Francisco Rosado-Pirulo: Luis Chaluisan Salsa Magazine-WEPAwebTV Special Feature BRUTAL!
Pirulo ahora está más feliz con su nominación a los Billboard. Pirulo y La Tribu no trabajan para ganar premios por lo que la nominación que obtuvieron a un premio Billboard de la Música Latina 2015, en la categoría Álbum tropical artista del año, dúo o grupo la recibieron “como una bendición y un reconocimiento a nuestro trabajo”, mencionó hoy el joven salsero boricua en entrevista con Primera Hora. Para Francisco Rosado Rosario -nombre de pila del cantante - figurar en esta categoría junto con El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, Grupo Niche y Don Perignon y la Orquesta Puertorriqueña, “es un honor”. “Estoy emocionado, me levantaron con la noticia. Pensé que era una broma pero cuando me mandaron el link de las nominaciones, me di cuenta que era en serio. Tengo el corazón, el alma y el pecho ensanchados”, expresó el intérprete del éxito “Loco, pero feliz”. Pirulo, quien fue nominado por su disco “Calle linda”, siente que ahora, con esta postulación, su compromiso con el público es mucho más serio. Adelantó, por otro lado, que planifica asistir a la ceremonia de premiación, la cual se llevará a cabo el jueves, 30 de abril de este año, en el BankUnited Center en la Universidad de Miami, en Florida. El evento será transmitido por Telemundo a las 8:00 de la noche.Otros nominados. Pirulo y La Tribu no son los únicos puertorriqueños nominados. También están Marc Anthony (encabezando la lista de boricuas con siete postulaciones), Chayanne, Ricky Martin, Alexis & Fido, Baby Rasta & Gringo, Plan B, El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, Don Perignon y la Orquesta La Puertorriqueña, Don Omar, Wisin, Yandel, Zion & Lennox, Calle 13 y Farruko. A nivel general, los artistas con mayor cantidad de nominaciones este año son Romeo Santos (21), Enrique Iglesias (19) y J. Balvin (12).
Pirulo y La Tribu are a 21st century salsa and timba group who wed classic style to modern production. Their music combines Nuyorican salsa, Afro-Cuban son, and Puerto Rican bomba. Francisco "Pirulo" Rosada Rosario was born in 1977 in the San Jose Reservoir barrio in San Juan. His mother was Puerto Rican and his father, Frankie Rosado, originally hailed from Brooklyn and played flute during the great salsa explosion in the '70s in New York. From a young age, the younger Rosario was exposed to the music of Dave Valentin, Ismael Rivera, Willie Colón, Héctor Lavoe, Irakere, Los Van Van, and Cortijo. At the age of ten, Rosario entered San Juan's Free School of Music, studying oboe and bass, but his heart belonged to percussion, which he majored in. During high school he started his first band, Revolucion Latina. Upon graduation in 1995 at the age of 17, he went straight to work, woodshedding as a percussionist with artists including Giovanni Hidalgo, Anthony Carrillo, Pupi Santiago, Edgar Abraham, Alfredo y Rumberos, and many others. Still in his teens, Rosario lost both his parents and was obligated as the eldest male to care for his siblings. Still, he did not give up his musical career and worked harder than ever. He eventually earned a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music in Boston and attended the school in 1997 and 1998. Upon graduation, Rosario became an itinerant session man and touring musician. He traveled the U.S., Canada, and Cuba, working with Bob Dylan, Maceo Parker, Either/Orchestra, and Entrain y Family Ayala Folkloric Group. Rosario returned to Puerto Rico in 2004, a seasoned player, composer, and percussionist. He signed a session contract with White Lion Records in San Juan, to play, produce, write, and sing. He appeared on Julio Volto's En La Clara, and produced Tego Calderón's Latin Grammy-nomination El Abayarde Contrataca. He also played on albums by Noriega and Vico C. He served as Calderon's studio and live drummer until 2012. Beginning in 2006, he produced and served as musical director for several large tribute concerts including subjects Chocolate Armenteros at home in San Juan, and for Ricky Martin at the Latin Grammys. In 2008, Rosado produced and served as musical director for the groundbreaking Mas Salsa Thou, an album that fused classic salsa from Hidalgo, Valentin, and Pappo Luca, to urban and hip-hop. It was during his tenure with Calderon that Rosario formed La Tribu and other bands that played everything from hip-hop and Criolla to world fusion music. The first of his projects to record was La Tribu, who issued Calle Linda in the middle of 2013, prefaced by its single "Esa Es La Que Me Gusta." A second single, "Loco Pero Feliz," hit the Billboard Latin songs chart in 2014.
