Musicians: Sue Miller - flute, coros, arranger, musical director, producer Nick Williams - viola Rod Taylor - violin Jon Lindh - violin Josephine Langstom - violin Katherine Brown - violin Sharleen Samuels - violin Teresa Winters - violin Mark Donlon - piano David Muñoz - piano Andy Wardale - cello Ruth Bitelli - bass Jo Philpotts - bass Mike Sandell - bass Roberto Pla - timbales Leonel Duany - timbales Ravin Jayasuriya - congas Leonel Duany - congas Adam Cowburn - congas Roberto Pla - güiro Leonel Duany - güiro Ravin Jayasuriya - güiro Margaret Dawson - The Voice of Yorkshire
Label - Charanga Del Norte, Leeds, UK
Released 2008
"...me gustaron mucho tus floreos, si no te hubiera conocido hubiera pensado que eras
Cubana!!
...I liked your solos - if I hadn't met you I would have thought you were Cuban." Eddy Zervigon, Orquesta Broadway
'Charanga del Norte consist of flute, violins, viola, electric bass, piano coro singers, timbales, congas and guiro. In Charanga the flute improvises over pulsating rhythms from the string section, mesmeric montunos from the piano, synchronized coros, tripping bass and driving percussion.'
'superb UK-based salsa and charanga band' Songlines magazine
'Latin music, but not as you may know it, this band are deliciously different and incredibly danceable' The Lemon Tree Aberdeen