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Although he looks like a guajiro, and he still wears his trademark cowboy hat, his roots are in the son, and he only agreed to take on the role of leader if he was allowed to introduce new elements to the repertoire. He plays the tres, and also a variant called cuatro (with two additional strings). His involvement with the Buena Vista Social Club and the Wim Wenders film of the same name (1999), has led him to worldwide fame.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2010 he recorded an album with a number of Cuban and Malian musicians, including Toumani Diabaté, titled AfroCubism.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Eliades+Ochoa","playStationPath":"/stations/271172229/play","stationId":271172229,"bioPath":"/music/Eliades+Ochoa/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Arsenio+Rodriguez","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/29a/29ad6aae8310641959d6846aecbe28a3_md.jpg","artistName":"Arsenio Rodriguez","artistId":83721,"station_id":269118393},{"musicPath":"/music/Sonora+Carruseles","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/133/133d53bdbf3f0f924ea9e2ef011b859d_md.jpg","artistName":"Sonora Carruseles","artistId":87011,"station_id":270118344},{"musicPath":"/music/Cesaria+Evora","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/71f/71fb3d38a8caf6055b30d34f01536fc8_md.jpg","artistName":"Cesária Évora","artistId":254,"station_id":113392262},{"musicPath":"/music/Issac+Delgado","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d00/d006a761cfc718deee6b19d3a25cb98b_md.jpg","artistName":"Issac Delgado","artistId":6821,"station_id":119011929},{"musicPath":"/music/Kaoma","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0c6/0c63cff9531562c31cca98d555df7253_md.jpg","artistName":"Kaoma","artistId":80831,"station_id":267918486},{"musicPath":"/music/Gipsy+Kings","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/56f/56f67de5e9471b69156266f5934088fa_md.jpg","artistName":"Gipsy Kings","artistId":1050,"station_id":113265481},{"musicPath":"/music/Susana+Baca","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ccd/ccd58ce8ec2d51de54cbad8f6509068d_md.jpg","artistName":"Susana Baca","artistId":14113,"station_id":115105935},{"musicPath":"/music/Poncho+Sanchez","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/931/9310966a8b602d692c803e9714dcbc8f_md.jpg","artistName":"Poncho Sanchez","artistId":99682,"station_id":278058798},{"musicPath":"/music/Bomba+Estereo","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/9d9/9d9731307f7f7d27ce1a9d4d96c65250_md.jpg","artistName":"Bomba Estereo","artistId":60005,"station_id":261522606},{"musicPath":"/music/Orchestra+Harlow","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a9e/a9e034e7e3ed2c2596ddd486db257a0d_md.jpg","artistName":"Orchestra Harlow","artistId":107041,"station_id":281862309},{"musicPath":"/music/Johnny+Colon","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/345/3459fafc6795c531d9984da25ab4a3c0_md.jpg","artistName":"Johnny Colón","artistId":86972,"station_id":270118291},{"musicPath":"/music/Eddie+Palmieri","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/4dd/4dd0d602a3c6f8a42a4bccd202a0c60d_md.jpg","artistName":"Eddie Palmieri","artistId":3695,"station_id":113728626},{"musicPath":"/music/Leoni+Torres","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/1ae/1aedf36ed8c5f922abe12d39163b80b8_md.jpg","artistName":"Leoni Torres","artistId":436184,"station_id":400787912},{"musicPath":"/music/Lhasa+De+Sela","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/300/300605882ce0e4e3c3042fd3b4abbcce_md.jpg","artistName":"Lhasa De Sela","artistId":50869,"station_id":227239455},{"musicPath":"/music/Senor+Coconut","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/1b6/1b61cb2a015bd4a1713add5dac71f633_md.jpg","artistName":"Senor Coconut","artistId":5310,"station_id":113399402},{"musicPath":"/music/Guillermo+Portabales","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/2a7/2a75211da24c74ec8efd32596b1973bc_md.jpg","artistName":"Guillermo Portabales","artistId":88660,"station_id":271172238},{"musicPath":"/music/Pink+Martini","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/174/174c7a06172ae4915501ba62383ea1f4_md.jpg","artistName":"Pink Martini","artistId":1431,"station_id":113268772},{"musicPath":"/music/Chavela+Vargas","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/8c4/8c47bb057a58716efb9d1d220b502712_md.jpg","artistName":"Chavela Vargas","artistId":100764,"station_id":280763246}]}