Hello, well I returned home from my caretaker duties, however i expect to have to return in the coming weeks
Today's artists stem from Bolivia
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The music of Bolivia has a long history. Out of all the Andean countries, Bolivia remains perhaps the most culturally linked to the indigenous peoples. Like most of its neighbors, Bolivia was long dominated by Spain and its attendant culture. Even after independence, Bolivian music was largely based on European forms. In 1952, a revolution established nationalistic reforms which included cultural and political awareness of the Aymara and Quechua natives. Intellectuals in the country began wearing ponchos and otherwise associating themselves with native cultures, and the new government promoted native folklore by, among other methods, establishing a folklore department in the Bolivian Ministry of Education.
Awareness of native music, spirituality and art continued into the 1960s. In 1965, Edgar 'Yayo' Jofré formed a quartet called Los Jairas in La Paz. With Bolivian folk music gaining popularity throughout the country, Jofré, along with Alfredo Dominguez, Ernesto Cavour Julio Godoy, and Gilbert Favre used traditional music in modified forms to appeal to urban-dwellers and Europeans. Later groups like Wara, Khanata, Paja Brava, Savia Andina, and especially Los Kjarkas and Kalamarka helped further refine this fusion. Following a close but different path, groups and singers like Luzmila Carpio, Ruphay, and Grupo Aymara started touring abroad and gained international praise for their compositions, tunes that have brought indigenous Bolivian culture and history to the world's attention.
Los K'jarkas consists of 3 brothers, the Hermosas, who play primarily Huayño or, more rarely, sayas. These are both dance music influenced both by native forms as well as African music imported to Bolivia with slavery. Los K'jarkas are known internationally for their Caporales classic "Llorando se fue", which was adopted and transformed to the popular beginning of the lambada dance craze of the 1980s, along with forró and carimbo in northern Brazil. The song was popularized by a French group, resulting in a successful lawsuit from the Hermosa brothers. Kalamarka was founded in 1984 by Hugo Gutierrez and Rodolfo Choque. They fusion folk instruments such as Zampoña, Quena, Charango and Bombo with modern instruments, creating a beautiful musica andina. Their famous songs are 'Cuando Florezca el Chuño' and 'Ama, Ama, Amazonas'. In the 1980s, Chilean nueva canción was imported to Bolivia and changed into canto nuevo, which was popularized by performers like Emma Junaro.
Traditional Bolivian (and other South American) musical instruments include the charango, charangón, ronroco, hualaycho, zampoña, quena, bombo, huancara, reco reco, chiapya box, pinquillo, tarka, toyos, pututu, Andean saxophone, and sheep hooves formed into a kind of shaker, as well as European musical instruments such as the violin and guitar.
Musical forms such as the Bailecito, Kullawada, Tonada (or, directly Tinku), Taquirari, Carnavalito, Lamento, Afro-Bolivian Saya, Tuntuna, Taki Taki and Cueca are prominently featured in Bolivia's cultural music.
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Los Kjarkas is a Bolivian band from the Capinota province in the department of Cochabamba, and one of the most popular Andean folk music bands in the country's history. Among the styles they play are Saya, tuntuna, huayno, and carnavales. The instruments they use include the charango, quena, zampona, ronroco, guitar, and bombo.
The band's leader has always been singer, guitarist, and songwriter Gonzalo Hermosa González, who formed the band with his brothers Élmer Hermosa González and Ulises Hermosa González, as well as Gastón Guardia Bilboa and Ramiro de la Zerda. De la Zerda left group to form Grupo Fortaleza and Ulises Hermosa died of cancer in 1992, being replaced by Eduardo Yáñez Loayza, Rolando Malpartida Porcel and José Luis Morales Rodríguez. By 2002, Lin Angulo, Gonzalo Hermosa Camacho, and Japanese-born Makoto Shishido had replaced Yáñez, Porcel, and Rodríguez. Makoto joined the band after seeing them play in Japan. In the later 2000s, Élmer Hermosa was diagnosed with diabetes. In 2010, Edwin Castellanos, who was in the band from 1983 to 1995, became mayor of the city of Cochabamba.
Kjarkas have founded two schools teaching Andean folk music: the Musical School of Kjarkas (Lima, Peru) and La Fundación Kjarkas (Ecuador). They have toured across Japan, Europe, Scandinavia, the United States, South America, and Australia, and have composed over 350 songs. Among their most popular are "Imillitay", "Al Final", "Canto a la mujer de mi pueblo", and "Pequeño Amor".
