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Los Tres Rejes (The Kennedy Center)

Los Tres Reyes

The Mexican trío romántico consists of three suave male voices backed by two, and sometimes three, guitars, singing romance-drenched lyrics in lush harmony. The style rocketed to pan-Latin popularity in 1948 with the pioneering group Trío Los Panchos. Los Tres Reyes (The Three Kings), known as “the last of the great trios,” epitomize the trio sound and continue to make it a mainstay of Mexican acoustic music. High-voice Cuban singer Bebo Cárdenas joins founding members, brothers Gilberto and Raúl Puente, to show us how, in Cárdenas’s words, “The trío romántico is synonymous with intimacy.” The trio has a new album on the Smithsonian Folkways label called Romancing the Past (SFW40562).

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Los Tres Reyes 9/13/12: Los Tres Reyes

The Mexican trío romántico from Texas—consisting of the traditional three suave male voices, backed by two or three guitars—sings romance-drenched lyrics in lush harmony. Part of Homegrown: The Music of America concert series.

Los Tres Reyes

The Mexican trío romántico from Texas—consisting of the traditional three suave male voices, backed by two or three guitars—sings romance-drenched lyrics in lush harmony. Part of Homegrown: The Music of America concert series.

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