Raíces Latinas: Smithsonian Folkways Latino Roots Collection

Smithsonian Folkways – SFW CD 40470

Format: CD, Compilation
Country: United States, & Others
Released: 2002
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, World, & Latin
[Tracklist]
01 Un gigante que despierta (An awakening giant): Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy (04:03)
02 Bailecitos (Little dances): Segundo Castro and His Trovadores de Angaco (03:10)
03 Apágame la vela (Put out my candle): Nicolá Gutierres, Porfirio Rosario Santo Peña (04:47)
04 Brisas del Pamplonita (Breezes of the Pamplonita): Los Gavilanes (02:10)
05 Seis Mapeyé: Cuerdas de Borínquen (06:18)
06 Canção do Orpheo (Song of Orpheus): Luiz Bonfá (02:26)
07 Los arrieros (The muleteers): Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano (04:44)
08 Danza de los Negros (The Dance of the Blacks): Banda "Señor Cautivo" (02:05)
09 Yo canto en el llano (I sing on the plain): Cuarteto Patria y Compay Segundo (05:02)
10 Pipil Polka: Francisco Tepas (01:45)
11 Las naranjas (The oranges): Rolando Alarcón (02:52)
12 Two marimbas playing in front of the church: Two-marimba ensemble of San Mateo Ixtatán (02:18)
13 La sicodélica polka (The pschedelic polka): Ernesto Guerra y su Conjunto (02:43)
14 Adiós, Berejú: Marimba musicians of Buenaventura, Colombia (03:06)
15 Paranaê: Grupo de Capoeira Angola Pelourinho (03:15)
16 El paseadito (The little stroll): Los Reyes de Albuquerque (02:20)
17 La pájara pinta (The spotted bird): Suni Paz (00:55)
18 Corrido de Joaquín Murrieta: Luis Méndez and Guadalupe Bracamonte (04:32)
19 El Choclo (The ear of corn): René Marino Rivero (01:53)
20 Las leyendas de Grecia (The legends of Greece): Grupo Afrocuba (07:16)
[Credits]
Compiler, Liner Notes Editor & Liner Notes: Daniel E. Sheehy, Designer: BAD Studio, Atlanta, GA, Mastering Engineer: Pete Reiniger, Partner Organization: Latino Initiatives Fund
{Notes}
Featuring some of the finest Latino roots music the Smithsonian Folkways archive has to offer from such artists as Nati Cano’s Los Camperos, Luiz Bonfa, and Cuarteto Patria and Compay Segundo (Buena Vista Social Club), this specially priced CD brings you a collection of Latino sounds beyond the conventional! Much like rock 'n' roll, Latino music evolved from folk traditions. Raíces Latinas is a celebration of these Amerindian, African, and European influences in music of Latino heritage and a representation of the lively creativity that gives birth to the music of the Americas. Including Latino roots music from the Caribbean to the Andes and from Brazil to the American Southwest, Raíces Latinas invites you to discover the music behind la música!