Frank Delgado (Cuban songwriter)
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Frank Delgado is a Cuba
n musician, and a member of the novísima trova, heir to the nueva trova
movement.
by the Instituto Superior Politécnico José Antonio Echeverría.
His first songs (Orden del Día and Río Quibú), were performed and brought to fame by other groups, but later on he sang his own songs. He has sung in more than 120 cities, in over a dozen countries, and his music has been used as soundtrack
for radio
, television
and cinema
.
His songs are remarkable because of their lyrics, and speak about love, social affairs and deeply ironic criticism of current Cuban politics and society.
Frank Delgado released the "Extremistas Nobles" album together with Cuban pop/rock band Buena Fe (duo)
in 2010.
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
n musician, and a member of the novísima trova, heir to the nueva trova
Nueva trova
Nueva trova is a movement in Cuban music that emerged around 1967/68 after the Cuban Revolution of 1959, and the consequent political and social changes....
movement.
Biography
He was born October 19, 1960 in Consolación del Sur, Cuba. He took part in the university cultural movements, and won some awards in different festivals. He is a hydraulic engineerEngineer
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by the Instituto Superior Politécnico José Antonio Echeverría.
His first songs (Orden del Día and Río Quibú), were performed and brought to fame by other groups, but later on he sang his own songs. He has sung in more than 120 cities, in over a dozen countries, and his music has been used as soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
for radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
, television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
and cinema
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
.
His songs are remarkable because of their lyrics, and speak about love, social affairs and deeply ironic criticism of current Cuban politics and society.
Discography
- Sonríete Sin Malicia (1983)
- En México (1994)
- Trova - Tur (1995)
- Un Buen Lugar (1996)
- La Habana Está de Bala (1998)
- Trucho (1999)
- Concierto Inmigrante a Media Jornada (1999)
- El Adivino (2001)
- Otras Canciones (2002)
- Trova - Tur (Re-release) (2004)
- World (2007)
Frank Delgado released the "Extremistas Nobles" album together with Cuban pop/rock band Buena Fe (duo)
Buena Fe (duo)
Buena Fe is a Cuban pop music duo, formed in 1999 in the province of Guantánamo, composed by Israel Rojas Fiel and Yoel Martínez Rodríguez. It has released five studio albums: Déjame entrar ; Arsenal ; Corazonero ; Presagios ; Catalejo and Pi es 3,14...
in 2010.