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He studied elementary and high school in the José Rojas Cortés School at his hometown. Since a young age, he started presenting himself in talent shows and other musical activities. He later joined the group Tempo Merenguero, and subsequently became a vocalist and choreographer for the merengue duo of Mayra y Celinés.
The word Cibao was a native name for the island, although the Spanish used it in their conquest to refer to a specific part of the island, the highest mountainous range. The term merengue cibaeño is therefore partially native and so merengue might also be a derivation of a native word related to song, music, dance, or festival.
At the beginning of the millennium, the band faced some controversy when "Banchy", the group leader, fired Cotto and Santiago on the grounds of alleged discipline problems. Cotto and Santiago would go on to form Grupo Stars, while Serrano replaced them with Alex Rivera and Juan Luis Guzmán.
Cuero - generally means cowhide in Spanish, but in merengue refers most of the time to a tambora skin. Chivo - means goat, but refers to a goatskin for tambora. Merengue derecho - "straight" merengue, the kind which most are familiar with. A simplified version is played in the first part of a two-part merengue.
Omega has helped create and popularize [5] a new form of merengue, called merengue urbano or merengue de calle. [6] It is a blend of merengue with hip hop and R&B. [7] [8] This new genre has been adopted by many artists from diverse backgrounds such as Cuban-American Pitbull and Colombian-born Shakira. [8]
Wilfrido Radamés Vargas Martínez [1] (Spanish pronunciation: [wilˈfɾiðo ˈβaɾɣas]; born April 24, 1949, in Altamira, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic) is a band leader, trumpeter, vocalist, arranger, composer and producer who was instrumental in making the merengue style a worldwide phenomenon.
El Prodigio playing accordion. Krency Garcia, better known as El Prodigio, is a famous merengue típico accordionist from Cabrera, Dominican Republic.He is known throughout the genre for his rapid instrumental solos, his origination of fusion in merengue tipico with genres like jazz, [1] and his rivalry with fellow accordionists, Geovanny Polanco and Kerube (head of the tipico band Kerubanda).
Alex Bueno, originally born as Alejandro Wigberto Bueno López (born 6 September 1963), is a singer and guitarist from the Dominican Republic, specializing in merengue and bachata music, but also having ties in salsa, bolero, merengue típico, ballad and more. [1]