Beny Moré and Ismael Rivera are national heroes in their home countries, Cuba and Puerto Rico respectively. They were soneros of the highest order, masters of the art of improvised singing. We are pleased to provide this capsule of information to help in your musical journey of these kings of Afro-Cuban and Afro-Puerto Rican music.

Afropop Worldwide's Soneros Mayores discography.

Check out our Cuba country spotlight for more information.

APWW Artist page
Artist discography on Amazon.com

BENY MORÉ

Artist biography on National Geographic
Artist discography on Amazon.com
Beny Moré's MySpace page

Other notable artists featured on "Soneros Mayores":


> Perez Prado
> Rafael Cortijo and Cortijo Y Su Combo
> Sammy Ayala

Learn more by reading:
Cuba and its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo (Chicago Review Press, 2004)  by Ned Sublette

First published: www.afropop.org