The Soul of Black Peru

Artist: Various Artists
Label: Luaka Bop
Category: Music

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Format: Original recording reissued
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 724384902926
EAN: 0724384902926
ASIN: B00004RD0B

Release Date: 2000-03-28

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Some World Music
Around the World in 25 Albums
Super World Beats
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Tracks:

Maria Lando - Susana Baca
Yo No Soy Jaqui - Manuel Donayre
Canterurias - Cecilia Barraza
Samba Malato - Lucila Campos
Enciendete Candela - Roberto Rival/El Conj. Gente Morena
Azucar De Cana - Eva Ayllon
Prendeme La Vela - Abelardo Vasquez & Cumanana
Lando - Chabuca Granda
Toro Mata - Lucila Campos
Son De Los Diablos - Peru Negro
No Me Cumben - Nicomedes Santa Cruz
Una Larga Noche - Chabuca Granda
Lando - Peru Negro
Maria Lando - David Byrne
Bonus Track - The Soul Of Black Peru

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful CD.......2004-12-25

Devotees of Afro-Peruvian music may lament that this is a "soft" introduction to the genre, but I think it's a rapturously wonderful compilation. The music is so raw, joyous, bursting with energy, soul and rhythm. I've listened to "Son de los diablos" over and over (I mean in one sitting!) and still can't get enough of it's infectious, playful groove. If I met some of these singers, I would cry like a 60's beetles fan. And I'm a guy...

This is an unbelievable CD.......2001-08-03

The voices, the sounds and the rythms will transform you to a different world, full of magic, colour, spirit and humanity.

While familiar with Venezuelan and music from that region, I've never heard this kind of hybrid before.

It is completely mind blowing. Wonderful stuff.

The only disappointing track is track 14 (David Byrne-Maria Lando). This reminds me of Ry Cooder and Charlie Musslewhite perfoming with heavy-weight Cuban artists. "Chalk and cheese" I would say. Never-the-less, only one track out of 15 is a very minor pertubation.

Buy this CD and it will definitely become one of your favorites.

Could be a LOT better.......2001-07-23

I was introduced to Afro-Peruvian music by a rather large bunch of Peruvian classmates in college about five years ago. I've heard the albums they've brought in and I've heard this compilation... and the compilation, to me, evokes thoughts of "Afro-Peruvian, sanitized for your protection." I've heard gutsier drum jams elsewhere, and when it comes to the soulful singing of Susana Baca or even the mother of Peruvian folk singing, Chabuca Granda, I've heard better cuts from both elsewhere. It makes for a nice starter, though: if you haven' t been exposed to Afro-Peruvian, this may be a gentle introduction. I expected this to be more "Prýndeme La Vela" than "Una Larga Noche", although the mandatory "Samba Malato" is here (go look for Nicomedes Santa Cruz's other stuff, that smokes!), as well as "Toro Mata" (would be better to look for Carlos Soto de La Colina' s original version... some people might think Celia Cruz's was the original). And when I see that famous, quote-unquote, world music scalp collector, David Byrne (salsa band leader Willie Colýn's words, not mine) joining in, I have to cringe, although I do realize he's the person behind these compilations and that, without him, you wouldn't be reading this review. I'd rather have you listen directly to albums from the artists in the compilation (particularly Susaa Baca and Nicomedes Santa Cruz, who is an institution in Peruvian music), or from Eva Ayllýn, Maria del Carmen Dongo or Peru Negro. However, I do warn you that all the truly gutsy stuff is way too difficult to get a hold of through the normal channels...

Divine Sorcery.......2000-08-01

This is the music of Coastal Peru - black/creole music from cities with names like ACARI, CUTUCAN, CANENE, CASA BLANCA. This is a living people, a people of DEEP FEELING, like the people who created the FADO, the MORNA, the SAMBA, FLAMENCO, and the WEST AFRICAN TRANCE AND SUFI traditions. A people rooted in rythm. A people of virtuoso singers and musicians. A revelation. If you ever get a chance to see EVA AYLLON - the greatest living singer and performer - moving across the stage as in some SANTERIA religion (and she "seizes your head")- you will be ready to lay down and die.

Looking for more of black Peru.......2000-05-12

I came upon this album via an exposure to Susana Baca's "Maria Lando." I was hoping to find more of the same class of outstanding vocalists, poetic lyrics and entrancing rhythms; and I was not disappointed. This remains one of my all-time favorite collections of music. Soulful laments and lovely paeans to an aesthetic ideal alternate with music that just compels your feet to move. "The Soul of Black Peru" inspires, energizes and transports me anew with every listening.

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