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Ignacio Peña is a Puerto Rican singer/songwriter who was born in Río Piedras and raised in Guaynabo and Santurce with a very strict upbringing. Influenced by major rock numbers from the early '80s, the young baseball enthusiast traded sports for music even when his parents weren't happy about his choice. Ignacio Peña got his first guitar in 1987, making his debut as a composer with a song titled "Don't Let Me Fall." After studying at Boston's Berklee College of Music, the promising artist began producing jingles until the opportunity to make his first record came with. Produced by Pablo Manavello,...

Septeto Nacional (National Septet), or the Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro, is a group credited with expanding the Son (music) musical style after Arsenio Rodríguez hits. It added the trumpet to percussion, vocals, and strings. The group started as a sextet in 1927 in Central Havana. In 1929 it played at the World Exposition in Sevilla, and in 1933, it was invited to the "Century of Progress" World Exposition in Chicago. In the same year, Lázaro Herrera took over the group when Ignacio Piñeiro left it for financial reasons - despite their success the musicians earned very little. The group...

Now-defunct Melbourne grind/crust band, 199?-1996. .

Betina Ignacio Bê textet und komponiert selbst ihre Lieder, in denen sie von prägenden Erfahrungen oder auch einfachen, alltäglichen Erlebnissen berichtet. Die brasilianische Redewendung »Com Samba no Pé, e o Pé no Samba« ist ihr Lebensmotto. Frei übersetzt: »Mit Musik in den Beinen gehst du mühelos durchs Leben.« 1998 trifft Betina Ignacio auf einem Konzert in Stuttgart den Schlagzeuger Markus Schmidt. 2000 beginnt sie dann ihr Gesangsstudium an der Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart und jobbt nebenbei weiter als Model. Seit 2001 sammelt die Sängerin mit verschiedenen Projekten Bühnenerfahrung und startet eigene Projekte, u.a. eine Cover-Band. Rasch...