Festival Closing Party! Roberto Poveda plus DJs Dhezy, Oscar and Coco Vega

Following on from the Tynemouth Priory ¡VAMOS! once again head over to Crusoes for a special closing party! These events have always been very special so get down early for a sunset soaked close to ¡VAMOS! 2011!

This time we are proud to present fantastic Cuban musician Roberto Poveda. Roberto is without a doubt a performer with the unique ability of reaching deep down into his Cuban roots, delivering soulful, eclectic, and hypnotising songs. His style combines the various Cuban music forms of Son, Bolero, Rumba and Timba along with Jazz, R & B and Rap resulting in a sound all his own.

Following in the steps of his grandfather, a Cuban Trobadour in the traditional vein, Poveda joined Havana's Nueva Trova movement, maturing musically among a new generation of Cuban singer / songwriters. In 1989 Poveda moved to Colombia, where he starred in soap operas and in 1997 he relocated to Miami with a publishing deal he was commissioned to write the kind of catchy pop to be recorded by Latin stars and hit the charts (his brother Donato, is one such Latin star).

His first album 'Son Electrico' goes beyond the usual musical boundaries resonating with Roberto's rum-on-the rocks vocals and warm playing. Experimenting with a gamut of ballad-based styles, incorporating Son, Bolero and R & B. The results are often reminiscent of the music of other artists, ranging from the updated country son of the late Cuban star Polo Montanez, the electric licks of Santana, and the disparate Cuban folk-rock styles of Roberto's Cuban contemporaries.