An unauthorized translation of their song "Llorando se fue" by French producers Jean Karakos and Olivier Lorsac resulted in Kaoma's hit "Lambada". After a successful lawsuit, Kaoma paid to license the song. The song was also sampled on Don Omar's "Taboo" and on Jennifer López's single "On the Floor". Also "Wayayay" was covered by Tarkan as "Gelip Te Halimi Gördün Mü ?" ("Did You Ever Come To See My Situation ?" in Turkish) at "Yine Sensiz" ("Without You Again" in Turkish), whose debut album in 1992.
The group's music was also used for the Argentine-Dutch film Bolivia (2001). The group's cultural heritage is passed down in the next generation of Hermosa blood with the popular youth group band Chila Jatun, made up by the sons of this influential Bolivian group.
Los Kjarkas - 35 Años (flac 333mb)
01 Fria 3:36
02 Canción Para Mi Hija 3:57
03 A Tu Ventana 4:18
04 No Te Puedo Olvidar 4:02
05 Kamanchaca 3:11
06 Tuna Papita 3:51
07 Mi Vida Sin Tu Amor 3:56
08 Huellas En Mi Alma 4:05
09 Mentiroso Corazon 4:40
10 Saya Cochabamba 3:12
11 Loco Por Ti 3:43
12 Munasquechay 4:13
13 Cotagaiteña (Tonada Chicheña) 3:21
14 Morenada Chacaltaya (Morenada) 3:21
Los Kjarkas - 35 Años (ogg 146mb )
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Performing on 19 instruments, Los Calchakis has expanded on the Spanish-Incan musical traditions of the Andes Mountains. Led by lyricist, vocalist, flute, and percussion player Hector Miranda, the Buenos Aires-based quintet has been one of Argentina's most heralded bands. The group received a prestigious award from the Academy Charles Cros in 1971 and performed the Mikis Theodorakis-penned soundtrack of Costa-Gravas' film State of Seige. Although they remain rooted in traditional music, Los Calchakis focuses almost exclusively on original material. Their lengthy list of hits include such tunes as "Eldorado," "Mundo Nuevo," "Hombre Libre," and "Puerto de Palos."
Los Calchakis - Au pays de la Diablada (flac 189mb)
01 Diablo Bailarin 3:34
02 Tuntuneando 3:06
03 Ramon 3:10
04 Diablos En Marcha 2:47
05 Tierra Aymara 3:01
06 Selvas Y Valles 2:45
07 Mariposa Morena 3:04
08 Recuerdo Azul 2:36
09 Negra Tuntuna 3:30
10 Soledades 3:25
11 Alfarero 3:19
12 Amankay 2:28
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Ah yes back in 74, the future looked brighter for this Bolivian progband but we know now most SouthAmerican countries would be suffering decades of suffering at the hands of the CIA inspired military, meanwhile most countries have stabilized (apart from Venezuela).
The album starts off a bit laid back in an organ-heavy sort of way, but the flip has lots of fuzz guitar and small flood references (among many other things) that's quite appealing.
Estrella De Marzo - A Los Ninos Con Amor (flac 199mb)
01 Maestro 5:21
02 Claro Dia 5:43
03 Naturaleza Sonrieme 5:01
04 Casi Nada Falta Ya 3:27
05 Encuentro 4:46
06 Los Duendes 4:58
07 Cancion De Cuna 4:53
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Los Jairas are a folk music band from Bolivia. They have worked with Los Condores. Their work features the charango, a stringed instrument from Bolivia. They were formed in 1965 by Gilbert Favre, founder of the folklore cabaret La Pena Naira in La Paz .
Members of the band:
Ernesto Cavour - charango
Edgar Joffré - voice, drums, zampoña
Julio Godoy
Gilbert Favre - quena
On several of their albums, they featured Alfredo Dominguez, one of the finest Bolivian guitar players who wrote and composed many songs. His appearance on the album Grito de Bolivia was the highlights of Los Jairas' research into neo-folklore.
Los Jairas - Los Jairas ( flac 158mb)
01 Condor Pasa
02 Dos Amigos (El Llanto De Una Madre)
03 Estudio Para Charango
04 Quisiera Un Puñal
05 Kjosinaira
06 Sarkaway
07 Alborozo Kolla
08 Llamerada
09 Kullawas
10 Sikuriada
11 La Platita
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Today's artists stem from Bolivia
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The music of Bolivia has a long history. Out of all the Andean countries, Bolivia remains perhaps the most culturally linked to the indigenous peoples. Like most of its neighbors, Bolivia was long dominated by Spain and its attendant culture. Even after independence, Bolivian music was largely based on European forms. In 1952, a revolution established nationalistic reforms which included cultural and political awareness of the Aymara and Quechua natives. Intellectuals in the country began wearing ponchos and otherwise associating themselves with native cultures, and the new government promoted native folklore by, among other methods, establishing a folklore department in the Bolivian Ministry of Education.
