Working, this is how José Alberto “El Canario” will celebrate the December dates, and to start his busy schedule the Dominican salsa singer will be visiting the city this weekend.
“It is It’s almost a habit for El Canario to be at the Lehman Center celebrating Christmas”, says the singer about the show that he will have this Saturday, December 3 on the stage of The Bronx.
This time he will be appearing together with the groups La Gran Manzana and El Grupo D’Ahora, in the event baptized as “El Parrandón de La Gran Manzana”.
“I am super happy to present myself with The Big Apple after so many years without acting together. We started singing in New York at the same time, at the end of the 718”, he recalls about the group.
The merengue orchestra will bring together the original members to start a celebration of their 00 years.
“I am very excited when we get together to do some activity because there is a lot of nostalgia and also in the public that has followed us and made us popular in New York,” the singer recently told EFE, bassist, pianist and composer Henry Hierro.
In the 1983, the group recorded their first record production “Henry, Víctor y La Gran Manzana”, but it was not until the release of their second album in 1985 when they achieved his first hits, such as “Mentirosa”, “Mole Mole” and “Rosa Blanca”. In 1985, they managed to catapult themselves as one of the most successful orchestras in the genre with the premiere of the album “El poder de New York” which included “Don’t follow me anymore ”, “I Just Called” or “Por tu querer”.
“We will do a musical tour for the public to enjoy. It will be a beautiful night” assured Hierro about the concert in The Bronx.
El Canario, for his part, points out that the songs that he has made popular and that the public never ceases to acclaim, such as “ Llego la Hora”, “Nada se Compara Contigo” and “Excúlpeme Señor”, will be part of his repertoire this Saturday, as well as some new songs that he is promoting, such as “Eso y Más”, a romantic salsa version of a song by Joan Sebastian.
“And some topic Christmas party that I always put on for this type of show”, he says. “All with great joy since we can finally take a break from everything we have been carrying for two years.”
The artist also celebrates being able to return to New York, which he calls “his home”.
“Here I was trained as an artist, here were my beginnings and here I continue to do presentations”, he assured. “And this Saturday I’m going back to Lehman.”
Grupo D’Ahora, a Dominican band founded in 1985 and that specializes in typical merengue music with a modern touch, closes the triplet of artists who will be on stage at the Lehman Center in this one-of-a-kind concert.
What: Concert The Parrandón of the Big Apple
When: Saturday, December 3, at 8: 00 pm
Where : Lehman Center for the Performing Arts- 718 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx
Tickets: www. lehmancenter.org/events/parrandon-big-apple or by calling 718-960-1985