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| | MAMBOCHAMBO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03) |
 | | This sensational new 10-piece Cuban band - will arrive back in the UK in May 2003 having just appeared in clubs, theatres and festivals in the Netherlands, Engalnd, Wales, France, Spain and Belgium during their debut tour. |
 | | Their repertoire is from sources as varied as Cuba's greatest composers, including Arsenio Rodriguez and Lili Martinez; music written by Leo Duany himself and other contemporary composers from Santiago such as José Nicolas and Chichu; and traditional Afro-Cuban music, but with an added twist. |
 | | The musical line-up consists of two lead vocalists (the 'sonero', or son singer, and the 'rumbero', or Afro-Cuban singer), hand percussionist/backing vocalist, tres/backing vocalist, baby bass, bongos/backing vocalist, congas, piano and two trumpets. |
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