have deep roots throughout the hemisphere, both from family heritage as well as musical accomplishment.

TICKETS: Adults - $18 advance purchase, $20 door. Students - $12
- Frame ‘n Art – Las Tiendas Center (Alameda & Corrales Rd) – credit card, walk-in’s
- Bookworks - 4022 Rio Grande NW - cash
- Music Mart – 3301 Carlisle Blvd NE - cash

GENERAL INFORMATION: 877 – 287 – 0082 www.musicincorrales.org

Official Website: http://www.musicincorrales.org