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Eddy Herrera presents his new production “Aquí Estoy”

 

Eddy Herrera is “El Galán del Merengue” and one of the most recognized tropical music artists in the region and the world. He returns to the music scene with an album of 8 songs where he wants to demonstrate his experience, and the perseverance he has had throughout the years. This album is not just another taste of his particular flavor, but also shows different facets of the Dominican star. In this article we tell you all the details.

“Aquí estoy” by Eddy Herrera has the best production

 

For this album Eddy promised to show his facet as a composer, and the best possible quality for all his fans and those who enjoy tropical music. This production has different sounds to capture Herrera’s tastes. In addition to songs like “Y cómo te olvido”, “Bla bla bla”, “Cómo iba a saber”, “Adicto a ti”, “Te lo pido mi amor”, “A beber”, “Nadie como tú” and the hit “Si yo se lo pido,” which is the main song of this album, were produced and arranged by the best of the best.

In this very special album, Eddy had the participation of prominent producers and musical arrangers from the Dominican Republic such as Junior Cabrera, Edwin García, Moisés Sánchez, Isaías Leclerc, Francis Enmanuel Contreras (Dary Darys), Juan Daniel Montero and his own orchestra that accompanies him in all his productions and tours. In Eddy’s own words:

“I understand that this album will mark interesting things this year and years to come. Having the professionalism, talent and experience of producers, musicians, composers, mixing and mastering engineers was more than a real pleasure, it was an honor. I hope it is to everyone’s liking and long live the merengue”.

The lyrics of each track are authored by the following talents: Giordano Morel, Martín De León, René Solís, Luis A. Herrera, Jorge A. Herrera, César Brizuela, Ernesto Díaz (EL Duende), Enghel Mata and Valerio De León. Wanting to give this new production the best quality possible, Eddy worked on mixes and sound with the best technicians and sound engineers.

Highlighting the work of the talented and experienced mixing engineer and musician Allan Leschhorn, who is the winner of 14 Latin GRAMMY® Awards, and who has worked with leading national and international artists. Along with Boris Milan, also winner of 8 Latin GRAMMY®, more than 30 nominations and 3 GRAMMY® nominations, who was also in charge of the mastering of the complete album and the song “Y cómo te olvido”.

“With this new album I want to capture mainly that, regardless of the fact that in the last two years the situation at levels of work, economy and health has been devastating for everyone, despite everything, I remain firm and on my own feet working even a little more than usual,” explained the Dominican Eddy.

Eddy Herrera has a long career

 

Under the long list of successes that this son of the Dominican Republic has are “El jardinero”, “El loco y la luna”, “La medicina”, “Mujer tirana”, “Tu eres ajena” and “A dormir juntos” featuring the Venezuelan artist Liz. His previous production “Ahora” received the highest award by winning the Latin GRAMMY® for Best Merengue and/or Bachata Album.

With a 30-year career with a long list of achievements and success, it could be said that Eddy has already done it all. But he continues to go on stage to cheer up and make his fans and the public dance with everything he shows. Hence his commitment to offer the best quality in each production. He will soon do a promotional tour through Latin America so stay tuned for where you can see him.

Prince Royce Returns To European Stages With Classic Tour

The young Bachata idol will celebrate more than a decade of experience with a series of concerts in the Netherlands, Italy, France, Spain, and Switzerland

Royce recorded “My Angel” a single that was part of the soundtrack of the sequel Fast and Furious 7.

The internationally famous Latin superstar, Prince Royce, will tour Europe with five concerts called the Classic Tour in which he will perform his greatest hits and most recent singles in a unique and special environment celebrating his ten years of artistic career.

The tour will cover the five most important cities in Europe starting on June 6th at the Zénith multipurpose indoor stadium in Paris (France), he will go through Madrid (Spain) with Las Noches del Botánico on Friday, June 24th, after he will be in the city of Zurich (Switzerland) on June 25th, will continue at the Fiesta festival in Rome (Italy) on July 2nd, and of course, will end his visit to Europe by closing the Pal Mundo Latin-Caribbean Festival in The Hague (Netherlands) on July 3rd.

“EUROPE! See you this summer on the #PRClassicTour to sing all my classics. I’m crazy to see them again!” The singer of Dominican descent expressed this on May 4th through his Facebook account.

Tickets for the Classic Tour range from €40 to €100, and you can purchase them online through his official website. https://www.princeroyce.com/

The last stop to see Prince Royce in concert on the European continent will be at the Pal Mundo Festival in The Hague, a city located in the west of the Netherlands. Here, nature and the Latin world will come together for the first time in the huge urban park in the middle of the city, Zuiderpark, located at 2533 SP, Den Haag/The Hague.

