The Sounds of Salsa Fade from Cuba

After a long period of anger over the demise of his band, Hanry Suarez returned to making music, though he has done so in the most difficult of circumstances.
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Struggle
After a long period of anger over the demise of his band, Hanry Suarez returned to making music, though he has done so in the most difficult of circumstances. The strings for his guitar are made out of recycled telephone wire; the picks are cut from discarded shampoo bottles.

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