The Soul of Black Peru

1. Maria Lando - Susana Baca

2. Yo No Soy Jaqui

3. Canterurias - Cecilia Barraza

4. Samba Malato - Lucila Campos

5. Enciendete Candela - El Conj. Gente Morena, Roberto Rivas

6. Azucar de Caña

7. Prendeme la Vela - Abelardo Vasquez

8. Lando - Chabuca Granda

9. Toro Mata - Lucila Campos

10. Son de los Diablos

11. No Me Cumben - Nicomedes Santa Cruz

12. Larga Noche - Chabuca Granda

13. Lando

14. Maria Lando - David Byrne

15. Zapateo en Menor [Hidden Track] - David Byrne

The Soul of Black Peru,Various Artists,Warner Bros / Wea,Africa,Afro Peruvian,Afro-Brazilian,Ethnic Fusion,Fado,Int'l & World Music,Latin,Morna,Peru,Portugal,World Music,Worldbeat

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Average customer rating: Absolutely unstoppable listening Arrived quickly, Nostalgia for Peruanos-- and Good Music for Everybody Else

Afro-Peruvian Classics: The Soul of Black Peru Various Artists Manufacturer: Luaka Bop ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music Peru | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Rough Guide to Afro Peru Sangre de un Don Eva! Leyenda Peruana Jolgorio Lamento Negro ASIN: B0007XT84Y Release Date: 2005-03-22

Tracks:

1. Maria Lando [Land Susana Baca
2. Yo No Soy Jaqui (I Am Not Jaqui) [Land Manuel J. Donayre
3. Canterurias (Songs) [Land Cecilia Barraza
4. Samba Malato [Land Lucila Campos
5. Enciendete Candela (Light the Flame) [Ing- Conjunto Gente Morena, Roberto Rivas
6. Azucar de CaSugarcane) [Land
7. Prendeme la Vela (Light My Candle) [Alcatraz]
8. LandChabuca Granda
9. Toro Mata (Bull Kills) [Land Lucila Campos
10. Son de los Diablos (Dance of the Devils) - Peru Negro
11. No Me Cumben (That's Not for Me)
12. Una Larga Noche (A Long Night) [Land Chabuca Granda
13. Lando [Land Peru Negro
14. Maria Lando [Land David Byrne
15. Zapateo en Menor [Instrumental]

Customer Reviews:

Absolutely unstoppable listening.......2007-02-23

I LOVE this cd more than any other that I own, and that is saying a lot. The diversity of sound, the pulse of rhythm and fantastic assortment of artists makes this one of the best CD's I have ever listened to!! NO KIDDING!
I very highly recommend this cd to anyone even remotely interested in latin american music. The depth of expressiveness will move you, in your heart and in your heels - as you will certainly not be able to resist the duende!
P.S. This is not what you think of when you think of Peruano music...pan pipes, etc. Just as soulful, but a completely different sound sphere.
Marni Benavides

Arrived quickly, .......2007-02-06

My parents said that they liked this gift very much and they know Peruvian music quite well. It also arrived quickly.

Nostalgia for Peruanos-- and Good Music for Everybody Else.......2005-08-25

Wonderful stuff here-- smoky, sexy music from coastal Peru. I lived there for three years, and the clubs sometimes featured these performers-- especially the sublime Susana Baca. She peformed in her bare feet, her face upraised as if she were communicating with angels.

This is authentic fun from start to finish-- though the last cut, a vanity item from producer David Byrne, is a bit off-- his Spanish is... not comfortable. But the song is good.

Average customer rating: The Soul of Black Peru is THE SOUL of You Byrne got it! This is an AWESOME CD. Must have! seductive, the best, my favorite, haunting, Sexy Phenomenal!

