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Nicaragua's La Cuneta Son Machín

This Grammy-nominated band from Nicaragua is keeping it in the family

January 15, 2016Music

La Cuneta Son Machín is a band from Nicaragua composed of young musicians whose older family members were musical superstars during the Sandinista regime. They didn’t want to sound old, but they wanted to use the same record producer, which has resulted in a Grammy nomination.

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