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Pueblo Nuevo was formed in May, 1975 in the Department of Medicine at the Central University of Ecuador. They were brought together by the attraction to the new Latin American sound.

They would first begin touring the country and, later abroad carrying messages through social songs, works by continental singer-songwriters, their own music, and also folklore.

Fifteen LPs and eight CDs are the proof of their hard work. A work that has been expressed on stages in Spain, Norway, Sweden, Russia, Holland, The Ukraine, Venezuela, Panama, Cuba, Colombia, Peru, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Mexico, The United States, and more than 2,000 concerts on all the latitudes of Ecuador.

Thirty singers and musicians have been part of the group, each one leaving a footprint of their talent and will.

After over 27 years in the works, they are presently synthesizing their music in an instrumental fusion of Andean brass and cord instruments, the percussion, and electronics which accompany a vocal trio with themes as diverse as folklore to bolero, singing both their own songs and the classics from the new Latin American sound.

Some of their hits include Antojitos de Caña, 1978, Trigo, Mar, y Sangre, 1980, Nueva Cancion, 1982, Soledad, 1983, Por el Camino, 1985, Pueblo Nuevo, 1087, and La Cajita de Musica, 1993.

Pueblo Nuevo is presently made up of:

Miguel Mora: vocals, guitar
Galo Mora: guitar, bass, charango
Ernesto Guerrero: guitar, bass, Andean instruments
Alberto Guerrero: vocals
Leonardo Cardenas: keyboard, bass, musical direction
Ricardo Sempertegui: drums
Marco Villota: vocals, charango
Angel Lima: trumpet
Leonardo Cueva: hand drums, percussion
Guillermo Lasso: sax, flute