Tropicoso

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Recipients of the 2002 Cincinnati Entertainment Awards' "Best World/Ethnic/Reggae" award and the 2003 Cammy award for "Best World Beat Band," Tropicoso's long running Monday night gig at the Mad Frog was listed at number 22 in Cincinnati Magazine's "Best of the City" article of December 2004. They most recently took home their second Cincinnati Entertainment Award in 2006. Tropicoso released their first CD “Un Cuento” in 2005, and are currently writing and recording for their next project.

Although Tropicoso has weathered a number of lineup changes, the band has always maintained a solid core as well as a fiercely loyal fan base (some of whom date back to the Bailando days). The band — Feldner, Radina, lead vocalist Carmen Velez, Charlie Schweitzer on conguero and vocals, Chris Velez on bongocero, Bill Gwynne on trombone, vibraslap and vocals, John Zappa on trumpet and vocals and Garin Webb on saxophone and vocals — still manages to draw a large and always enthusiastic crowd on a typically slow club night.