Grupo los Santos is a NYC-based quartet of guitar, bass, drums and tap dance/body percussion, often augmented with Afro-Cuban batá drums. A funky, rootsy, weirdly eclectic jam-band which pulls equally from the traditions of jazz, rock, funk, Afro-Cuban, Afro-Brazilian, and whatever else they come across.

Formed in 1998, Santos has played concerts throughout the US, Cuba and Europe. They have played and/or recorded with some of the most recorded Afro-cuban folkloric and popular artists, including Los Muñequitos de Matanzas, Yoruba Andabo, Chucho Valdez and Juan Pablo Torres. In February of 2020 they recorded their 4th album "Santos4" due out later this year, and from which 5 tracks have already been released.

The Longfellow Summer Festival brings music, poetry, and community to the East Lawn of the Longfellow House on Sunday afternoons through the summer. The 2022 Summer Festival will kick off on Sunday, June 5. All events are free and open to the public. Just bring a picnic blanket or lawn chair!

The series is co-sponsored by the Friends of Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters, the New England Poetry Club, and Berklee College of Music.