"Born in the rural countryside near Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, Joan Soriano fashioned his first guitar from a tin can and fishing line and has never looked back.
[3] After Soriano mastered the style, the then 13-year-old traveled to Santo Domingo and started working as a session musician.
The album was recorded live in Santo Domingo and NYC studios by iASO producer Benjamin de Menil.
The album features music sung in both Creole and Spanish and a group of Haitian-Dominican artists led by Joan Soriano.
The project was developed as an alternative to media attention focusing on conflict when considering relations between the people of the Dominican Republic and Haiti.