DePedro Hits The Road With Federico Aubele

New York (Top40 Charts/ ADA Global) - DePedro a name chosen because it sounded kind of Mediterranean, kind of Spanish is the musical project of singer and guitarist Jairo Zavala. His first solo album, DePedro (National Geographic Music), is the culmination of years of writing and playing songs for others, including Amparanoia, Vacazul, Los Coronas and Calexico.

Zavala grew up in Madrid listening to both the pre-WWII songs his grandparents used to play and the music his Peruvian father brought back from his travels to Latin America and Africa, as well the rock from the 70s and 80s that was popular in Spain. He credits these various influences for helping to shape his own style of guitar playing, one that pulled from blues, folk, flamenco, Afrobeat, Latin, and rock.

Federico Aubele was born and raised in Buenos Aires. He moved to Berlin in 2001 during the height of Argentina's economic and political crisis. Later moving to Barcelona before returning to Buenos Aires.

While in Berlin Aubele signed with ESL Music (Thievery Corporation) and made his debut in 2003 with three double-sided 10" vinyl EPs. His first full-length album, Gran Hotel Buenos Aires, hit in 2004. Followed by Panamericana in 2007.

Aubele's music blends a variety of styles: Jamaican dub/reggae, American ambient and hip-hop and Argentine tango. But the spirit of bolero, especially the rough-and-ready, heartfelt ballads of the 1940s, forms the backbone of his newest album Amatoria, harkening back to his childhood in Buenos Aires.