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Tony Ávila

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Tony Ávila canta junto a Johnny Ventura.

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They call Him Tony Avila, but his name is Antonio Avila Bacas and was born on August 13, 1970 in Marianao, Havana. His music has been heard in England, Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, Puerto Rico, the United States and Brazil, but in Cuba it suffices to mention The hut of Chicha and Chacho, so that everyone points to this philosopher graduated from university, musician Of heart and troubadour for life.
In words to his new album, Let there be light, critic and music producer José Manuel García González, explains this formula for success: “... someone with the ability to move in the finest humor from the guaracha to the song With a sharp edge, putting the finger successfully in the most sensitive areas of our daily lives.”
Chicha and Chacho's hut, recorded on the album ... In Tierra (2011), brought him to popularity in Cuba and internationally, although since the 90's he had been working as part of two musical groups based in Havana. But already Johnny Ventura and Gilberto Santa Rosa sing songs from his album Timbiriche (2013), while his album of 2016 appears nominated in the Latin Grammys, in the category of Best Tropical Song, thanks to The Bullet, collected in the album Tronco Viejo.
“I did not expect it, since I feel rewarded, it's an immense privilege,” said Tony Avila when he learned of the news while he was in Bogota, Colombia.
Now for the fair Cubadisco 2017 Tony has two record productions: one dedicated to the work of Faustino Oramas, El Guayabero; And the other To make light, where he reaffirms his class as a composer and performer.