Son de Cuba* (& Elsewhere) Septeto featuring:
- Roberto Rodriguez Bofill (La Isla de Juventud/Wellington) on his Cuban Guitar/Vocals
-:Angel Manual Guillarte Medina (Santiago de Cuba/Wellington) on his Cuban Tres/Vocals
- Ernesto Zuñiga Silva (Trinidad de Cuba/Wellington) on his Cuban Bajo Guitar/Vocals
- Rafael Ferrer Noel (San Manuel/La Havana/Wellington) on his Red Cuban Congas/Vocals
- Ben Hunt (Palmerston/Wellington via Napier) on his Sexy Kiwi ? Trumpet ?/Rafael's Yellow Cuban Maracas
- Nicolas Colillan Olivares (Valparaiso de Chile/Wellington) on Rafael's Black Cuban Bongos ?/Cow Bell
- Rosina van der Aa (Waiwhetu/Wellington via The World) on EFTPOS?/Fire
plays... traditional Cuban music etc...
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Featuring TWO new members.. ALL new songs.. MOST of which are originals written by various band members.. and the REST are original (re)arrangements also written by various band members.
A bailar, a gozar.. a l@ Cuban@!
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*Son de Cuba is who they are and what they play**.
Launched at Rogue & Vagabond in August 2019, the Son de Cuba Quarteto was the first-ever New Zealand and more specifically Wellington-based 100% Cuban Quarteto in Australasia, if not beyond.
The Quarteto relaunched as a Sexteto at CubaDupa in March 2024, the largest and craziest festival in New Zealand.
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**The ensemble's name literally means They are from Cuba... It also means Son (style of Cuban music from the 50s popularised by the Buena Vista Social Club) from Cuba”. And if you play on the translation and stretch a bit it also can mean Son(s) of Cuba.
