Release Date: 29 September 2008
Label: Out Here
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4047179138727
Genres: World Music  
Release Date: 29 September 2008
Label: Out Here
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4047179138727
Genres: World Music  
Description
Guantánamo is the home of Yasel Gonzalez Rivera and Gerald Thomas Collymore, the driving forces behind Madera Limpia (meaning "pure wood").
Their first album was released as the soundtrack to the award-winning 2004 documentary Paraiso, a kind of road movie about their life in Guantánamo. On this new album, Gerald's and Yasel's characteristic blend of local acoustic traditions and urban Latino youth culture shows that post-Buena Vista Cuba is alive and kicking and is ready to make you dance while being firmly rooted in the traditions of Cuban music.
Guantánamo is a small town in the southeast of Cuba where tourists are rarely seen. There are no sights or attractions or beautiful beaches – the beaches that exist, about 13 miles from the town, are under US control and the location of the military base of Guantánamo Bay.
Madera Limpia view life in Cuba in these times of radical change as a challenge, just like they suggest in their last song which is full of premonition: "And if everything goes wrong, it's not because life came to an end, it is time for a new departure, lift up and keep walking ..."
Tracklisting
Mokoomba
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
Santrofi
Santrofi
Various Artists
Various Artists
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
Smockey
Toumani Diabate
Guts
Kuljit Bhamra & Becky Price
Lolita
Ginger Johnson and His African Messengers
Lux Musicae London
Various Artists
Peggy Lee & Cole Schmidt