Boris Larramendi was born in Havana, Cuba, on July 22, 1970, and is a Cuban singer-songwriter. His most distinctive feature is his long hair.
His beginnings, as he acknowledged in interviews, were strongly influenced by the songs of Silvio Rodríguez.
He is likewise indebted to the style of other Cubans who are generationally closer to him, such as Gerardo Alfonso, Frank Delgado, and Santiago Feliu, and later influenced by bands like Nirvana. He formed his first group in Cuba in the early 90s, called "Debajo."
He was part of the renowned Peña de 13 y 8, from which some members of the group "Habana Abierta" emerged, with whom he recorded Habana Oculta (1995), Habana Abierta (1997), 24 Horas (1999), and Boomerang (2005).
He was part of the Havana Blues Band, which emerged due to the success of the soundtrack of the homonymous film by Benito Zambrano. As a member of this project, he performed several concerts in various cities across Spain between 2005 and 2007.
In 1997, he traveled to Spain as a member of the Habana Abierta project, of which he was a founder, and recorded the albums 24 Horas (1999) and Boomerang (2005).
His first solo album was released in 2002, but it wasn't until 2009 that he definitively left Habana Abierta and focused on his solo career.
In 2013, he joined LaCrema, a band for their concert performances. The group consists of Juan José Pestana (drums), Jose Atero (guitar), and Yuvisney Aguilar (percussion).
He has shared the stage and collaborated on recordings with: Ivette Falcón (his partner and the mother of his daughter), Kelvis Ochoa, Lucrecia, Alejandro Gutiérrez, Vanito Caballero, Pável Urkiza, Segundo Mijares, Ángel Arce, Santana, Richie Floro, Ana Belén, Chavela Vargas, among others.
In 2013, he participated in the "First International Meeting on Human Rights and UN Pacts in a State of Sats" (Havana).
Since 2015, he has lived in Miami. Previously, he lived in Madrid, where in 2002 he began his solo career and had numerous successful concerts and performances.
In January 2020, he joined the voices of interpreters Amaury Gutiérrez and Luis Bofill with the song "Allá en Cuba," a single that addresses the suffocating situation in which the Cuban people find themselves, trapped in a barren past and held back by a standstill that prevents them from moving forward. Larramendi has made his critical stance towards the Cuban regime clear on more than one occasion, and through his Instagram profile, he has expressed his support for the Cuban artists protesting on the Island against the implementation of Decree 349.
Discography:
I Am Not to Blame (2002)
Free (2009)
Happiness (2010)
The Cibertimba & The Barbarian (2013)
