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Juan Luis Guerra (born June 7, 1957 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is the most internationally recognized Dominican singer/songwriter. His pop style of Merengue and Bolero and Afro-pop/Latin fusion have garnered him considerable success outside the Dominican Republic. Juan Luis Guerra is sometimes associated with the popular Dominican music called Bachata, and while this association is partially true, he actually uses the basics of Bachata rhythm with a more bolero feel to the melodies in some of his songs. But he does not limit himself to one style of music, so he incorporates diverse rhythms like Merengue, Salsa, Balada, Rock & Roll, and Gospel. “Ojalá que llueva café” is one of his most acclaimed pieces.

Education

After studying philosophy and literature for a year at the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, Guerra switched to the Conservatorio Nacional de Música. Guerra was a great admirer, at this time, of the Beatles music.

After finishing his studies at the Santo Domingo conservatory, Guerra went to the Berklee College of Music in Boston to study composition and arranging in 1979.

Career

After his return to the Dominican Republic, he released his first album, Soplando (1984) with a group of local musicians which subsequently became known as Juan Luis Guerra y 440. Note that the band’s name in Spanish is officially publicized as Cuatro Cuarenta (Four Forty), a shortening of the normally strict reading of number four hundred and forty.

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6	Medicine For My Soul full track	122
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metricrevelry wrote:
23 days ago

Genio.

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BleedingkillC wrote:
December 2009

nitido este señor!!!! :D

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samiravargas wrote:
December 2009

Que hariamos en RD sin Juan Luis... no hay mejor musico que el en nuestro pais. Me enorgullece muuuuuuchiiiiiisiiiiiisiiiimo...

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WallasOliveira wrote:
September 2009

Como Lluvia (featuring Nelly Furtado) is just AAMAZING

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br0kebusta wrote:
September 2009

Legendary status.

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Gordoroth wrote:
August 2009

Todo un talento, Lo seguimos esperando en Venezuela.

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AfriCaribe wrote:
July 2009

definitivamente un orgullo dominicano. músico de calibre mundial

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santodo123 wrote:
May 2009

Pero es que esta persona es la joya dominicana, nos representa en todas partes del mundo, es lo mejor que hay en santo domingo, grazie juan luis por que me siento muy orgullosa de ser dominicana como tu, aunque este yo tan lejos de mi tierra querida.

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tenotoico wrote:
May 2009

Todos los artistas latinos a un lado, Juan Luis Guerra en el otro, sin duda.

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StevePL wrote:
April 2009

OK

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Manjardeazucar wrote:
April 2009

este hombron tiene unos temas que hacen bailar si quieres escuchar mas de sus cancion aqui te dejo http://www.sonicomusica.com/salsa/juan-luis-guerra/

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victortribno wrote:
March 2009

lo mejor de lo mejor

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alexsantos wrote:
March 2009

Definitivamente el mejor! La música que hace me acompaña desde mi niñez... tan músico como poeta.

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fanjog wrote:
March 2009

grande juan luis GRANDE

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amanda_velez wrote:
February 2009

Hermosa!!!

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ACDCfuckinrocks wrote:
February 2009

Muy bien

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toxrn wrote:
January 2009

¿Wilfrido Vargas?

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danifran wrote:
December 2008

'Se alguma vez foi amada, ou tem amor proibido.. aiaiaiai amor.. vc é a rosa que me da calor... Eu te dou minhas mãos o meu pranto tão sofrido, o beijo mais sofrido que afoga num gemido ohh" Romance Rosa, versão em portugues de Bachata Rosa

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Taurus1985 wrote:
December 2008

Ill Poetry

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adrian11y6 wrote:
November 2008

Ídolo! Cuando vienes a Perú?! =)

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