{"artistName":"Omar Alexander","artistId":16768,"artistDefaultImage":"https://artist.radioairplay.com/airplay_pictures/pictures/000/006/438/Boom_Shiva_Cover_300.png","srcset":"//artist.radioairplay.com/airplay_pictures/pictures/000/006/438/Boom_Shiva_Cover_sm.jpg 50w,//artist.radioairplay.com/airplay_pictures/pictures/000/006/438/Boom_Shiva_Cover_md.jpg 80w,//artist.radioairplay.com/airplay_pictures/pictures/000/006/438/Boom_Shiva_Cover_lg.jpg 200w,//artist.radioairplay.com/airplay_pictures/pictures/000/006/438/Boom_Shiva_Cover_300.png 340w","artistBio":"\u003cp\u003eOmar Alexander pertenece a una nueva generación americana de cantantes latinos; Cantante, compositor, escritor y músico con un sonido que recuerda sus raíces latinas y flamencas. De madre colombiana y padre de la India, Omar es un guerrero bohemio, un poeta que representa la multiculturalidad de este increíble país y cuya vida quedó marcada por influencias latinas, americanas y del mundo entero.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOmar Alexander, con SOULARE, es un arma secreta: un grupo multicultural cuyas experiencias e historia son tan diversas como la propia ciudad de Nueva York. Albert Leusink (trompetista) trae frescura europea directamente de Holanda, “israelí virtuosi” Shlomo Cohen (saxophone/flauta/clarinete/voces secundarias), y Eran Asias (percusión) entrelazan una técnica inigualable con su carácter del este. Mientras tanto dos personalidades del la escena musical de Nueva York, Oscar Bautista (guitarra) y Antonio Rodríguez (percusión/tabla/voces secundarias) aportan la naturalidad latina del barrio alto, Rich Chapple/Damos Banks (bajo) y Manu Koch (teclado/voz secundaria) añaden el puntito justo de jazz y R\u0026amp;B para dar un toque interesante al conjunto. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndividualmente, los miembros de SOULARE han compartido escenarios con gran cantidad de personalidades del rock, salsa, jazz y R\u0026amp;B, incluyendo: Stevie Wonder, Maceo Parker, Bruce Springsteen, Peter Gabriel, Slash, Jose Alberto “El Canario”, Norah Jones, Jorge Moreno, Alejandro Fernandez, DLG, Frankie Negron, Tito Rojas, La India, Gloria Estefan y otros. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLa carismática voz de Omar se fue modelando por la influencia desde pequeño de las músicas Sufi e Hindú que escuchaba su padre (sobre todo Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan y Hari Om Sharan). Y las rimas de la música llanera colombiana le otorgaron su picaresca poesía. Gracias a sus hermanos mayores, Omar creció con la música de los 70, y los padres de la salsa y la rumba. Algunos de los artistas que aún hoy influencian su vida y su música son Stevie Wonder, Santana, Hector Lavoe, Joe Arroyo, Paco de Lucía, Camarón de la Isla y Prince, U2, o Prince. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLa mezcla de todas estas influencias y estilos tan característicos da lugar al sonido explosivo y mágico que representa Omar Alexander y SOULARE. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOmar Alexander is a new generation U.S. Latin music artist virtuoso - a singer, songwriter, composer and musician with a Latin gypsy funk rock sound. Born to a Colombian mother and\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEast Indian father, Omar Alexander is a fierce Bohemian warrior-poet representing a bilingual, multicultural U.S. Latino generation optimistically defining itself on its own terms. Omar Alexander falls within the recent powerful wave of U.S. Latin and first generation immigrant artists, who grew up influenced by Latin, American and World music.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Omar+Alexander","playStationPath":"/stations/321119990/play","stationId":321119990,"bioPath":"/music/Omar+Alexander/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Marc+Anthony","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/316/3164ab6c5f13a817b99557b7499711b4_md.jpg","artistName":"Marc Anthony","artistId":2624,"station_id":113262596},{"musicPath":"/music/Chayanne","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/bb4/bb4362b269e32a6a8272965ac2918a0d_md.jpg","artistName":"Chayanne","artistId":10441,"station_id":113312788},{"musicPath":"/music/Ricardo+Arjona","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/973/973a9d0a3ddc026001f703f0bdea79c7_md.jpg","artistName":"Ricardo Arjona","artistId":11062,"station_id":113297198},{"musicPath":"/music/Bon+Jovi","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/801/801a41286f13dc1e68454625c1a553a7_md.jpg","artistName":"Bon Jovi","artistId":8864,"station_id":113262428},{"musicPath":"/music/Jamiroquai","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/1fb/1fbfd29b0f9bf2ba47630f572c7cf32a_md.jpg","artistName":"Jamiroquai","artistId":455,"station_id":113263554},{"musicPath":"/music/Paulina+Rubio","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/404/40418f6414d355112fb3f27aa6db61a6_md.jpg","artistName":"Paulina Rubio","artistId":10960,"station_id":104886853},{"musicPath":"/music/Camila","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/33b/33b2554f63d706ffbc93c7a7ffc69ab0_md.jpg","artistName":"Camila","artistId":10786,"station_id":113295301},{"musicPath":"/music/Cafe+Tacuba","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/23f/23fd5af4a22c3e488f5a60abbdb791e0_md.jpg","artistName":"Café Tacuba","artistId":5539,"station_id":113306160},{"musicPath":"/music/Shakira","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/9d0/9d08dddde1aec6f8e4a50cbce1266ab5_md.jpg","artistName":"Shakira","artistId":1911,"station_id":113262373},{"musicPath":"/music/Michael+Jackson","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/cb0/cb0ba6a661a070ebb2dec7db6f1f0760_md.jpg","artistName":"Michael Jackson","artistId":542,"station_id":113261849},{"musicPath":"/music/Stevie+Wonder","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/6f2/6f2686583d41fcd4a2d2f937cd8d4516_md.jpg","artistName":"Stevie Wonder","artistId":697,"station_id":113263697},{"musicPath":"/music/Red+Hot+Chili+Peppers","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/bba/bba1c5839294b09d409b616f8251f09c_md.jpg","artistName":"Red Hot Chili Peppers","artistId":632,"station_id":113264644},{"musicPath":"/music/Alejandro+Sanz","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d07/d07c32fb45f87eb2c7735879ccd9d65d_md.jpg","artistName":"Alejandro Sanz","artistId":10898,"station_id":113266958},{"musicPath":"/music/Pink+Floyd","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/699/69924b47cf64a3df5b371e268a2fd655_md.jpg","artistName":"Pink Floyd","artistId":609,"station_id":113260879},{"musicPath":"/music/Gipsy+Kings","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/56f/56f67de5e9471b69156266f5934088fa_md.jpg","artistName":"Gipsy Kings","artistId":1050,"station_id":113265481},{"musicPath":"/music/Luis+Miguel","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e4c/e4cc27de06297adfacc4b33ae4c68d2a_md.jpg","artistName":"Luis Miguel","artistId":10944,"station_id":113266925},{"musicPath":"/music/Maroon+5","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ac5/ac52a2e318a17b4a72697ba7105bf5cc_md.jpg","artistName":"Maroon 5","artistId":525,"station_id":113262378},{"musicPath":"/music/Ozomatli","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/45e/45eb765d5c114040211d3a3e58e573ac_md.jpg","artistName":"Ozomatli","artistId":1192,"station_id":113341032}]}