Albita Rodríguez

Working professionally since her teen years, by the late eighties she had attained recognition among national interpreters of Cuban folk music (Música Guajira).

Once in Miami, where she noted in a 2019 interview that she was "practically unknown",[1] Albita eventually got the attention of celebrities like Gianni Versace, Quincy Jones, Madonna, Sylvester Stallone, Paco de Lucia, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, among others that soon became her fans.

She has shared the stage with Celia Cruz, Willy Chirino, Phil Collins, Tony Bennett, Gilberto Gil, Juan Luis Guerra, Daniela Mercury, Miriam Makeba, Arturo Sandoval, Paquito D'Rivera and Melissa Etheridge.

In 2004 she founded her own label "Angel's Dawn Records" under which she produced and launched her CD Albita Llegó that won her two Grammys in the category of Best Contemporary Tropical Album.

[11][9] In October 2019, she staged two major free concerts in Hialeah and Miami Beach, as part of those cities' celebrations of National Hispanic Pride month.