Mercado Negro is a reggae and salsa band founded in Portugal in 2002, now based out of Switzerland. The group contains musicians from Columbia, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Switzerland, and Italy. José Armando Miranda, born in 1974 in La Habana, Cuba, is the lead singer and songwriter for the group. Cesar Correa, born in 1975 in Trujillo, Peru, plays the piano and keyboards. Rodrigo Rodríguez was born in 1974 in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia's most Caribbean town. Rodrigo sings, plays timbales and many other percussions, and writes songs for the group. The name Mercado Negro, literally meaning ‘black market’, is meant to reflect the band members overcoming the fears, prejudices, and insecurities they have experienced while living in Europe. They released th
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albums by Mercado Negro
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