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Melina Almodóvar “La Muñeca de la Salsa”

North America / USA / New York

Melina Almodóvar

With an unwavering spirit, melodious voice, Caribbean cadence on her hips, friendly and cataloged by many as sexy, Melina Almodóvar has represented the Latin female son in the US. During her 20 years of artistic career, Melina Almodóvar has conquered audiences in the most imposing scenarios and has shared stages with the most recognized artists of the tropical genre

The nickname as many know she is “La Muñeca de la salsa” and which for a long period of time she sought to have because she had the same name that already identified another Salsa singer. Getting an ideal pseudonym to her was difficult, but not for a fan who, while delighting in her live presentation, cataloged her with this nickname with which they would later recognize her in the whole world.

“I wanted to give myself a nickname for Salsa … But I did not want to change my name … And then one day a gentleman says to me:” Hey, but you are a doll and look how you sing “, and then it was there that I stayed “La Muñeca de la Salsa”. It’s a name that stuck with me and it stayed there, so everyone knows who “La Muñeca de la Salsa” is and sometimes they do not know who Melina Almodóvar is, but I really like that name, I think it’s very beautiful”, she said.

At the age of 14, the interpreter born in San Juan de Puerto Rico lived an experience that marked her life since then. She moved with her mother to Memphis, Tennessee, leaving behind her culture and family, which caused an emotional shock and made her take full refuge in the music.

Melina Almodóvar - Photo — Melina Almodóvar – Photo

“Salsa saved my life.” The Salsa is my way of life. It’s my way of breathing, of doing things “.

“We moved to a very white place to an extremely American place. The south of the US is a very different place from New York or Florida. There are not many Latin people and for me it was very hard … I started studying music at the High School. I got into all the choirs that I could and all the bands in the school where I could be”, told me Melina.

Melina Almodóvar - Photo 2 — Melina Almodóvar – Photo 2

This Puerto Rican composer not only prepared in salsa, also studied different musical styles: Blues, Jazz and Gospel. What made her race for only 3 years at the University of Memphis the career of Musical Execution. Studies that she decided to abandon for working at the same time as a receptionist and translator for the City Council and also to continue pursuing her dream of singing Salsa professionally. “I decided to quit my university studies because I was really doing what I wanted to do: that was to be a singer… I thought it was better to leave school and nothing has gone wrong, I have continued doing everything at that moment, but on a slightly larger scale and for me it was the right decision”, commented Amodóvar.

During the 90s, Melina and other music professionals created the first salsa orchestra in Memphis called “La Orquesta Caliente”. With this band toured places like Alanna, Kentucky and Alabama. They played at such iconic venues as Beale Street, one of the most famous music streets in all the US for almost 4 years, just as they did at Young Ave Deli, a place that filled to its maximum capacity just to hear them sing and play Salsa every Monday. In this regard, Melina told me: “That’s when I started singing Salsa. That’s when I fell in love with salsa and I wanted to continue being a professional Salsa singer.”

Melina Almodóvar “La Muñeca de la Salsa” in concert

Melina Almodóvar “La Muñeca de la Salsa” in concert photo

In 2003, she began her musical career as an independent soloist with her first album Rumba’s Salsa Soul Delight, where she exhibited her creative freedom to compose, work with other people in the music industry and create her own identity in this tropical genre. So, her second álbum was La Muñeca De La Salsa Y Más (2008) and Pasión y Salsa Live in 2013.

In all her productions this Puerto Rican singer based in Miami, likes to sing to the love in a very positive way. Each song is a tropical proposal of Latin culture, passion, celebration, dance and happiness that invites the dancer to enjoy. “I like to talk positively about things that make me happy. I do not like to shoot men … Because it’s not what happened to me. “She added: “I have a bolero that’s called Mi Nueva Página de Amor, but it’s very positive.

Melina Almodóvar “La Muñeca de la Salsa” - Cover — Melina Almodóvar “La Muñeca de la Salsa” – Cover

”Although the Salsa is a genre dominated by men, Melina has shown to take firm steps and open field solidly in the music industry, she has sung alongside major figures such as: The Great Combo of Puerto Rico, Andy Montanez, Bobby Cruz, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Marlo Rosa, Tito Puente Jr., el maestro Larry Harlow and Tromboranga.

