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T H e Sp ani S h H arle M O rche S tra Today I can still remember album they invited Ruben Blades. listening to the frst recording The salsa dura sound of SHO in of SHO. In 2002, it still took an combination with the legendary awful long time to get hands on a voice pushed the album and their CD shipped to Europe. To make tour was wowing audiences all things even worse, the German over the world. This success was customs needed at least another followed by ‘United We Swing’ in week to clear the CD. Finally, after 2007 and yet another Grammy having been waiting for almost winning fourth recording ‘Viva la three weeks, I could listen to Tradition’ in 2010, including guest ’Un Gran Dia En El Barrio’. The star Isaac Delgado. cover of Mama Guela got me on the hook right away. Every salsa SHO is a musical tour-de-force Dj knows the Tito Rodriguez defning modern hard core New Fania version, but SHO took it York style salsa dura. The thirteen to another level with extremely musicians and singers create an precise brass arrangements and a unparalleled musical journey. The tense percussion. sound and arrangements remind on the raw vintage sound of the Their second recording, the 70s combined with the efort to Grammy winning ‘Across 110th bring out the best possible up-to- Street’ was published in 2004 date production. After four albums keeping up the fame of rock and fourteen years on stage solid modern salsa dura. On this Spanish Harlem releases their ffth