Edgar Macías' Salseros

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Peggy's Skylight | Nottingham
Friday 25th July 2025

TWO SHOWS

1st SHOW: performance 6:45pm (75mins – no interval)
Fully Seated (ticket acts as table reservation)
Doors at 6pm; we will require your table by 8:15pm

2nd SHOW: performance 9:15pm (75mins – no interval)
Fully Seated (ticket acts as table reservation) 
Doors at 8:30pm

Tickets: £12-£17

Edgar Macías' Salseros

Exploring salsa music from its roots, through its peak in the 70's with Salsa Brava, to its contemporary form. Inspired by composers & interpreters such as Cachao, Joe Cuba, Eddie Palmieri, Ray Barretto, Oscar D'León, Poncho Sánchez, Buena Vista Social Club.

"Latin-based but firmly in modern jazz territory, with any one of the five liable to reel off dazzling solos, it's a truly great band that you'd be daft to miss." – Stratford Jazz
Edgar Macías presents Salseros UK, this time fronted by the renown Venezuelan vocalist, Lino Rocha from Salsa Celtica and Afro-Cuban All Stars, to name a few, and also featuring Venezuelan multi-percussionist and singer Nestor Pedrales.
Edgar Macías Salseros UK explores and performs Salsa roots music of the late 60's, through to its peak during the 70's with the likes of Salsa Brava, and then on to contemporary Salsa, inspired by composers and interpreters such as Eddie Palmieri, Ray Barretto, Héctor Lavoe, Oscar D'León, Pete "El Conde" Rodríguez, Joe Arroyo, Cheo Feliciano, Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro, among others. Also featuring two of Lino's original compositions, and introducing the music of Grupo Mango, award winning Venezuelan Sextet (Best Sextet of the year in 1976 by Record World Magazine) and another Venezuelan salsa band, Guaco.

Lino Rocha
Lino G Rocha is a singer/songwriter/percussionist. Venezuelan born of Portuguese heritage and raised in the UK, Lino began his musical career in the late eighties, performing with some of the top national/international Afro-Latin bands/artists, including Roberto Pla's Latin Ensemble, La Clave De Londres, Salsa Celtica, Charlie Palmieri, Giovanni Hidalgo, Grupo Guaco, Yuri Buenaventura, Tito Allen, and Juan de Marcos of Afro- Cuban All Stars, to name a few.

Lino's vocal abilities have surpassed normal musical boundaries, effortlessly blending various genres as and when required. These can be from soulful subtlety to urban rasping rap and all the way to streetwise Salsa, or the passion of Fado, Tango, and anything else in between. Lino's cultural experiences, unique soulful diverse vocal talent, and command of the Portuguese, Spanish and English languages, makes him one of the most prolific and talented artists on the music scene.

Edgar Macías
Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Edgar has established himself in the UK as a sought after pianist in Jazz, Latin Jazz, Brazilian Music & Salsa.

Classically trained, graduated from J.M. Olivares School of Music in Caracas. Before coming to the UK, Edgar performed with the Venezuelan Symphony Orchestra, the Moises Moleiro Philharmonic Band and more, in prestigious venues and theatres around the country, under the direction of acclaimed conductors such as Aldemaro Romero (Venezuela), Julian Bigg (UK), Juan Carlos Núñez (Venezuela) and Loren Schöenberg (USA) to name a few…

He's toured in Spain with personalities such as Salsa Superstar Tito Gómez, (Ray Barretto's singer in the 70's), and also performed with Gabino Pampini.  Back in Venezuela Edgar has played with "Grupo Mango" alonside two of its originals players, the late great vibraphonist Freddy Roldán and bassist Argenis Carmona, and with international personalities such as Puerto Rican Chucho Avellanet, among others. In the UK Edgar has toured with Edinburgh based salsa band, Salsa Céltica.

Line up

Lino Rocha (Venezuela), lead vocals & hand percussion

Ray Butcher (UK), trumpet

Joe Smith (UK), trombone

Edgar Macías (Venezuela), MD, piano & coro (backing vocals)

Tom Hill (USA), bass & coro (backing vocals)

Glyn Philips (UK), congas


Néstor Pedrales (Venezuela), timbales, bongos, lead vocals & coro (backing vocals)

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