She has developed a successful musical career of 20 uninterrupted years that has led her to perform at the biggest annual festivals and daily events in the country. For nine years “La Muñeca de la Salsa” performed live shows in South Florida at Tapas y Tintos club located in Miami’s South Beach with el maestro Ricky Torres, where thousands of dancers from all over the world gathered every Tuesday to dance and enjoy her music.

Melina Almodóvar “La Muñeca de la Salsa” - Singing — Melina Almodóvar “La Muñeca de la Salsa” – Singing

In 2010, Melina and approximately more than 600 dancers broke the Guinness Record for the largest number of people dancing Salsa at the same time a song. The idea got with her former manager Frank Nieves. The theme was “Lista pa’ Impresionar” of her authorship and doesn’t rule in the near future to do it again. “We were there seeing how we could do something different for an event that he was doing here for the Broward County Patron Festivities and we said why we did not try to break the Guinness Record. Establish a Guinness Record of the greatest number of dancers dancing a song and then we did it and it was spectacular”, said Melina.

In 2016, she released to the national and international market the salsa version single “Estoy aquí” of the popular Pop singer Shakira, whose arrangement was made by Seferino Cavan. The video of “Estoy Aquí” was shot on the famous beaches of Miami Beach and already has almost 1 million views.

Melina Almodóvar “La Muñeca de la Salsa” - Photo — Melina Almodóvar “La Muñeca de la Salsa” – Photo

Likewise, and in mid of 2017, Almodóvar recorded with Tito Puente Jr. a new version in Salsa Mambo of the song “Mi Socio” created by Tito Puente and Cuban singer La Lupe popularized in 1965. In the same way, she did with the singer and composer Bobby Cruz the song “La Chica del Bling”.

Currently, Melina does live performances every Friday to 6pm at Best Time Wine Shop located on 8th Street at 64th and 8th, a wine warehouse with a large dance floor. “Ándale! Pon a Sonar el Güiro” is her most recent single, it was released since last December and you can find it on all digital platforms. During this month of January, Melina will continue playing her music through the territory of Florida with the event Los Patrones de la Salsa and on April 7 she will produce along with her friend Kristina Moinelo the biggest salsa festival in Miami, the Hollywood Salsa Fest, in which she will also participate as a main star with great figures of salsa music.

la muneca de la salsa - flyers — la muneca de la salsa – flyers

Melina Almodóvar believes that the Salsa will never die because it is in the Latin idiosyncrasy and at some point this AfroCaribbean genre will return to be that people like most. She also commented that she does not rule out the possibility in the future to do a fusion with the new urban musical trends of the moment.

“For me to represent Latin music in the US is a very big honor because I love tropical music more than anything. It’s my life, it’s my way of breathing like all the SALSEROS … For me, it’s the whole world to be able to continue my long-standing career, to go ahead and bring good Salsa for the whole World.” Melina Almodóvar

The Salsa is the NUMBER ONE music genre that is danced around the world. I believe that we are keeping this genre alive with what we are doing every day. “Melina Almodóvar

Melina Almodóvar “La Muñeca de la Salsa”

To more information about La Muñeca de la Salsa, please visit www.melinaalmodovar.com or like her on Facebook: www.facebook.com/pg/MelinaSalsa

What a pleasure to talk to Pablo Pérez ‘‘El Alcalde de La Salsa’’

It is a pleasure to talk to Latin music artists who have left our genres in a high place all over the world and today it is the turn of the great American producer, composer and percussionist Pablo Perez, also known as ”El Alcalde de La Salsa”, who we were lucky enough to interview to know his fascinating story with music. We say to our dear readers that they cannot miss it.

Pablo playing — Pablo Pérez ”El Alcalde de La Salsa” playing the bongos live

How Pablo became interested in music

From the beginning, Pablo made it very clear that since his childhood he has been interested in music, to the point of beginning to study it at school, as his taste was great since then. To what we must add that the time when he grew up in Trenton, New Jersey, was marked by a total command of salsa, which greatly influenced the young boy. However, he clarifies that he liked all types of genres like ballads, boleros, cha cha chá, merengue, classical music, among others.

He grew up listening to all sorts of artists and groups such as La Fania All Stars, Ray Barretto, Willie Colón, Johnny Pacheco, Spanish Harlem Orchestra and many others. To some extent, all of them have influenced the style he applies to his own work today.

