Los Compadres

Guitarras, Maracas y Claves is not just a document of Cuban music—it’s an elemental force, a stripped-down spell cast with nothing more than string, wood, and voice. With this album, Duo Los Compadres—legendary brothers Lorenzo and Reynaldo Hierrezuelo (Compay Primo and Compay Segundo)—deliver more than guajira and son; they distill a cultural memory into vibration.

Guitarras, Maracas y Claves is a masterclass in minimalism, but also in cultural assertion. In an era of polished productions and export-friendly salsa, Duo Los Compadres offer something far more dangerous: truth. This is music with soul, teeth, and time inside it—haunting in its simplicity, radical in its roots.