Singer, guitarist and songwriter Silvio Rodríguez is one of Cuba’s most influential songwriters. He was born November 29 of 1946 in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. His mother introduced him to music by singing lullabies, boleros, and sometimes sones.
His first contact with the mass media was at the age of 3, at a radio station. At 16 he took piano lessons. His musical studies were interrupted by his service in the Cuban armed forces as a conscript. Nevertheless, while in the military, he met Esteban Baños, who encouraged him to play guitar. That was the beginning of a new stage in his artistic career.
His poems, combined with his revolutionary ideology and his innate talent at making music, made Rodríguez a leading figure in Cuban music. Together with Pablo Milanés and Noel Incola, he gave birth to the Nueva Trova Cubana movement. His creative work includes hundreds of songs that made him popular throughout the Americas as well as Europe and some African countries.
Discography
* Grupo De Experimentation Sonora Del ICAIC, v. 1
* Grupo De Experimentation Sonora Del ICAIC, v. 2
* Grupo De Experimentation Sonora Del ICAIC, v. 3
* Grupo De Experimentation Sonora Del ICAIC, v. 4
* Días y flores (Egrem, 1975)
* Cuando digo futuro (1977)
* Al final de este viaje… (1978)
* Antología (1978)
* Mujeres (Polygram, 1978)
* Rabo de nube (1980)
* Unicornio (1982)
* Tríptico (volumen uno) (1984)
* Tríptico (volumen dos) (1984)
* Tríptico (volumen tres) (1984)
* Causas y azares (1986)
* Arboles, with Roy Brown (1987)
* Oh, melancolía (1988)
* En Chile (1990)
* España y Argentina en vivo (1990)
* Silvio (1992)
* Rodríguez (1994)
* Domínguez (1996)
* Descartes (1998)
* Mariposas (1999)
* El Hombre Extrano, with Grupo Sintesis
* Mano A Mano, with Luis Eduardo Aute
* Expedición (2002)
* Cita con ángeles (2003)
* Érase que se era (2006)
* Segunda Cita (2010)
* Amoríos (Sony Latin, 2015)
Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.