World traveler

Throughout all this process of being involved with music and learning what he knows today, he came to live in a lot of Latin countries like Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Ecuador, Argentina, Panama, Costa Rica, among others. During all these travels and stays, Pablo dedicated himself at all times to play and present his music to the populations of those places.

In the same way, each of these places has given something new to his style and, in them, he was able to hear new versions of other songs that he knew before. He himself did a new version of the llanera song ”Quierela más que yo” by Venezuelan singer Luis Silva, making it into a salsa song and giving it his own touch. ”I’ve always wanted people to connect with me through my music and I’m always looking to do new, danceable and interesting things,” Pablo said on the subject.

The artist has always liked to mix different sounds and instruments, so he had the idea of creating a trombone orchestra (the first instrument of his career) and seing how it worked. Finally, this group included two trombones, two trumpets and a baritone in order to obtain a bigger sound, helping with a ”baby bass” (an electric double bass model designed by Ampeg), and a piano.

Pablo in the studio — Pablo Pérez recording in the studio

The Pablo Pérez Project and Orquesta Yanes

Although it is true that Pablo’s first major project was The Pablo Pérez Project in 2005, prior to that, he already had a group called Orquesta Yanes (2001), with which he recorded two albums back then. During that time, what was used were LPs and cassettes, one of them being a recording made in Belgium (country where he also lived) and called ”Pablo Pérez con el paisaje latino”. This was the same name of a group he created with local and Latin European musicians in Europe.

At the same time, the musician was also part of other orchestras in his native New Jersey as well as in Puerto Rico and some of them were ”El Nuevo Sonido”, ”Paquito Y Su Tumbao”, ”Peligro” and many others.

Time in Belgium

One of the most important events in Pablo’s career during his time in Europe was his involvement in the album ”Algo Diferente” by Mexican musician Héctor Islas y Su Pachuco 21. The artist referred to Islas as a very good person and a great singer whom he met in the aforementioned country and it was not long before they worked together.

Hector invited him to join his orchestra as a timbalero and they both toured the rest of Europe together, taking their music to anyone who wanted to listen to them in those territories. Later, the Mexican went to Cuba to make a series of recordings in which he asked Pablo to play the bongos.

During their tours, they were able to play alongside El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, Jerry Rivera, Original de Manzanillo, Sin Damas, La Fania All Stars, La India and many more.

Pablo and Luis — Luis González ”El Tsunami de La Salsa” next to Pablo Pérez

El Alcalde de la Salsa

A very interesting facet Pablo had was that of a politician in 2014, when he ran for mayor of Trenton, New Jersey. Although targets were not met, the artist explains that this decision to compete gave him many positive experiences with the community.

One of the biggest endorsements he received at the time came from Willie Colón, whom he had known for many years. When the trombonist asked Pablo about his motivations for running for office, he replied that what he wanted was to help the community from a better position. That is when Colón nicknamed him ”El Alcalde de La Salsa” (The Mayor of Salsa), which Pablo liked so much that he decided to use it for the rest of his career.

It is worth mentioning that he also received the endorsement of Tito Nieves during his aspirations for political office.

Music played a crucial role in the campaign events, since the artist’s orchestra was very attractive to people, especially for the fundraisers that Pablo and his team carried out. Likewise, it was a good tool for the former candidate to connect with the community, especially the Latino community.

It was in this same period that he made contact for the first time with his current bassist and arranger Michael Colón, pianist Efraín ”Juanito” Dávila and other musicians with whom he was able to form his orchestra, which helped him a lot during his political career to gain the sympathy and attention of people.

When asked if he would be interested in running for public office, he assured that this stage of his life is over and that he prefers to concentrate solely on music for now.

Willie and Pablo — Willie Colón endorsing Pablo Pérez’s campaign

Tromboranga, the Latin soul in Europe.

Europe

A band formed in Spain to share rhythm, music and soul around the world. As a part of the new generation of independent Latin orchestras around the world, Tromboranga is the pure essence of “Salsa Dura”. Tromboranga´s spicy ingredients are the trombones sound, solid and strong percussion, and they recover the essence of “soneos” (voice improvisation among the chorus). With influences from the salsa music from the 60s and 70s, maintaining a raw, strong and a very danceable sound.

Their original songs like “Humildad”, “Palo pa la campana”, “Ah Caraj”, “Mi China Colombiana”, talks about stories that can describe the life of any of us, and they have become number one in Latin radios and dance floors worldwide.

