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SOL
Psychedelic / Latin / Blues

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Miami Beach, Florida
United States

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Member Since12/27/2005
Band WebsiteSolisHere.com
Band Members To contact via EMAIL: Bookings@SOLISHERE.com
InfluencesMostly sound waves, but anything that gives me goose bumps, like, Etta James, or Frank Sinatra, Benny More, Cash, Joplin, Celia Cruz, Fania All Stars, Pearl Jam, JIMI, The Boss, My brother, Miles Davis, Billie, Stevie, Fela, Outkast, CLINTON, Harry Belafonte, the ocean and beyond...
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The blue beat-up Subaru swings a hard left onto NE 2 Ave. Little Haiti’s main vein throbs to the beat of overcrowded Jitneys and King Creole during the day, but the night is dark and quiet until I approach the dilapidated double-decker bus parked out front of Churchill’s Pub. A mass of unwashed bodies blocks the entrance to the lot where I pay Cisco the baser $2 to ‘watch’ my car. The gravel reeks of booze and piss. Girls cackle as boys jockey for attention. Everyone is performing tonight, but the headliner, Sol Ruiz, is by the main door perched high in a female’s lap. She greets folks as they walk in with a “Heeeey maaaaaan” and everyone smiles. Her character is as infectious as her music. In some marvelously inexplicable way, she connects the mixed bag of hippies and harlots and all types of drunks; elements that would probably clash if not for that disarming greeting they receive as they first enter the bar. Sol and her suitor, a goateed French keyboardist, play in a style of their own, meandering somewhere between son, folk, and eclectic psychedelic strangeness. She wails songs of love and love lost and all the partying that led up to it. It sounds like Janis Joplin raised on rice and beans. “I’m a pirate,” she tells me, “a free spirit” as her fingers tatted with FREE LOVE strum her guitar. Sol’s sounds reverberate with this philosophy of no boundaries or limits to experimentation and experience. Her latest release, Outlander, is firmly rooted in the lyricism of American folk music, yet the syncopation and downbeat pulse with the spirit of a guarachera. In a town saturated with cultures from lower latitudes, American folk music is as foreign as you can get. There are few people in Miami who have roots that go two or three generations deep in this country. Yet Sol–a first generation American–has a voice that shines with a classic riverboat-outlaw-cowboy luster. And they dig it. There’s no bass, no auto-tune, no PULL UP—just keys, strings and good vibes. During the 20 minutes she plays, she calls a spirit out of people. Folks sing along and jump on stage. The crowd gets denser and three 280lb guys in hoodies lock arms and do-si-do each other full steam, gold-tooth encrusted smiles twinkling as they twirl. Now that’s a “good” show. -ADAM GANUZA

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SOL DEL CIELITO

SOL DEL CIELITO



Feb 6 2010 6:44 AM

hola! gracias x el add! Sol! las dos Soles!
Rosaura

Rosaura Perez



Jan 11 2010 2:32 PM

SOL SOLECITO...
Jaymz Mc Cabe

Jaymz Mc Cabe



Dec 14 2009 6:13 PM

thanks sol i apriciate that and i really o love your record ! ! its gr8 i love the knda reall roots of music vibe goin on in the production of it souns so natural but yet amzing !
María José

María José



Dec 14 2009 6:12 PM

Muy chulo tu nuevo vídeo en la radio! Qué alegría verte tan bien. Un besote!
P.S. El finde pasando estuve tocando en Madrid. También queremos tocar por Barcelona; si puedes pasarme contactos...Un abrazo fuerte! María José
Bobby MacIntyre

Bobby MacIntyre



Nov 28 2009 8:14 PM

The Height Of Fashion!

Cole Will [Recordings]

Cole Will [Recordings]



Oct 23 2009 7:11 PM

Dropping some love from up north. I hope to come down to Florida again and see your whole band next time. Alligator Alley was a good time and a pleasure.

-=[C]=-
Lizzy Pitch

Lizzy Pitch



Oct 9 2009 11:40 PM

what up sol!  we'll be headin south soon.  can't wait to see you
ORION

ORION



Oct 9 2009 6:32 AM



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..Orion - Esperanza..
JOSE RAUL

JOSE RAUL



Sep 3 2009 4:14 PM

Gracias por aceptar mi invitación Sol! Un saludo desde Barcelona
Rachel Goodrich

Rachel Goodrich



Sep 2 2009 4:45 PM

mango
how you chillen??
we will meet
in the wild
Vincent Raffard

Vincent Raffard



Aug 28 2009 3:30 PM

What's up? Are you coming back soon?
SAM

SAM



Aug 27 2009 12:34 PM

Sol,
You came to Macon, GA in July of last year...looks like you are goin' places girfriend! Where's Carlos Bertinelli these days?  
Bobby MacIntyre

Bobby MacIntyre



Aug 27 2009 12:33 PM

You are missed in Miami!
Looking forward to seeing you Sol.
La Mongoose Band

La Mongoose Band



Aug 27 2009 12:33 PM

hola SoL !!!!!

cómo va la cosa??

esperamos que vaya todo perfecto,
WE MISS YOU !!
muchos besos

tus mangostas
Cervantes

Cervantes



Jul 23 2009 7:13 PM

welcome to england! look forward to the meetup x
María José

María José



Jul 13 2009 4:23 PM

Pequeña! Cómo va esa gira? Cómo te han tratado los franceses? Espero que bien que me los como si no...:P Cuenta! Cuenta! Dónde vas ahora? Besitos desde una Córdoba muy calurosa...
María José

María José



Jul 13 2009 4:23 PM

By the way, check out my new video on myspace. It came from a concert we did last friday. Cheers, MJ
María José

María José



Jul 11 2009 4:52 PM

No words to define how much you made us enjoy yesterday...but now I see that u are leaving for Paris so soon...ooh! Bueno, te espero por Sevilla, tenemos que repetir esa gran fiesta de la música que montamos ayer! MUAAK! artistaza, guapa! MJ
El Chino DreadLion

El Chino DreadLion



Jul 2 2009 10:16 PM

david llosa

david llosa



Jun 28 2009 2:46 PM

Os eperamos:
 
Arte Bar La Latina
C/San Bruno, 3
22:30 (Puntual)
5 Euros
Concierto Acústico.
 
Será especial, será diferente, siempre lo es para nosotros, de regalo tenéis una nueva canción en www.myspace.com/davidllosa y esperamos seguir colgando una semanalmente (o así), porque músicos somos y música tenemos que hacer, no? y muchos mas conciertos en la plaza y en los bares, y muchas gracias a todos por ese chorro de visitas virtuales y cariño puro, duro y tangible.
Vincent Raffard

Vincent Raffard



Jun 20 2009 5:05 PM

Hello Paris!!!! big love !
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Félix Varela

Felix Varela



Jun 20 2009 5:04 PM

Cómo quema ese Sol!! Besos.
Maria

Maria



Jun 4 2009 6:42 PM

when do you get back my rythmic butterfly?
Maria

Maria



Jun 4 2009 11:26 AM

Love! You taking time off when u come back?  I'm rallying the troops to see you perform, so let m know..=)
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