Release Date: 12 February 2021
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 093074058428
Genres: World Music  Latin Music  
Release Date: 12 February 2021
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 093074058428
Genres: World Music  Latin Music  
Description
On Puentes Sonoros (Sonic Bridges), the Grammy-winning East L.A. band Quetzal crosses physical and stylistic borders to create an album of songs imbued with inventiveness. Its musicians stand at the center of transnational and transformative son jarocho practice, bridging rural life of Veracruz, Mexico, with contemporary Chicano sensibilities of urban struggle for freedom and self-determination.
The strumming of traditional strings and percussive zapateado blend purposefully with Afro-diasporic R&B and batá, drawing from cultural roots to craft echoes of the future. Interweaving original compositions with sonic glimpses of inspirational figures from Veracruz, this recording embodies a collective vision of positive change.
Tracklisting
Jerron Paxton
Jake Blount & Mali Obomsawin
Dan + Claudia Zanes
Ella Jenkins
Ella Jenkins
The Po' Ramblin Boys
Bessie Jones, John Davis & The Georgia Sea Island Singers with Mississippi Fred McDowell & Ed Young
Sonya Cohen Cramer
Quetzal
Quetzal
Quetzal