Release Date: 01 March 2000
Label: Arhoolie
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 096297032022
Genres: World Music Latin Music
Description
This 1989 release by Arhoolie Records was the first record of Huayno music released outside of Peru. Huayno is a genre of traditional dance and music that Andean people dance and listen to in their daily life. The indigenous music depicts emotional and expressive sentiments through songs sung in Spanish and in Quechua. The singers are accompanied by diverse assortment of instruments, such as flutes, trumpets, panpipes, violins, harps, guitars, saxophones, accordion, mandolin, bandurria, and charango. This collection includes some of the earliest Huayno recordings from the late 1940s. The liner notes include an essay by John Cohen.
Tracklisting
Various Artists
Beausoleil
Various Artists
Las Hermanas Segovia
Lemon Nash
The Maddox Brothers & Rose
Amalia
Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