The Soul of Black Peru Various Artists Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Africa | International | Styles | Music Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music Peru | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music Portugal | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Afro Brazilian | Latin Music | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music ASIN: B000002MXM Release Date: 1995-05-30

Tracks:

1. Maria Lando - Susana Baca
2. Yo No Soy Jaqui (I Am Not Jaqui) - Manuel Donayre
3. Canterurias - Cecilia Barraza
4. Samba Malato - Lucila Campos
5. Enciendete Candela (Light The Flame) - Roberto Rivas & El Conjunto Gente Morena
6. Azuca De Cana (Sugarcane) - Eva Ayllon
7. Prendeme La Vela (Light My Candle) - Abelardo Vasquez & Cumanana
8. Lando - Chabuca Granda
9. Toro Mata (Bull Kills) - Lucila Campos
10. Son De Los Diablos (Dance Of The Devils) - Peru Negro
11. No Me Cumben (That's Not For Me) - Nicomedes Santa Cruz
12. Una Larga Noche (A Long Night) - Chabuca Granda
13. Lando - Peru Negro
14. Maria Lando - David Byrne
15. Zapateo En Menor - Vincente Vasquez D.

Customer Reviews:

The Soul of Black Peru is THE SOUL of You.......2004-02-20

I heard the first track on the radio and it blew me away and on the strenght of this song alone I bought the CD for my 42nd birthday. I am very pleased with this CD. It has some really wonderful work on it. I don't know how to speak Spannish but the mucic and singing is soooo good you really won't here the words after a while. If you buy it and are not happy you can send me a flame.
JUST BUY IT !!!

Byrne got it!.......2002-07-19

David Byrne has assembled a masterpiece of rhythm and heart-felt joy. Thank God Luaka Bop put this music out for the rest of the world to enjoy.

This is an AWESOME CD. Must have!.......2000-01-02

This album represents the roots of Afro-Peruvian music. The lyrics of some of the songs provide the passion of the Afro-Peruvians back in the 1800s. The rhythm is sensual and the beat will keep you on your feet. As some of the songs are fast beat, some are a bit slower and more relaxing. Yet they have that spice well known among African music, that little something that makes you want to sway your hips and move your feet to the music. The quality of this wonderful combination (African/Peruvian) is something that you can't do without in your music collection!

seductive, the best, my favorite, haunting, Sexy.......1999-08-31

I am a visual artist and this music conjers up so many incredible images. I have recently worked on a historical project about the Afro-Mexicanos of California. The oral history that is maintained in this work (Afro-Peru) is amazing as well as moving and compelling. This collection is important for the awareness it brings to many latinos regarding their heritage, its contributions,(the SONE), and its unmistakable endurance. The SONE is a musical sound or beat that came from Africa and exists wherever africans lived, Cuba,Peru, Mexico, Etc.

Phenomenal!.......1998-12-16

It's not African, and it's also not Latin American, but a real mix of the two. The result is a truely amazing musical style that becomes addictive from the first song (the hypnotic "Maria Lando"). Everytime I play it somebody asks me: "Hey, what is that great music playing?!"... It holds a place of honnor in my collection!

Average customer rating: Wonderful CD This is an unbelievable CD Could be a LOT better Divine Sorcery Looking for more of black Peru

The Soul of Black Peru Various Artists Manufacturer: Luaka Bop ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Africa | International | Styles | Music Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music Peru | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music Portugal | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | South & Central America | Compilations | International | Styles | Music Afro Brazilian | Latin Music | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Africa | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music South & Central America | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004RD0B Release Date: 2000-03-28

Tracks:

1. Maria Lando - Susana Baca
2. Yo No Soy Jaqui - Manuel Donayre
3. Canterurias - Cecilia Barraza
4. Samba Malato - Lucila Campos
5. Enciendete Candela - Roberto Rival/El Conj. Gente Morena
6. Azucar De Cana - Eva Ayllon
7. Prendeme La Vela - Abelardo Vasquez & Cumanana
8. Lando - Chabuca Granda
9. Toro Mata - Lucila Campos
10. Son De Los Diablos - Peru Negro
11. No Me Cumben - Nicomedes Santa Cruz
12. Una Larga Noche - Chabuca Granda
13. Lando - Peru Negro
14. Maria Lando - David Byrne
15. 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 "Préndeme 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 Colón'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 Ayllón, 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.......2000-05-13

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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