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Cantoamerica is a music band from Costa Rica that sings about the people, the culture and the environment of their country. Original music based on the sounds of the Costa Rican and Central American Caribbean sounds. Lots of percussion blended with guitars, flutes, trombones, keyboards, bass, vocals and lots of minor percussion effects.Lyrics in Spanish and English. Mostly danceable music with words that reflect the roots of the caribbean culture of Central America. Along its 25 years of performing and recording, the group has made 11 albums and 20 international tours to such countries as Canada, USA, Mexico, Puerto Rico,Taiwan, Central and South America. CANTOAMERICA has performed in renowned international festivals like The Vancouver Folk Music Festival in Canada, The Paul Masson Summer Series, Saratoga, California,The Cabrillo Music Festival, The Festival de Cultura del Caribe, Can Cun, Mexico,The Festival Musical Latinoamericano, Carolina, Puerto Rico,The Festival Internacional de las Artes, San Jose, Costa Rica, Central American Coffee Carnival in Taiwan. Performances with renowed latin american artists such as Pablo Milanes, Mercedes Sosa, Silvio Rodriguez, Gabino Palomares,Oscar Chaves, Tito Fernandez El Temucano, Los Folkloristas, Oscar Chaves,Guillermo Anderson, Rómulo Castro, Editus, Guadalupe Urbina, Manuel Obregón,Jaime Roos,Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy, Lord Protector. Performances with jazz and pop musicians like Pete Seeger; Michael Franks, Dave Brubeck, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Gladys Knight, Hiroshima, among others. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.