Juan-carlos Formell's lyrics & chords

Juan-Carlos Formell is a Cuban composer & guitarist & bassist & singer based in New York City since his defection from Cuba in 1993. He has recorded four albums to date -- all in the United States. The first, "Songs from a Little Blue House" (1999) was nominated for a Grammy. Formell's work, hypnotic, poetic, with intense virtuosity and textural originality, stands apart from the conventional categories of Latin music; it's neither upbeat dance nusic nor pop, nor Latin jazz -- it's light years away from the heavy "ghetto" tough-guy sound that c...read more