Saturday October 2 at 8 pm, $5 at Artword Artbar. A concert by Marcelo Puente and Heather Chetwynd, of acoustic Latin music€“ Latin folk, Cuban boleros and South American New Song (Nueva Canción) €“ with a few English tunes. Very listenable, moving and upbeat! 
Their recent CD — Vida/Life — includes a cross section of songs selected from their years of collaboration.
http://www.amazon.com/Vida-Life/dp/B000QZR1J2/ref=dm_ap_alb1
Heather Chetwynd and Marcelo Puente first performed together in the Chilean band, Grupo Lallantú. From 1977 to 1985, Marcelo and Heather performed both together and apart in a variety of musical configurations. A 2-year stint as a duo resulted in their double-cassette recording Asà habremos de vivir. During this period, Heather participated as Canada€™s representative in the international Chilean Festival of Viña Del Mar and Marcelo founded and directed the extremely successful Greek-Chilean group, Compañeros.
BIOGRAPHIES: Both Heather and Marcelo moved independently to Latin America for a number of years, during which time they collaborated during the New Song Festival in Ecuador in 1984. Both continued to develop and expand their musical repertoire and experience, Marcelo composing and performing in Peru and Chile, and Heather performing and studying music in Nicaragua and Cuba.
In 1992, Marcelo and Heather renewed their musical relationship in Canada, and since then have been performing both as a duo and along with other artists. Their repertoire, sung in both Spanish and English, spans a collection of songs, ranging from Latin folk, Cuban boleros and South American Nueva Canción, to North American and British folk, protest and standards, as well as original compositions. Their recent CD — Vida/Life — includes a cross section of songs selected from their years of collaboration.
About The Compañeros:
From the Facebook page: Compañeros was one of the most important musical groups to emerge in Canada in the 1970’s and 1980’s. Composed of artists from Chile and Greece, and singing in Greek, Spanish, English and French, they were the first world music group to emerge in Canada. Compañeros original members included: Marcelo Puente, Ricardo Rivas, Juan Salvatierra, Juan Opitz, Dimitrious Apostolou and Adam Konstantakis.
The Trojan Horse Coffee House was the place where Compañeros made and performed their music. Its cultural importance to the Canadian music scene at the time made the Trojan Horse the place to be to see and hear artists like Mercedes Sosa, Leonard Cohen, Mikis Theodorakis, Christos Leontis, Inti Illimani, Illapu, and see people including the future President of Greece, George Papandreos, writers like Rick Salutin and Gwendolyn McEwen, immigration lawyer Lorne Waldeman and composer Christos Hatzis. Later incarnations of Compañeros included Charis Polatus, Nikos Tsingos, Fotis Tubanos, Javier Ortiz, Rodrigo Chavez, Nano Valverde, Pandelis Pappas, Eugenio “Kuka” Crestto and collaborations with Nancy White and Heather Chetwynd. Compañeros celebrated the 30th anniversary of its founding with a night of music and remembrance on Sunday December 14th, 2008 at Harbourfront Centre’s Enwave Theatre.
