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Diamela del Pozo
Background information
Birth nameDiamela del Pozo Pérez
Born (1976-10-02) 2 October 1976 (age 48)
Guantánamo, Cuba
GenresCuban music, Afro-Cuban jazz, Latin jazz
Occupation(s)Mezzo-soprano singer, composer
Instrument(s)Singing, guitar
Years active1991–present
Musical artist

Diamela del Pozo Pérez (born 2 October 1976), known simply as Diamela, is a Cuban singer living in Spain. She has worked in genres such as rumba, son, bolero, and salsa.

Biography

Diamela del Pozo, the daughter of a humble family, began to show her inclination for singing and music at an early age. In 1991 she debuted in a local orchestra, thus beginning her professional career. From then until she left Cuba in 2004, she joined several of the island's musical groups.

In 1995, she became a member of the newly founded female orchestra Son Damas in Havana, with whom she performed in several European countries, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Japan. She achieved her first recording with the group in 1996, and later in 1999 her second and most recent album after separating from it in the mid-2000s.

In 1998, together with other figures of Cuban music such as Michel Maza, Felix Baloy, Tony Calá, Pedrito Calvo, Tiburón Morales, and Mario "Mayito" Rivera, Diamela recorded a song for the album Sonero Soy, performed in homage to Cuban composer and musician Adalberto Álvarez.

In 1999, she participated in the recording of the album Cuba Humanidad, a tribute by various artists to the late Cuban popular singer Carlos Embale [es], performing a song by the composer and musician Gonzalo Asencio, accompanied by the folkloric group Los Muñequitos de Matanzas.

References

  1. "La cultura popular i contemporània s'unixen en les Jornades Culturals de la Ràpita" [Popular and Contemporary Culture are United in the Cultural Meetings of La Ràpita] (in Catalan). Nació Digital. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  2. "Dissabte s'enceta el Festival Internacional de Guitarra de La Ràpita" [On Saturday the International Guitar Festival of La Ràpita Starts] (in Catalan). Sant Carles de la Ràpita. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  3. Moore, Robin D. (2006). "Dance Music and the Politics of Fun". Music and Revolution: Cultural Change in Socialist Cuba. University of California Press. p. 127. ISBN 9780520247109. Retrieved 29 May 2018 – via Google Books.
  4. "Son Damas – Llegó Son Damas" (in Spanish). Salsa Son Timba. 11 December 2012. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  5. "Festival 1997" (in French). Grenoble Jazz Festival 1997. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  6. "Cuban Music Industry Showing Signs of Life". Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 18. 3 May 1997. p. 78. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 29 May 2018 – via Google Books.
  7. "Sonero Soy – Homenaje a la obra y el talento de Adalberto Alvarez". SalsaPower. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2018.

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