Formed in December 2016, Ella Trinidad is the brainchild of Elizabeth Obando (Colombia), Romy Hernandez(Cuba) and Claudia Osegueda (El Salvador). Performing together and separately in different Melbourne based Latin bands for several years inspired the three to start a musical project of their own. Ella Trinidad’s has been heavily influenced by Afro-Cuban music making their original work a melting pot of salsa, guaguanco, soul, funk and other latin rhythms, such as Afro-Peruvian and Afro-Colombian. The project started off by jamming through the traditional sounds leading to the writing of their own material. An Ella Trinidad performance incorporates original compositions as well as re-arranged Afro-Cuban tunes from the old school.