Tromboranga is made up of musicians from the Caribbean and Europe, all residents of Barcelona, Spain.

Its members are:

Joaquín Arteaga, Band leader, Timbal and composer from Venezuela, known for his long career as a percussionist and also as band leader of the orchestra “Bloque 53”.

Diego Coppinger, traditional “Sonero”, with an extensive carrer that includes “Tropicana” in Cuba, gives color and Cuban flavor, with great force and experience in his amazing soneos.

Freddy Ramos, young singer from Venezuela, also arranger with a wide impresive musical career.

Rafael “Madagascar” Arciniegas adds Colombian flavor with his piano and arrangements.

Lorenzo “El diablo” Barriendos, Venezuelan musician on bass, with tastefull tumbaos, known for his interventions with orchestras such as Trabuco Venezolano, Mango group Guaco among others.

The strong and colorful trombone section, which offers a distinctive mark on the band: Vladimir Peña (Venezuela), Josep Blanes (Spain) and Albert Costa (Catalunya), all supported by the taste and the conga afinque Oriol Martinez and the spicy bongo of Climent Campa.

Their first EP “Agua que va caer” hits the market in November 2011 in anticipation for the first official cd “Salsa Dura” (April 2012), considered by Latin music lovers, DJs, dancers and specialize salsa bloggers among the 10 best CDs of 2012. Also recorded a CD together with Bloque 53 “Tumba Puchunga” where the song “Me alborotas” and also “Tumba Puchunga” reached number one in many Latin radios listings.

In April 2013 the new cd “Al mal tiempo buena salsa”, take them to do their first world tour in Spain, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Netherlands, Tunisia, Germany and Colombia.

In November 2013 they release a L.P. Vinyl Special Limited Edition (only 300 copies) called “Solo para coleccionistas Vol. 1”. They are invited to do 4 concerts at one of the biggest salsa festivals in the world “La Feria de Cali” and Pereira, Colombia. The 4 concerts were filled in its entirety. Since then the followers and fans of the band call themselves “Salseros Tromborangueros”.

In 2014 visit Mexico on a tour of four dates, all concerts were sold out and the public had the opportunity to hear some songs from the 4th Album called “Salsa pa’ rato”, with 10 new original tracks.

From “Salsa pa´rato” album the track “Palo pa la campana” is already a hit among salsa dancers, been between top 10 salsa dancing songs of 2014. Also “Sentimiento Caleño”, a song dedicated to the city of Cali. Songs with social messages like “Esclavo de tu apariencia”, “No tengo pa pagar” and “Como la marea” also known for their catchy tune.

2015 arrives with new album “Golpe con Melodía” , with 8 new hard and raw salsa tunes, and great swing for dancers, with songs like “Golpe con Melodía”, son montuno “Carretera” and a cover of “La mafia”. And a extensive tour in Colombia, Ecuador and in USA for the first time in cities like New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and many more.

In 2016 the songs “Ah Caraj, aquí que pasó”, “Cambumbo”, “El rey sin corona”, “No me vuelvo a enamorar”and “Mi China Colombiana” from new album “Sangre Sudor y Salsa” are already on every salsa Dj set. Also they release amazing new videos from this songs. In 2016 they have long tour from Japan to Russia, from USA to United Kingdom and all Europe.

Other songs like “Agua que va caer”, “Humildad”, “Te provoca”, “Adios que te vaya bien”, “Mama Calunga”, “amigo el raton”, “Boogaloo Marilu”, “Rompe colchon” are danced currently on the dance floor of salsotecas, dance schools, salsa parties and salsa festivals worldwide.

THE 2018 TOUR

JANUARY

• 19 Lille, FRANCE..

FEBRUARY

• 14 @The Gov Hindmarsh, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA.
• 16 @The Track, Toorak, Melbourne AUSTRALIA.
• 17 @Cloudland, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA.
•18 @The Studio venue, Auckland NEW ZEALAND.
• 24 @Big Top, Luna Park, Sydney AUSTRALIA.
• ALL TICKETS FOR AUSTRALIA at:

APRIL

• 7 Afrolatin Festival, Madrid SPAIN.

MAY

• 11 Bern, SWITZERLAND.
• 13 Barceloneta, Barcelona, SPAIN.

