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Tracklisting
1. Camina Y Ven
2. Asi Quiero Vivir
3. Que Viva Chango
4. El Reto
5. Comentario Del Solar
6. Soltando Chispa
7. Como Estoy Sufriendo
8. No Quiero Celos
9. No Te Subas Que Te Caes
10. Pagame El Beso
11. Guajiro Guarachero
12. El Carretero
13. La Alborada
14. Suena La Timba
Maria Ochoa was born on September 24, 1944 in
Gran Piedra, Alto Songo, Santiago de Cuba. Her parents were both
singers and treseros that transmitted a profound love of Cuban
music to their six children. In 1968, she became a part of the
program Trinchera Agraria. She has appeared in Festivales del
Son, Festivales de la Música Campesina and Festivales de
la Cultura Caribeña. These appearances have allowed her
to become a recognized artist to the general public, especially
in the eastern part of the island (Santiago and Guantánamo).
In 1993 she began to work in the Casa de la Trova in Santiago,
as a faithful exponent of the peasant genre, while promoting a
representative repertoire of the people who work the land. She
was invited by her brother, Eliades Ochoa and the Cuarteto Patria
to participate in a musical tour to Venezuela and in 1998 to Colombia.
Maria Ochoa y Corazón de Son is the first truly modern
Cuban Son music performed by artists who grow up where the son
is pure, who understand the tradition of son, and who are now
developing the forms and traditions for the next generation. Santiago,
Cuba is where the son was born. Santiago is the cradle of son.
Son is the foundation, the base of all Cuban music.
Maria Ochoa, with her group and her brother Eliades Ochoa perform
their personalized versions of the songs she has grown up with.
The group maintains their roots, rescuing genres that constitute
the direct antecedents of the son and fuse them with a more contemporary
style using their creativity, talent and the heart of each ensemble
member. The songs demonstrate the spirit and soul of the people
of the countryside, their traditions, the love of the land, nature
and their own vision of the world.
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