VIDEOS : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEB717F389B8D1509. Rudy Rincon and Grupo Ka-Che have combined the music of Puerto Rico, Cuba, and traditional Afro-Caribbean arrangements and turned them into an amazing dance mix by adding elements of reggae and samba. This integrated group of eleven salseros brings to every event a fusion of electricity and dynamic presence that is explosive. Grupo Ka-Che also delivers cumbia, tejano, punta latin jazz, and even some romantic ballads.
Mr. Grigassy studied with Adam Holzman at the University of Texas (Austin), earning a Bachelor of Arts Degree (1996) in classical guitar. Mr. Grigassy then received his Master's Degree (1998) in Classical Guitar from the New England Conservatory in Boston, under the tutelage of world-renown guitar virtuoso Eliot Fisk. Mr. Grigassy is skilled in many forms of music. Having traveled to Central and South America, he has absorbed various Latin American styles of guitar playing, including Mariachi, Bolero, Pasillo, Bambuco, Joropo, Vals, Argentine Tango, Bossa Nova, and Samba.
Since 1991 we have been performing in and around the Houston area, playing fresh, high quality, Caribbean based music. We cater to private parties, corporate functions, music festivals, weddings, country/yacht clubs, restaurants, etc. Our music is most suitable for any easy-listening, background type atmosphere, but is also very danceable. Aside from playing around the Houston area, we have traveled to Austin TX, Dallas TX, Harlingen TX, Lake Charles LA, and various cities in Florida, Michigan, and Maryland among other places.
For Videos of Yelba playing Variety music click here http://www.yelba.net/Site/You_Tube_Videos.html. Nicaraguan-born Yelba came into this world with a gift for harmonies and a joy of entertaining. She learned to play the guitar by watching her father strumming while he sang Nicaraguan folk tunes to his five children.
IRIE TIME® is a band of culturally-diverse musicians based in Houston, Texas, performing reggae and soca music. You can see a video from this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TAsNlWM7g0. The band’s CD releases consist of all original material, and the group continues to break into new musical terrain by means of their songwriting.
Youtube video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5jDCiuAGJM&list=UU8cFydy1fsA9PNuVENFD8_A&index=9&feature=plcp Five-time winner of “Best Latin Band” in the Houston Press Music Awards (the last four years in a row: 2005, 2006, 2007 and now 2008), Mango Punch! lives up to that distinction.