Pal Mundo will take place during the first weekend of July, and it will have approximately 50,000 attendees from all over Europe who will enjoy urban and Afro-Caribbean music, dance to Latin rhythms, and broaden their culinary tastes with typical food of the South American and the Caribbean Islands.

Geoffrey Royce Rojas de León was born on May 11th, 1989, in the Bronx (New York).

Continuing in the same tone, Prince Royce, the artistic name of Geoffrey Royce Rojas, in the last decade has obtained almost 100 million followers on his social networks, 22 world hits on radio charts, 24 Billboard Awards, 20 Premios lo Nuestro, 19 Premios Juventud, 6 Latin AMAs, and 14 Latin Grammy® nominations.

In the last eight years, this 33-year-old artist has collaborated with Selena Gómez on the hit Already Missing You, Gerardo Ortiz (Moneda), Shakira (Deja Vu), Gente de Zona and Arturo Sandoval (Tumbao), Zendaya (X), Marc Anthony (Adicto), Thalia (You Lost My Love), Daddy Yankee (Come With Me), and more recently Natti Natasha (Antes Que Salga El Sol), Mau y Ricky (Doctor), and the single that trended on the global YouTube chart along with María Becerra released on March 4th, Te Espero.

This New Yorker artist has six studio albums: Prince Royce (2010), his debut album, with which he rocketed up the popularity list with songs like Stand By Me and Corazón Sin Cara. His next record production was Phase II (2012) and was followed by Soy El Mismo (2013), Double Vision (2015), Five (2017), and his last recording to date Alter Ego (2020). This sixth album released on February 7th contains two discs “Genesis” and “Enigma” for a total of 23 songs. The genres that you will find in this compilation discs are Salsa, Bachata, Latin Pop, Reggaeton, and Trap.

“I’m excited to share Classic Tour with all my fans, who have been there for me unconditionally since the beginning of my career”… I’m still here thanks to all of you, and this tour is for you. I am full of gratitude.” Prince Royce

Marc Anthony Says to Europe Pa’llá Voy

The most influential tropical artist of the 21st century will offer a series of concerts in Spain, London, Holland, France, Italy, Switzerland, and Germany

Otra Nota (1993) was Marc Anthony’s first solo album

Si hay una fiesta pa’llá voy. Si hay una rumba, pa’llá voy. Con buena música y alcohol, cuando me llamen, pa’llá voy. With this nice choir of the song Pa’llá Voy that gives its name to the 2022 tour, Marc Anthony begins the series of concerts in Europe.

The versatile Salsa artist with the record for the most albums sold worldwide begins a series of 17 concerts on Saturday, June 4th at the OVO Arena Wembley in London (United Kingdom) with a capacity for 12,500 people. His next stop will be in the Rotterdam city (Netherlands) in Ahoy, which can hold 15,818 salsa souls, followed by Paris (France), Assago (Italy), Zurich (Switzerland), Cologne (Germany), ending his tour in 11 cities from Spain (Cornellá de Llobregat, Santiago de Compostela, Madrid, Seville, Fuengirola, Calvia, Oviedo, Valencia, Murcia, Cadiz, and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria). In this last city, the capital of Gran Canaria, Marc Anthony will step onto the stage of the Granca Live Fest that will take place on July 8th at the stadium of this cosmopolitan city with a capacity of 31,250 people.

This same tour, postponed due to the pandemic in 2020, was initially called “Opus Tour” and a year later it changed to “World Tour” now it is titled “Pa’ lla voy Tour” the homonymous name of the thirteenth album of the singer of Puerto Rican descent released on March 4th, 2022.

Pa’lla Voy was recorded during the pandemic period in Miami (United States), the place of residence of Magnus, the company of the singer awarded the Order of the Golden Sphinx by Harvard. This studio album is made up of nine Salsa pieces (Pa’llá voy, Yo le mentí, No se quita, Nada de nada, Amor no tiene sexo, Mala, Gimme some more, El que te amaba y Si fuera fácil).

“When we got to the studio to record this album, I was full of inspiration. I had time to absorb these songs, fall in love with them, and create what you can now hear.” The artist wrote on his Facebook account on March 4th.

