If the Dominican Republic honored living national treasures, the name of 86-year old Jose Cobles, aka Puerto Plata, would certainly be on the list. During the thirty-year Trujillo dictatorship, his music was banned and performed only in red light cabarets and other underground clubs. Give this a listen and you can see why tyrants might have been fearful. His nylon string guitar and extraordinary voice capture all the joy and power inherent in the human spirit. He can even take a tune like "Guantanamera" which you've heard a thousand times and make you sit up and feel it as if for the first time. He's backed on this new release Casita de Campo by some of the cream of the crop of the younger generation of Dominican musicians. You've just got to love this!
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