Los Guanches The Corpse Went Dancing Rumba CD

From Santiago de Cuba -- the steamy port city that first created and nurtured Cuban son -- emerges a young band that has the late great glories of Cuban music dancing in their graves. Named after one of the great and almost forgotten sones of the Golden Age ("El Muerto Se Fue de Rumba") this recording establishes los Guanches at the top of the competitive Santiago music scene, where they've gained much fame from their many nights at the landmark Casa de la Trova. Possessing a creative power that brings new energy and style to the acoustic roots of salsa, los Guanches seem destined for the same success internationally as they have achieved in their homeland.

[A MINUS] "Spawned by the steady old Cuarteto Patria, the most renowned of Santiago de Cuba's dozens of son ensembles, this young quintet hypes things up -- leads keener, harmonies tenser, percussion busier, guitar more intrusive. And for a non-Spanish speaker like me, the time-tested melodies levitate with every boost, getting over on interactive intricacy and vocal high spirits alone." --Robert Christgau, Village Voice

On acoustic guitars, double bass and with tremendous percussion, Los Guanches play son, the music that the world called rumba, and they play it with an energy and style that has the late great Cuban rumberos dancing in their graves. 12 tracks and notes in Spanish.