Los Muñequitos de Matanzas (CUB)Formed in 1952 as Grupo Guaguancó Matancero in a bar in Barrio Marina in Matanzas (‘massacre’), Cuba, this stellar rumba group soon extended its reputation to Havana and beyond. From their earliest recordings in 1956 to the present their dance music has put the sole into soul. Their specialities are rumba caliente (‘hot rumba’) and its guaguancó variant. One of the most successful and critically acclaimed rumba groups anywhere of all time, Los Muñequitos de Matanzas are living legends of African-Cuban music.