You don’t need to carry out any additional management or expense if you purchased the tickets in 2020

Anthony, with almost three decades of trajectory, has released two singles from this new production, “Mala” co-authored by Lenier and under the production of Sergio George (producer of his first hits), and co-produced by Motiff, recognized for his work with Víctor Manuelle, Gente de Zona, Natalia Jiménez among many others.

In the same way, “Pa’lla Voy” was released this year, his most important single, and that gives life to the tour. This first track of the album was written by the Venezuelan singer-songwriter brothers San Luis (Luigi and Santiago Castillo). Another piece of information that we can provide you is about the participation of the only woman on this album, the Venezuelan singer Elena Rose, co-writer of the song “Yo Le Mentí”. Andrea Elena Mangiamarchi, known by the artistic name Elena Rose, is known for working with urban singers like Becky G, Rauw Alejandro, Tini, and CNCO.

Tickets for this long-awaited tour are between 40 Euros and 140+ Euros. The tickets purchased for the suspended tour in 2020 are valid.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to sing and dance on Pa’lla Voy Tour,  https://www.marcanthonyonline.com/gira/ and enjoy this new salsa jewel live and listen to his greatest hits such as “Valió la pena” or “Vivir mi vida”, the latter ranked 46th among the category of the 50 most important Latin songs of the American magazine specialized in music, Rolling Stone.

José Mosquera from Barquisimeto for the World “The bodybuilder and elegant”

Barquisimeto, is well known as the musical capital of Venezuela and in this opportunity we will make special mention to the musician José Jesús Mosquera Cañizales, born in our city in the Antonio María Pineda Hospital, on May 23, 1969, son of Rafael Mosquera and Juana Cañizales, married to Yolanda García and from this union were born their children Yolanda José and Luis José.

Mosquera was always inclined to music since he was a child, participating in the musical activities of his school “Ciudad Bolivar”, located on Carrera 13 and 48th Street, in Barquisimeto, singing and playing the cuatro in a self-taught way and with the help of his father who taught him to improve his playing.

At the age of 8 he studied at Pablo Canela’s academy, at the age of 10 he learned to play guitar, also with the support of his father and his cousin Carlos Romero.

At the age of 11 he participates in the musical groups of the Christian church, standing out as a guitarist, drummer and timbalero. When he turned 15, he became interested in playing the bass guitar and during his high school studies at the Ezequiel Bujanda Combined Cycle, he met Jesús Rincón, also a musician, and joined the ranks of the “Obeligaitas” bagpipe group, where he began his career as a bass player.

When he turned 18 years old, he was part of the staff of the group “Tecnogaitas” of the Tecnológico Antonio José de Sucre and simultaneously he was bassist of the band “La Salle”. Afterwards, he is recommended to Alí Rojas and auditions to be the bassist of the “Sonora de Alí”, where he remains for 3 years.

Alí Rojas gave him the responsibility of being the bassist of the dance orchestra “Sensación”, where he remained for 15 years. In 1992, he began working as a music instructor for the Fundación del Niño until 1996.

Mosquera, besides being an excellent bass player, plays string instruments such as the cuatro, guitar and requinto.

In 1993, Mosquera turned to romantic music and created the duet “Génesis” with his friend and compadre Carlos Enrique Prince, performing in nightclubs and private parties. In 1997, he joined the Poliboys Orchestra of the General Command of the Lara State Police as a bass player, where he currently works. In 2004 he began his musical studies at the Vicente Emilio Sojo Conservatory and graduated as an academic musician in 2009 with excellent grades. José has performed on regional television stations demonstrating his qualities in various prestigious programs and in 2016, he won 3rd place in the Police Voice Festival.

Mosquera, at what date do you become interested in salsa as a musical genre?, Professor Carlos in 2007 I start playing the baby bass and in 2011 I join the K’dencia Latina Orchestra of Carlos Sanchez and also had the privilege of accompanying Benjamin Rausseo “El Conde del Guácharo”, performing with his band and with K’dencia Latina, accompanied the late Willy Rodriguez, and vocalists of national and international renown: Hildemaro, Pibo Márquez, Charlie Guzmán, Alejandro Mayora, Mariana “La Sonera de Venezuela” and the official doubles in Venezuela of Rubén Blades (Jhony Heredia) and Celia Cruz (Ibrahíma Rondón).

Mosquera finally told us that musical excellence is achieved through perseverance and dedication.

Finally we wish the best of success on behalf of International Salsa Magazine, to the excellent musician José Mosquera “The bodybuilder and elegant bass”.

See you next time and let’s keep on salsaing!

José Mosquera “The bodybuilder and elegant”.