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Santiago Feliú
12+ albums
cubasinger-songwriternueva trova cubanalatincuban
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Santiago Feliú is a Cuban singer/songwriter, in the "nueva trova" Cuban folk music tradition (which includes better-known artists like Silvio Rodríguez and Pablo Milanés). Santiago's older brother Vicente is also a popular singer/songwriter. Santiago's music is often much "harder" than traditional nueva trova, producing surprisingly forceful music from an (amplified) classical guitar. This was especially true in his late-nineties album Future Inmediato, which borders on rock-n-roll. His latest, Sin Julieta, seems to have returned to his roots, usually including just Santi's vocals, guitar, and harmonica. He is left handed and plays a right handed guitar "backwards", which makes for unique picking and harmonic patterns. After hearing his music, many are surprised to learn that speaking he has a significant stuttering problem, which makes him appear shy as he introduces songs in concert. Main discography: * Vida (1986) * Para Mañana (1988) * Nauseas de fin de siglo (1994) * Ansias del Alba (with Vicente) * Futuro Inmediato (1999) * En Vivo en La Habana (2000) * Sin Julieta (2004) User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
