Cuban Salsa | New York, NY
The explosive Los Habaneros are a force to behold on stage. Mixing musical styles from their home in Cuba with the diversity of sounds they encountered when they made New York City their home, Los Habaneros transcend traditional musical genres to create a real fusion that provokes fans into hip-shaking abandon. The band is comprised of a young generation of Havana-trained musicians, including director and singer Gerardo Contino, artistic director
The band’s first album, Somos Latinos (2013), was released to very high critical acclaim. It was produced by Latin Grammy-nominated Luisito Quintero, and included 5-time Grammy-award winning bassist John Benitez. Los Habaneros have toured in Peru, Canada, Qatar, and throughout the United States. They have played at the Kennedy Center for the Arts as official performers for TEDMED, the American Folk Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music, BB King Blues Club, Subrosa, BAMCafe, The Green Space, Sounds of Brazil (SOBs), Le Poisson Rouge, The Bronx Museum, the American Museum of Natural History, Live at the Gantries, Roulette, Gonzalez y Gonzalez, Taj, and many others.
Their second album, Los Habaneros NYC, was released in February 2018.
Renowned as the best band in Manhattan in 2015 and New York City’s best Cuban band in 2017, Los Habaneros, features an elite lineup of some of New York’s most highly regarded musicians in Latin music and beyond and they will be taking their place to electrify stages this July at the Montana Folk Festival.