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Encyclopedia > Almendra

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aLmEnDRa RoOockS! Almendra was one of the most important rock and roll groups from Buenos Aires, Argentina in the late 1960s. ... Almendra is a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. ... Image File history File links Disambig_gray. ...


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Luis Alberto Spinetta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1304 words)
Contrasting with the backwards and authoritarian government of General Juan Carlos OnganĂ­a, Argentina and specially Buenos Aires were undergoing a cultural blossoming, based on new art expressions; the new generation, the sons of the middle class, was immersed in an effervescence that would not reappear in Argentina until 1983.
It was 1969 and his band, Almendra, recorded their first album.
Almendra composed its own songs and the lyrics were in Spanish (something radically new).
Der Salsaholic - Los Jóvenes del Barrio - about Johnny Almendra (482 words)
One day Cardona invited Almendra to see Willie Colón at the Casa Borinquen, and as it turned out, they were in need of a timbalero.
Almendra was asked to play, sat down with the charts, and stayed for eight years.
Almendra says he's still learning from the now 80 years old master percussionist.
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