093074051320

Viento De Agua Unplugged: Materia Prima

Viento De Agua

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Format: CD

Cat No: SFW40513

Release Date:  23 March 2004

Label:  Smithsonian Folkways

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  093074051320

Genres:  World Music  World Music  

  • Description

    The bomba and plena heard on this recording are the materia prima (raw material) of today's two most African Puerto Rican musical traditions. When its dynamic leader Tito Matos created the group Viento de Agua ("Wind of Water"), he vowed to keep alive the "streetcorner sound" of the plena, music rooted in the lives of ordinary people. Viento de Agua Unplugged plays the stripped-down, straight-ahead version of his music, foregrounding its essence—the sound of unbridled percussion, underscoring lyrics that proclaim local topics. In these performances by veterans of bomba and plena, Tito proves his claim that "There is no way to create if you don't have the roots."

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Ahora Si
      • 2. El Leon
      • 3. Del Oye
      • 4. Quinto Y Tumbador
      • 5. Sire-Sire
      • 6. Las Tarimas
      • 7. Ola De La Mar
      • 8. Mayela
      • 9. Pa' Un Plenero
      • 10. Cucu
      • 11. Maringracia
      • 12. Viento De Agua Llego