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Eliades Ochoa, one of the most renowned Cuban “soneros” of all time, takes the stage of Hoover Auditorium during Lakeside’s Global Music Weekend at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16. A Pre-Concert Talk with Kathryn Metz will prepare listeners to understand and enjoy the evening concert more fully at 6:15 p.m. in Orchestra Hall.Ochoa started his career in 1969 and is a notable defender of traditional Cuban music. His distinctive cowboy hat and his penchant for wearing black have led some to call him “The Cuban Johnny Cash.”
His musical style is due to his place of origin, the Cuban countryside, the anecdotes he listened to, the “guateques campesinos,” and a series of other elements that marked him and made him the artist he is today.
Ochoa’s album, Sublime Ilusión, was nominated for a Grammy as Best Traditional Tropical and Latin Album. Tributo al Cuarteto Patria is an album that recognizes Pancho Cobas, founder of Cuartero Patia, and the troubadours and composers who have inspired Ochoa’s career. With this album, Ochoa was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Traditional Tropical and Latin Performance.
In 2010, he recorded the album Afrocubism accompanied by his group Patria and musicians from Mali. This project gave way to the Buena Vista Social Club. National Geographic recognized this album as the best album of the world that year, and in 2012 it was nominated for an American Grammy.
In 2012, he released the album Un Bolero Para Ti, where he delighted his audience with sublime melodies and won four Latin Grammys.
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115 West 3rd Street, Lakeside, Lakeside Marblehead, OH, USA, United States
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