Biography
A S American-British band based out of Edinburgh. The singer, Valentina Montoya Martinez, is the daughter of a Chilean exile and the percussionist, Gerardo Ballesteros is from Argentina. The two other members - guitarist David Russell and double bass player May Halyburton are both from Scotland.
The band specialises in Nueva Cancion & canto nuevo - folk songs in Spanish that became popular during the 1960s associated with socialism and the struggle against the rise of dictators such as Pinochet.
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The band have played live sets on BBC Radio Scotland on several occasions and are a regular fixture at Edinburgh live music venues attracting a sizeable loyal crowd.
To date they have issued 2 albums, 'Live at the Roxy Art House' and 'Senderos'
Valentina has set up a myspace page and blog at:
http://www.myspace.com/vocesdelsur
http://www.vocesdelsur.co.uk
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.