JUNE

• 8 Bangkok THAILAND.
• 9 Bangkok THAILAND.
• 23 Ourense SPAIN.
• 30 Saint Tropez, FRANCE.

AUGUST

• 25 Pirineos salsa Festival, Huesca, SPAIN.

OCTOBER

• 11 Aventura Dance Cruise Los Angeles U.S.A.

Discography:

-Tromboranga EP “Agua que va caer” (2011)

-Bloque 53 & Tromboranga “Tumba Puchunga” (2012)

-Tromboranga “Salsa dura” (2012)

-Tromboranga “Al mal tiempo buena salsa” (2013)

-Tromboranga “Solo para coleccionistas” (2013)

-Tromboranga “Salsa Pa´Rato” (2014)

-Tromboranga “Golpe con Melodía” (2015)

-Tromboranga “Sangre Sudor y Salsa” (2016)

Web & Social Network:

www.tromboranga.com

www.facebook.com/tromboranga

www.youtube.com/tromboranga

www.twitter.com/tromboranga

www.instagram.com/tromboranga

Music available at:

@cdbaby: http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/Tromboranga

@iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/es/artist/tromboranga/id484381251

Production and Bandleader: Joaquin Arteaga

Musicians:

Joaquin Arteaga: Director and Timbal.

Diego Coppinger : Voice

Freddy Ramos: Voice

Oriol Martinez: Congas

Climent Campa: Bongo

Lorenzo Barriendos: Bass

Rafa Madagascar : Piano

Vladimir Peña: Trombone

Josep Blanes: Trombone

Albert Costa: Trombone

Jose Bello “The Singer-Songwriter”

North America / USA / New York

At International Salsa Magazine, we were able to chat with this incredibly talented artist. Below is the interview:

How was your first presentation? Did you know after that that music would be your passion?

In the kindergarten of the La miraculous school they had parties and they had a stage where I sang constantly and even had choirs that accompanied me and also acted, since I can remember, my passion is music.

How did you and Carlos Castillo meet? Did you know about his career before?

I met Carlos Castillo, because my mom lived in the house next to him and she talked about me to Carlos’s mom and they both agreed to introduce me, I had no idea who he was, until I met him.

What inspired you to compose those songs?

The experience of life and the gift that I always knew I had to compose, at any time.

Tell us a little about Aldemar Barona, what year did you decide to start with the label?

My great friend Aldemar Barona always went to my presentations and when the contract ended with the best record, we decided to make our own record label in the late 80s, early 90s.

Was this performance during a tour? Which album were you promoting? Where could that DVD be purchased?

Exclusive record. He hired me to make that dvd in the mid-90s and you could get it online, or at the Musical 90 record store in Jackson Hghts Queens New York All these artists are very well known worldwide and having been able to share stages with them speaks volumes about your incredible talent and career.

Which of these artists would you say is your greatest inspiration or example?

As I said before, my inspiration is a divine gift, I love all my colleagues very much, I respect and admire them, some started before me, others are from my generation and others became famous after my love, and I respect music, I They have bitten as I am and have led me to feel fulfilled in what I do, blessed and immensely happy.

Where would you like to present yourself in the next opportunity? How was your first presentation?

After I would like to personally take my art to some countries that I have not visited to this day, such as Mexico, Peru, Panama, Canada, Japan, Chile, and Argentina.

What comes next in the life of Jose Bello, El Cantautor?

Make my new recording, already as JOSE BELLO EL MAGNATE DE LA SALSA 40 ANIVERSARIO and finish negotiating my next tours, to Central Europe and South America.

Where does his nickname El Magnate de La Salsa come from?

On July 23, 2017, I married the designer Patricia González on the largest luxury yacht in New York called “Infinity”, around 2000 people and with two orchestras. Tito Nieve with his orchestra and my orchestra. The ceremony was on the high seas. When in Mexico they found out about my marriage, they wrote me congratulating me and told me “Now you are the salsa magnate” I was surprised and asked them why? and they told me “Only Arab tycoons get married on the high seas on a luxury yacht” I liked the idea.

I always hear that in music there are kings, princes, knights, but there are no tycoons and I think that because of the explanation of the Mexicans, I am the salsa tycoon

Marcial Isturiz from Capaya with soneos and melodic phrases and his popular “Agua pa’ los Gallos “Puerto Rico

In 2023 Sergio George, the famous “magician” who produced the artistic career of famous salseros and artists, said that salsa was “dead” and called on new artists to resurrect it and support each other as urban singers do.

