http://calabashmusic.com<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/57948/familia_valera_miranda.jpg'>As indicated in its name, Familia Valera Miranda is a family business: musician uncles, a singing mother and Padre Felix Valera Miranda as band&nbsp; leader. The Miranda family is a true national treasure perpetuating the tradition of the Cuban Son and Bolero.Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:01:04 -0500http://familiavaleramiranda.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/17734/carmenflores.jpg'>Indisputably one of the best voices in Cuba todayMon, 06 Oct 2008 13:01:04 -0500http://carmenflores.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/72725/el_son_entero.jpg'>El Son Entero plays son, bolero, quajira, guaracha, cumbiaMon, 06 Oct 2008 13:01:04 -0500http://elsonentero.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/35256/el_bolero_mexicano.jpg'>The bolero goes way back, originating from a Spanish dance.In Cuba in 1920, the trovadors, singers who accompanied themselves on guitar with a syncopated playing called rayao, were the first to pick up the bolero. Stemming from Cuba, the bolero eventually dpread throughout Central America, and northern regions.Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:01:04 -0500http://elboleromexicano.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/36897/estrella_de_la_charanga.jpg'>This Charanga band, created in 1994, brings together twelve of the best musicians from the region of Santiago.Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:01:04 -0500http://estrelladelacharanga.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/22706/lasperlasdelson.jpg'>Las Perlas are outstanding for the freshness of their arrangements, bringing a new and contemporary flavour to the traditional repertoireMon, 06 Oct 2008 13:01:04 -0500http://lasperlasdelson.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/39160/soledad_bravo.jpg'>Soledad Bravo was born in Spain and grew up in Venezuela and is an outstanding singerMon, 06 Oct 2008 13:01:04 -0500http://soledadbravo.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/33025/celia_cruz.jpg'>The Queen of Salsa!Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:01:04 -0500http://celiacruz.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/39093/angel_parra.jpg'>&Aacute;ngel Parra is the son of Violeta Parra, the Chilean folklorist of the Nueva Canci&oacute;n movement. He travels abroad helping to maintain the Nueva Canci&oacute;n tradition in Chilean expatriot communities in Europe, Northamerica, and Australia.Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:01:04 -0500http://angelparra.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/22114/eliadesochoa.jpg'>Eliadas Ochoa (of the Buena Vista Social Club) plays here with his longtime group, the Cuarteto Patria.Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:01:04 -0500http://eliadesochoa.calabashmusic.com/