Awareness of native music, spirituality and art continued into the 1960s. In 1965, Edgar 'Yayo' Jofré formed a quartet called Los Jairas in La Paz. With Bolivian folk music gaining popularity throughout the country, Jofré, along with Alfredo Dominguez, Ernesto Cavour Julio Godoy, and Gilbert Favre used traditional music in modified forms to appeal to urban-dwellers and Europeans. Later groups like Wara, Khanata, Paja Brava, Savia Andina, and especially Los Kjarkas and Kalamarka helped further refine this fusion. Following a close but different path, groups and singers like Luzmila Carpio, Ruphay, and Grupo Aymara started touring abroad and gained international praise for their compositions, tunes that have brought indigenous Bolivian culture and history to the world's attention.
Los K'jarkas consists of 3 brothers, the Hermosas, who play primarily Huayño or, more rarely, sayas. These are both dance music influenced both by native forms as well as African music imported to Bolivia with slavery. Los K'jarkas are known internationally for their Caporales classic "Llorando se fue", which was adopted and transformed to the popular beginning of the lambada dance craze of the 1980s, along with forró and carimbo in northern Brazil. The song was popularized by a French group, resulting in a successful lawsuit from the Hermosa brothers. Kalamarka was founded in 1984 by Hugo Gutierrez and Rodolfo Choque. They fusion folk instruments such as Zampoña, Quena, Charango and Bombo with modern instruments, creating a beautiful musica andina. Their famous songs are 'Cuando Florezca el Chuño' and 'Ama, Ama, Amazonas'. In the 1980s, Chilean nueva canción was imported to Bolivia and changed into canto nuevo, which was popularized by performers like Emma Junaro.
Traditional Bolivian (and other South American) musical instruments include the charango, charangón, ronroco, hualaycho, zampoña, quena, bombo, huancara, reco reco, chiapya box, pinquillo, tarka, toyos, pututu, Andean saxophone, and sheep hooves formed into a kind of shaker, as well as European musical instruments such as the violin and guitar.
Musical forms such as the Bailecito, Kullawada, Tonada (or, directly Tinku), Taquirari, Carnavalito, Lamento, Afro-Bolivian Saya, Tuntuna, Taki Taki and Cueca are prominently featured in Bolivia's cultural music.
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Los Kjarkas is a Bolivian band from the Capinota province in the department of Cochabamba, and one of the most popular Andean folk music bands in the country's history. Among the styles they play are Saya, tuntuna, huayno, and carnavales. The instruments they use include the charango, quena, zampona, ronroco, guitar, and bombo.
The band's leader has always been singer, guitarist, and songwriter Gonzalo Hermosa González, who formed the band with his brothers Élmer Hermosa González and Ulises Hermosa González, as well as Gastón Guardia Bilboa and Ramiro de la Zerda. De la Zerda left group to form Grupo Fortaleza and Ulises Hermosa died of cancer in 1992, being replaced by Eduardo Yáñez Loayza, Rolando Malpartida Porcel and José Luis Morales Rodríguez. By 2002, Lin Angulo, Gonzalo Hermosa Camacho, and Japanese-born Makoto Shishido had replaced Yáñez, Porcel, and Rodríguez. Makoto joined the band after seeing them play in Japan. In the later 2000s, Élmer Hermosa was diagnosed with diabetes. In 2010, Edwin Castellanos, who was in the band from 1983 to 1995, became mayor of the city of Cochabamba.
Kjarkas have founded two schools teaching Andean folk music: the Musical School of Kjarkas (Lima, Peru) and La Fundación Kjarkas (Ecuador). They have toured across Japan, Europe, Scandinavia, the United States, South America, and Australia, and have composed over 350 songs. Among their most popular are "Imillitay", "Al Final", "Canto a la mujer de mi pueblo", and "Pequeño Amor".
An unauthorized translation of their song "Llorando se fue" by French producers Jean Karakos and Olivier Lorsac resulted in Kaoma's hit "Lambada". After a successful lawsuit, Kaoma paid to license the song. The song was also sampled on Don Omar's "Taboo" and on Jennifer López's single "On the Floor". Also "Wayayay" was covered by Tarkan as "Gelip Te Halimi Gördün Mü ?" ("Did You Ever Come To See My Situation ?" in Turkish) at "Yine Sensiz" ("Without You Again" in Turkish), whose debut album in 1992.
