With a blend of alternative rock, pop, and Cuban rhythms, Osamu has everyone dancing with hits like “Chaca-chaca en la Azotea” and “La Candela.” A lover of classic rock, his latest project is a virtual anthology of British and American standards. People often ask Osamu how he ended up playing rock with a Cuban beat, and he enjoys telling them how he is the son of a guitarist from California and an actress from Cuba, which means that he has both the blues and the rumba running through his veins. “Growing up in Cuba,” Osamu explains, “we would set up crazy home-made antennas that could get AM radio reception late at night from places like Atlanta and Fort Lauderdale and we’d stay up ‘til dawn listening to stations that played these legendary hit songs from the 60s and 70s by people like Pink Floyd, The Doors, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, KC…” Osamu starred for 12 years in Cuba’s premier grunge rock band, Havana, winning the prestigious CubaDisco Award with the Cd Las Puertas Abrirán. He has played lead guitar with Cuban and Mexican pop stars such as Anabel Lopez, Tanya Rodriguez, Amaury Gutierrez, Raquel Bigorra, Mercedes Ferrer, Liset Alea and Cesar Lazcano and has had the honor of opening concerts for Audio Slave in Havana, and the Alan Parsons Project in Mexico. Osamu currently shares his time between Mexico, USA and Cuba, and leads his own group –singing and playing lead guitar as well as writing, arranging and producing his own songs. He has released four solo CD’s in the last 4 years: 4ta Temporada (2014), La Vida no Es tan Dura (2010), Rock con Sabor (2008), and Ven a Mi Vida (2006). Osamu’s videos are seen almost every day on Cuban TV and have been nominated for the prestigious LUCAS awards. Osamu has performed in Mexico at the National Auditorium (Auditorio Nacional); the Zocalo (main Mexico City Plaza); twice at the mega “Rock en Español” Festival “Vive Latino”; the Hard Rock Café, Mexico City, and many other venues. In the USA he performed at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts; Woodminster Amphitheater’s World Music Festival, Oakland, California; La Peña in Berkeley, California and at several Miami clubs and Television shows. He has also made appearances in Spain, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica and Guatemala. You can find his videos on You Tube @ www.youtube.com/osamu537