Issac Delgado is a legend in his own time. Probably the most famous contemporary interpretor of timba - Cuba's version of salsa - in the world, the singer has an extraordinary smooth and versatile voice, uncanny timing and the ability to make everything he does seem effortless.

Issac Delgado’s story began on the 11th April 1962 in Marianao, to the north-east of Havana, home of the famous Tropicana cabaret. His father was a tailor, his mother an actress, singer and dancer (she was a member of Las Mulatas de Fuego, a prominent dance company at the end of the 40s). She and her acquaintances sowed the seeds of a vocation in little Issac’s head. On his mum’s days off, he was there at home when musicians and actors such as Elena Burke, José Antonio Mendez and Martha Valdés came to call. At 10, he began to study music, playing cello at the conservatoire. He turned out not to be very motivated though. More interested in sport, he soon gave up the instrument. But this was just a passing phase. The seed of music was