Who's your favorite artist?

[Smooth and Silky]

I only know a handfull of singers, just curious who ya'll listen to the most...
sals, merengue, cha cha, any genre

[Karlosism]

Well I really like: Angel Canales (but friends who are hardcore Lavoe fans don't really like him) Joe Cuba, and recently through this forum Brooklyn Sounds...and alot alot more! But it really depends on my mood!

[borikenSalsero]

I too absolutely adore Angel Canales. He's is best known for Puerto Rico's Second "National Anthem" (Lejos De Ti)

I don't really have one favorite but many.

[HothouseSalsero]

If someone were going to put me on and island and force me to pick only one salsa artist/band to dance to (and there would have to be people to dance with on the island), I would pick El Gran Combo.

If I were disabled, unable to dance, and stuck on a similar island where I could only have one salsa artist/band to listen to, I'd probably go with Cheo Feliciano (although maybe I'd go with Willie Colon, if I could include all his collaborations).

(Don't you love these scenarios?)

I didn't grow up with this stuff, but I love Hector Lavoe and Angel Canales both. I think Lavoe's style is less specialized, so to speak, than Canales'. Lavoe seems to cover a broader range of emotion.

[salseralaura]

i grew up listening to oscar d'leon so ill always love his music.

right now i love eddie palmieri's music although there are other ppl that i like i really just like everything that ive ever heard of eddie palmieri

[peachexploration]

I too absolutely adore Angel Canales. He's is best known for Puerto Rico's Second "National Anthem" (Lejos De Ti)

I don't really have one favorite but many.Yup! :rocker: Angel Canales RULES! :rocker: :D

[o.ü]

I too absolutely adore Angel Canales. He's is best known for Puerto Rico's Second "National Anthem" (Lejos De Ti)

I don't really have one favorite but many.Yup! :rocker: Angel Canales RULES! :rocker: :D

+1+1+1 :D not to mention ORQUESTA HARLOW and Frankie Dante & Orq Flamboyan :!:

[salseralaura]

I too absolutely adore Angel Canales. He's is best known for Puerto Rico's Second "National Anthem" (Lejos De Ti)

I don't really have one favorite but many.Yup! :rocker: Angel Canales RULES! :rocker: :D

+1+1+1 :D not to mention ORQUESTA HARLOW and Frankie Dante & Orq Flamboyan :!:

chupa el piruli is one of my favourite songs ever, cant stop listening to it!!!

[o.ü]

I too absolutely adore Angel Canales. He's is best known for Puerto Rico's Second "National Anthem" (Lejos De Ti)

I don't really have one favorite but many.Yup! :rocker: Angel Canales RULES! :rocker: :D

+1+1+1 :D not to mention ORQUESTA HARLOW and Frankie Dante & Orq Flamboyan :!:

chupa el piruli is one of my favourite songs ever, cant stop listening to it!!!

off course frankie :D well i am looking for your shoes which you dance with chupa piruli,any suggestions?

[JR_PS143_G_W_H]

Hector Lavoe

[amrimi]

Salsa: Los Van Van

Merengue: Proyecto uno

[MacMoto]

I tend to have favourite songs rather than favourite bands/singers, but I confess I'm currently in love with the voice of one of the singers of LA 33 (the one that sings even-numbered tracks :lol: -- of which La Pantera Mambo is the best known of course, but he sounds absolutely delicious in Soledad and La Vida Se Pasa A Mil too).

[borikenSalsero]

I tend to have favourite songs rather than favourite bands/singers

This is how I started to find out who I really liked. I liked songs, so I figured I would find out who sung them. Then I noticed that I would specifically like the songs sung by particular singers. When I finally realized that the voice needed a band for me to really enjoy the song, which led to buying more and more music for specific bands.

The last case I can remember was from the song Magdalena. I figured out that Miguel Quintana was the driving voice. Then the band was simply too hot to handle, so I asked my collectors friends, and they led me to Ernie Agosto's La Conspiracion. What a hot band! Every CD I own by them is way great!

Now that I know a bit more about musicans, I tend to blindly buy CDs based on the musician line-up, regardless of band. That has thus far worked for me. I haven't bought one bad CD in about 2 years.

[ltcolbol]

Wow, that is a hard one!!!
Gran Combo
Roberto Roena
R.Ray and B.Cruz
Barreto
W.Colon
Maelo
Willie Rosario
Sonora Poncena
Manolito y su Trabuco
G. Santa Rosa
P.R. Power
La Mundial
Tabaco y Ron
Etc., Etc.

[Terremoto]

Wow, that is a hard one!!!
Gran Combo
Roberto Roena
R.Ray and B.Cruz
Barreto
W.Colon
Maelo
Willie Rosario
Sonora Poncena
Manolito y su Trabuco
G. Santa Rosa
P.R. Power
La Mundial
Tabaco y Ron
Etc., Etc.

Itcolbol - welcome to the forum!

As for my favorite artists

Tito Puente and for Merengue - its Los Toros Band

[irMaxSALSA]

The early salsa jams from...

SONORA PONCENA

Tons of crazy stuff from these guys.

[Terremoto]

The early salsa jams from...

SONORA PONCENA

Tons of crazy stuff from these guys.

Right on - I love their stuff!!

[cjb]

But no-one has yet mentioned the greatest salsa band of all time:

Manny Oquendo y Libre

"Somos libre de verdad"!

[Smooth and Silky]

Gipsy Kings and Jerry Rivera... althoguh i'll probably have to go with Frankie Ruiz