SUBSEQUENTLY, SON DE MADERA APPEARED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE CHICAGO OLD TOWN SCHOOL OF MUSIC, LOS CENZONTLES MEXICAN ARTS CENTER, LA PEÑA CULTURAL CENTER IN BERKELEY AND AT THE MEXICAN HERITAGE PLAZA IN SAN JOSE, IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
IN FALL OF 2003, SON DE MADERA BEGAN A TOUR THAT LEAD IT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WERELDFEEST OF UTRECHT, HOLLAND, IN THE FARINERA DEL CLOT OF BARCELONA, IN THE MERCADO DE MÚSICA VIVA DE VIC IN SPAIN, THE SCHOUWBURG ODEON IN ZWOLLE AND THE KIT TROPENTHEATER IN AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. THE TOUR ENDED IN THE FESTIVAL DE LAS ANDALUCÍAS ATLÁNTICAS IN ESSAOUIRA, MOROCCO.
DURING THE CANADIAN AND EUROPEAN TOUR, SON DE MADERA SHARED STAGES WITH INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FIGURES AS PETRONA MARTINEZ, MARINA HEREDIA AND KETAMA AMONG OTHERS
IN ADDITION TO THE GROUP WORK IN THE TOURING AND RECORDING SCENES, SON DE MADERA HAS PARTICIPATED IN JOIN PROJECTS WITH OTHER MUSICIANS, SUCH AS THEIR COLLABORATION WITH THE IRISH MUSIC GROUP THE CASSIDIES AND THE CHICANO GROUP QUETZAL.
SON DE MADERA´S PERFORMANCES ARE SENSUOUS AND WITH AN EXQUISITE SENSE OF MUSICIANSHIP AND HAVE BEEN FEATURED ON NUMEROUS TELEVISION AND RADIO PROGRAMS IN MEXICO AND THE USA. THEIR RECORDINGS HAVE BEEN USED IN FILMS SOUNDTRACKS, TELEVISION DOCUMENTARIES AND THEATRE.
THE REPERTOIRE OF SON DE MADERA COMES MAINLY FROM THE SONES OF THE TRADITIONAL FANDANGO (MUSICAL FIESTA AROUND THE DANCE´S PLATAFORM) ON THE SOUTH OF VERACRUZ.
MUSICIANS
RAMÓN GUTIERREZ HERNÁNDEZ.
MUSICAL DIRECTOR
VOCAL, GUITARRA DE SON, CINCO ZAPOTERO, VIOLIN AND ZAPATEADO DANCING
ANNAHÍ HERNÁNDEZ
VOCAL AND ZAPATEADO DANCING
ANDRÉS VEGA HERNÁNDEZ.
VOCAL, JARANA AND ZAPATEADO DANCING
ALFREDO HERRERA
JARANA, PERCUSSION AND ZAPATEADO DANCING
JUÁN PEREZ
ACOUSTIC BAS