Rica Obsesion is one of the newest upcoming salsa bands in Chicago!!

Rica Obsesion

Two brothers joined in blood and music founded Rica Obsesion. Byron and Dennis Calito from Guatemala; raised in Chicago, have the talent and ability to achieve in the music industry. They started playing music in church at a very young age, and were inspired by their older brother Victor. Both of them have had the privilege to perform and record with various local bands in Chicago. They have also performed with well-known artist such as, Eddie Santiago, Kevin Ceballo, Tony Vega, Van Lester, Wichie Camacho, Frankie Negron and many more.

Byron (Congas/Vocals) and Dennis (Timbales/Music Director) have brought together some of Chicagos finest musicians to make up Rica Obsesion. The Rica Obsesion family consists of Harley Figueroa (Saxophone) as musical composer, Adrian Ruiz on Piano, Jose Porcayo on Bass-Vocals, Micah Frazier on Trumpet, Craig Sunken on Trombone,Alex Torres on vocals.

Rica Obsesions passion for Salsa, which is vigorously projected through their musical selections from artist like Spanish Harlem Orquestra, the late Frankie Ruiz, and Soneros Del Barrio is undeniably strong. Rica Obsesion also performs variety of music such as Mergenues by Olga Tanon, Melina Leon; and cha cha cha by the late Tito Puente and many Latin Jazz tunes.

Rica Obsesions ultimate goal is to show their love for music in their performance, to see and feel the excitement of the audience on the dance floor. With a combination of great music and the best musicians in Chicago, Rica Obsesion is confident that their goals will be achieved and that they will be able to put Chicago back on the map for Salsa once again.