The group's music was also used for the Argentine-Dutch film Bolivia (2001). The group's cultural heritage is passed down in the next generation of Hermosa blood with the popular youth group band Chila Jatun, made up by the sons of this influential Bolivian group.
Los Kjarkas - 35 Años (flac 333mb)
01 Fria 3:36
02 Canción Para Mi Hija 3:57
03 A Tu Ventana 4:18
04 No Te Puedo Olvidar 4:02
05 Kamanchaca 3:11
06 Tuna Papita 3:51
07 Mi Vida Sin Tu Amor 3:56
08 Huellas En Mi Alma 4:05
09 Mentiroso Corazon 4:40
10 Saya Cochabamba 3:12
11 Loco Por Ti 3:43
12 Munasquechay 4:13
13 Cotagaiteña (Tonada Chicheña) 3:21
14 Morenada Chacaltaya (Morenada) 3:21
Los Kjarkas - 35 Años (ogg 146mb )
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Performing on 19 instruments, Los Calchakis has expanded on the Spanish-Incan musical traditions of the Andes Mountains. Led by lyricist, vocalist, flute, and percussion player Hector Miranda, the Buenos Aires-based quintet has been one of Argentina's most heralded bands. The group received a prestigious award from the Academy Charles Cros in 1971 and performed the Mikis Theodorakis-penned soundtrack of Costa-Gravas' film State of Seige. Although they remain rooted in traditional music, Los Calchakis focuses almost exclusively on original material. Their lengthy list of hits include such tunes as "Eldorado," "Mundo Nuevo," "Hombre Libre," and "Puerto de Palos."
Los Calchakis - Au pays de la Diablada (flac 189mb)
01 Diablo Bailarin 3:34
02 Tuntuneando 3:06
03 Ramon 3:10
04 Diablos En Marcha 2:47
05 Tierra Aymara 3:01
06 Selvas Y Valles 2:45
07 Mariposa Morena 3:04
08 Recuerdo Azul 2:36
09 Negra Tuntuna 3:30
10 Soledades 3:25
11 Alfarero 3:19
12 Amankay 2:28
(ogg mb)
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Ah yes back in 74, the future looked brighter for this Bolivian progband but we know now most SouthAmerican countries would be suffering decades of suffering at the hands of the CIA inspired military, meanwhile most countries have stabilized (apart from Venezuela).
The album starts off a bit laid back in an organ-heavy sort of way, but the flip has lots of fuzz guitar and small flood references (among many other things) that's quite appealing.
Estrella De Marzo - A Los Ninos Con Amor (flac 199mb)
01 Maestro 5:21
02 Claro Dia 5:43
03 Naturaleza Sonrieme 5:01
04 Casi Nada Falta Ya 3:27
05 Encuentro 4:46
06 Los Duendes 4:58
07 Cancion De Cuna 4:53
(ogg mb)
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Los Jairas are a folk music band from Bolivia. They have worked with Los Condores. Their work features the charango, a stringed instrument from Bolivia. They were formed in 1965 by Gilbert Favre, founder of the folklore cabaret La Pena Naira in La Paz .
Members of the band:
Ernesto Cavour - charango
Edgar Joffré - voice, drums, zampoña
Julio Godoy
Gilbert Favre - quena
On several of their albums, they featured Alfredo Dominguez, one of the finest Bolivian guitar players who wrote and composed many songs. His appearance on the album Grito de Bolivia was the highlights of Los Jairas' research into neo-folklore.
Los Jairas - Los Jairas ( flac 158mb)
01 Condor Pasa
02 Dos Amigos (El Llanto De Una Madre)
03 Estudio Para Charango
04 Quisiera Un Puñal
05 Kjosinaira
06 Sarkaway
07 Alborozo Kolla
08 Llamerada
09 Kullawas
10 Sikuriada
11 La Platita
(ogg mb)
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Very pleased to see the rho-xs South American tour spending time in Bolivia. I'm a fan of native Quechua music and (listener be warned) it's approach that the best female vocalists are those who can sing the higest notes. Ludzmila Carpio became Ambdassador to France!
ReplyDeleteOn that triangular continuum between Spanish/Portuguese and native Highland and African music, I'm in the Quechua corner, even though it's where the mingling happens that is usually the place that most rewards attention.
Felicity