Los Muñequitos de Matanzas

Los Muñequitos de Matanzas

Formed in 1952, this stellar rumba group is famous throughout Cuba. They also charmed audiences everywhere in the US on their first, second, and third US tours, in 1992, 1996, and 1998. They were back in August, 1999, in the Spring of 2000, again in 2001, and for the last time in the US, in 2002, after which George Bush blocked them. Then they returned in April, 2011. The group got its start in 1952 in a bar in Barrio Marina in Matanzas, Cuba, a neighborhood with a strong African culture, when a group of youths began following the rhythms of a song by Arsenio Rodríguez ...

Songs

La llave by Los Muñequitos de Matanzas

La llave

Los Muñequitos de Matanzas

Cuba
Latin, Rumba
Bongo Drums, Percussion, Shakers, Wood Blocks
Building, Playful, Upbeat

La rumba que no escuchó mi abuelo by Los Muñequitos de Matanzas

La rumba que no escuchó mi abuelo

Los Muñequitos de Matanzas

Cuba
Latin, Rumba
Bongo Drums, Bowed Strings, Horns, Percussion, Piano, Saxophone, Trumpets, Violins, Wood Blocks
Building, Playful, Upbeat

Rumba Pa' los Rumberos by Los Muñequitos de Matanzas

Rumba Pa' los Rumberos

Los Muñequitos de Matanzas

Cuba
Latin, Rumba
Bongo Drums, Percussion, Shakers, Wood Blocks
Building, Playful, Upbeat

Homenaje a Cané by Los Muñequitos de Matanzas

Homenaje a Cané

Los Muñequitos de Matanzas

Cuba
Latin, Rumba
Bongo Drums, Percussion, Shakers, Wood Blocks
Building, Playful, Upbeat