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- <title>
- June 08, 1992: Teriyaki Salsa
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- June 08, 1992 The Balkans
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- PEOPLE, Page 97
- Teriyaki Salsa
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- <p>By MICHAEL QUINN
- </p>
- <p> "Salsa has no borders, no barriers," sings ORQUESTA DE LA
- LUZ -- and these salseros know what they're singing about. All
- of them are Japanese. The band mastered the Latin sound by
- listening to recordings and jamming with salsa musicians touring
- Japan. In the U.S., their loyal listeners include Hispanic
- salsaphiles who, as bandleader Shingo "Carlos" Kanno freely
- admits, were attracted by the group's novelty before being won
- over by its sound. Now Orquesta's albums have gone gold and
- platinum, and the combo has shared stages with Latin greats like
- Tito Puente and Celia Cruz -- the last a particular thrill for
- lead singer-lyricist Nora. "To sing salsa, it's most important
- to have feeling, and Celia has a lot of feeling," she remarks.
- "I learned feeling from her."
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- </body></article>
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