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Son De Hoy Bio:
Born in Havana, Niņo Torrente traces his earliest musical influence to Isabela de Sagua, a fishing village and port on the south coast of Cuba where he spent his boyhood. "Everyone played an instrument", he said, "and it was common for groups of men to gather at home and talk, laugh, smoke cigars, and sing the old songs." The family's move to New York just before his teens presented Torrente with a challenge - English - and solution - soul music. "I fell in love with the sound of it - James Brown, The Temptations, The Chi-likes. By listening to them all the time, I learned "English". |