This caused commotion and controversy among salseros and made them doubt without a doubt what is the reality that salsa lives and more with the progressive physical departure of emblematic legends who made history in the world, coupled with the proliferation of the so-called “DJ” who multiply many times the nostalgia of the public for living the times of said legends and who became a trend due to this fact. In 2024 we saw how important salsa concerts were held in our country Venezuela where foreigners who had not visited us for a long time did so and so we enjoyed what some call “the last of the Mohicans”, as well as Venezuelans who took to various stages making it clear that, if they continue creating, either by adjusting the sound of the old and modernizing with quality staging or simply delighting with their career and style what they have already established.

We think that there is a lot missing since there is plenty of musical talent and a new generation in every sense, but not who listens to them and supports them, this being a truth bigger than the size of the sun.

After this necessary reflection we want to talk about Marcial Isturiz who was born in the sandunguera town of Capaya, Barlovento in the Miranda State of VENEZUELA, and we put it in capital letters because this “extraordinary sonero who wandered through the streets of Petareña hitting any pot he found in his path, finding out where and at what time the “arayé” was lit, always on the “hunt” for a good opportunity”, a quote was written by Ángel Méndez in his book “Entren que Caben Cien” describing how clear this man has been since childhood in pursuing and having the firm certainty of where he had to go to achieve his dream. He understood, from my point of view, that he who perseveres succeeds and we have seen his professional growth during all these years, thirty years recently completed, being a musician performing several instruments, going on to be also a composer and arranger, accompanying with his voice in duos of consecrated stars and groups, renowned orchestras as well as others not so well known, his voice being a characteristic seal that draws the attention of his followers, a sonero that we can say “gets lost from sight”.

A man who has earned the respect and affection of the public wherever he goes and to name one of the presentations in which he has demonstrated his “people skills”, we had the opportunity to travel and share with him closely accompanying him Sonero Clásico del Caribe in that free event that the Barquisimetanos salseros put on at the end of January 2024 to Ramón Méndez, where by the way Marcial took advantage of the invitation to perform the National Anthem the day before at the Cardenales – La Guaira Game, impeccably. Undoubtedly, that presentation was an omen of good fortune for what would be a year full of success.

Marcial Isturiz began hitting a home run this 2025 by performing on January 5 in Puerto Rico on the “Island of Enchantment”, at the traditional Three Kings Eve dance at the Sheraton Hotel, Convention District, with Don Perignon and La Puertorriqueña, with salsa figures such as Herman Olivera, Pedro Bull, Pichie Pérez, Joe González, Rico Walker, Josué Rosado, Jerry Rivas, Gilberto Santa Rosa and of course our Marcial Izturiz.

We saw him singing choruses with these greats, specifically next to Herman Olivera and Rico Walker waiting for his turn like each of those called to this meeting until Peter Perignon introduced him for the first time with his Orchestra La Puertorriqueña and said that the person responsible for that invitation and presence of our sonero there was his friend Gilberto Santa Rosa.

Briefly, Perignon told the audience that he knew Marcial since he was part of Bailatino and he fell in love with that group, since then he had been following him and now recently in his participation with the Latin Dimension he knew that Marcial with this performance made his dream of being in that country come true.

Saying good night to Puerto Rico he performed the song “La Familia” (authored by José Curbelo and musical arrangement by Louie Ramírez, inserted in the production titled Indestructible by Ray Barretto and his Orchestra in the voice of Tito Alen for the year 1973) with soneos and melodic phrases and his popular “agua pa’ los gallos Puerto Rico” left established what this Venezuelan is made of, acclaimed and congratulated by his peers on stage.

Joy is not enough for what we salseros in Venezuela feel for this representation that should not be overlooked because if there are soneros from Venezuela and with class: Marcial Isturiz is one of them; with his own style and professionalism, this is how our “Mayor of Capaya” was seen next to these greats, comfortable, safe and proudly waving our tricolor wherever he goes.

At Swing Latino we say congratulations to Marcial, keep doing your thing without resting like until now, because later it will be too late:

AGUA PA’ LOS GALLOS y

¡Ponle Sabor!

Source: Giorgenling Méndez from Swing Latino

Also Read: Salsa at its best, led by the leader of La Puertorriqueña: Don Perignon