Antonio Caban Vale
Antonio Cabán Vale, born Antonio Cabán on November 22, 1942, in Moca, Puerto
Rico, was a singer and composer known for his contributions to Puerto Rican
folkloric music. He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Puerto
Rico in San Juan in 1966. In the early 1970s, Cabán Vale began setting his poems
to music and founded the band Taone. His compositions often featured traditional
Puerto Rican instruments like the cuatro and güiro. Cabán Vale's most notable
composition was "Verde Luz" (Green Light), a danza genre piece that gained
widespread popularity. It was first rel...
