Sierra Maestra (band) explained

Sierra Maestra
Background:	group_or_band
Genre:	Son
Years Active:	1976–present
Associated Acts:	Juan de Marcos González Afro-Cuban All Stars ¡Cubanismo!
Past Members:	Juan de Marcos González Jesús Alemañy José Antonio "Maceo" Rodríguez

Sierra Maestra are a Cuban band started in 1976. They sought to revive 1920s classic son, which came from the mountain range on the east of Cuba, after which the band was named.

Their members included Juan de Marcos Gonzalez - before he left to create the Afro-Cuban All Stars in 1996 - José Antonio "Maceo" Rodríguez,^[1] and Jesús Alemañy, who would go on to form the band ¡Cubanismo!, also in 1996.^{[2] [3]}

Sierra Maestra performed at the Glastonbury Festival (UK) in 2008.

Discography

• Con Sabor a Cuba (1994)^[4]
• ¡dundunbanza! (1994)^[5]
• El Guanajo Relleno (1995)^[6]
• Tibiri Tabara (1997)^{[7] [8]}
• Rumbero Soy (2002)^{[8] [9]}
• Son: Soul Of A Nation (2005)^{[8] [10]}

Contributing artist

• The Rough Guide to the Music of Cuba (1998, World Music Network)

External links

• Sierra Maestra ~ Artist page at World Music Central website, updated April 27, 2017

Notes and References

1. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jos%C3%A9-antonio-maceo-rodr%C3%ADguez-mn0001260950/biography Biography of José Antonio "Maceo" Rodríguez by Jason Ankeny at Allmusic website.
2. http://www.afrocubaweb.com/cubanismo.htm Press release on Jesús Alemañy & ¡Cubanismo!, courtesy of World Music, Boston & Review by John Swalby (23 March 2000), at AfroCubaWeb.
3. Sleeve notes from ¡Cubanismo! - Malembe, Hannibal HNCD 1411 (1997)
4. Sleeve notes from Sierra Maestra - Con Sabor a Cuba, Egrem CD 0084, 1994.
5. Sleeve notes from Sierra Maestra - ¡dundunbanza!, World Circuit WCD 041, 1994.
6. Sleeve notes from Sierra Maestra - El Guanajo Relleno, Spartacus 22305, 1995.
7. Sleeve notes from Sierra Maestra - Tibiri Tabara, World Circuit WCD 051, 1997.
8. https://web.archive.org/web/20081121000553/http://www.sierra-maestra.net/biog.html Sierra Maestra biography
9. Sleeve notes from Sierra Maestra - Rumbero Soy, World Circuit Network TUG CD 1027, 2002.
10. Sleeve notes from Sierra Maestra - Soul of a Nation, World Circuit Network TUG CD 1039, 2005.