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Dean Katari is an American guitarist that is fluent in multiple rock genres. He is also a sound engineer and music producer and has a career in radio broadcasting. Dean started playing guitar when he was 11 years old and was working the Southern California club circuit before he was legally old enough to get […]

Born in La Habana, Cuba August 26, 1957, Nicolas Sirgado is a polymath in the world of music. A guitarist, bass player, percussionist, singer, songwriter, recording artist, composer, arranger, conceptualist, director and producer that eases through musical genres like a trapeze artist. He has worked with all of the big heavies of the Cuban music […]

Gerardo studied classical guitar at Escuela Superior de Música in Mexico City. Later, in Boston, Massachusetts, he studied Latin American folk music with Miguel Ulises Jimenez and traditional Latin American folk rhythms with Ramiro de la Zerda. Gerardo has performed with Latin American folk ensembles throughout North America and Europe. In addition to Caña Son, […]

Cuban folk singer, tres player and guitarist Ivan Alamo is a highly sought musician on the NW Latin music scene. In addition to his solo repertoire he performs with Son Trio, Cuba Aché, Contigo with Miguel Bernal, and Son Cubano with Virginia Lopez.   Click here to meet more musicians

Sherman Floyd studied trova cubana at the Universidad de Havana with Vicente Feliu, Cesar Portillo de la Luz, Compay Segundo and Silvio Rodriguez. He performs locally with the Teatro Milagro, Cuban folkloric group Omo Iré and the Mexican Folklórico group Cosecha Mestiza.       Click here to meet more musicians

Ruben T. Torres Rodriguez (November 17th 1967 – September 10th 2012) was a Puerto Rican cuatro player and choral singer and an integral part of Pure Cuban Sugar. Born in Sevilla, Spain and raised in San Juan, Ruben was the ultimate utility musician and a notorious stickler when directing chorus rehearsals!! He did stints as […]