Juan Luis Guerra 4.40

Musicologia de Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 2 tracks in the collection

Surrealist desireCaribbean romanticismVulnerability and longingAquatic metaphorSensual intimacyMagical realismGenre transformationSpiritual warfare through joy

In the late 1980s, Juan Luis Guerra was already a quiet revolutionary. Trained at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, the Dominican songwriter had returned to Santo Domingo with a head full of jazz harmony and a heart rooted in the folkloric rhythms of his island — merengue, son, and

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