Member Since: 3/14/2006
Band Website: losplenerosdela21.org
Band Members: PAST LP21 MEMBERS: Marcial Reyes, Eugenia Ramos, Paquito Rivera, Gallito, Benjamin Flores, Miguel Angel Flores, Tito Cepeda, Menique, Roberto CepedaLP21 MEMBERS: Juan Gutiérrez (Founder and Director, Lead Drummer); Nellie Tanco (Lead vocals, Lead Dancer, Drummer); Sammy Tanco (Lead Vocals); Edgardo Miranda (Cuatro Master, Composer, Arranger); Donald Nicks (Bassist); José Rivera (Lead Vocals, Drummer); Hector "Tito Matos" (Lead Vocals, Percussion); Camilo Molina-Gaetan (Percussion); José Lantigua (Painist, Arranger, Composer); Julia L. Gutiérrez-Rivera (Dancer, Instructor); Juan Manuel Usera (Dancer, Instructor); Miriam Félix (Singer, Dancer); Alexander La Salle (Lead Vocals, Percussion, Dance); Obanilu Allende Solana (Percussion, Dance)
Influences: THE MASTERS:All those musicians, dancers and key community members who fought to maintain and to enforce the importance of practicing and remembering our traditions - all those masters that came before us... We can never know who we are if we don't honor or remember those that came before us and that paved our paths.
Record Label: Sanachie, Smithsonian's Folkways
Type of Label: Indie