The Peruvian rock. Alternative rocker Santino joins a diverse lineup for the Festival Ritmo Latino

“Alternative rocker Santino Delatore is a half-breed: “Half of me is rock ‘n’ roll, half of me is Latino,” says the Peruvian born singer-songwriter. “You see me on stage without audio, you see a rock ‘n’ roll dude. Put on the audio, and you hear a Latino.”

Santino–his real first name and stage name–came of age as any rock ‘n’ roll dude growing up in Lima, Peru might. “It was very funny, because when I grew up, I was a heavy metal dude. But, at the same time, we went to parties and we were dancing salsa. It was funny to see a rock ‘n’ roller dude dancing salsa in my country,” he recalls.

Yet, it was being true to his musical tastes that led Santino down the path of bona fide rock stardom while still in his teens. At 16, he lent his high-pitched, intense vocals to a prog-rock cover band, where he built a reputation as a sort of Latino Freddy Mercury. At 18, he was tapped by the heavy metal band Fragil and catapulted to national fame in Peru.”

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