...is Canterurías by Chabuca Granda, here performed by Susana Baca in her Tiny Desk (Home) Concert, at the Babel library and bookstore in Lima, Peru and introduced as “Afro-Peruvian bonus track en Babel”.
Óscar Huaranga: bass Jonathan Mendoza: acoustic guitar, vocals Alex Quijandría: percussion, vocals Manuel Mejía: percussion, vocals Luis Miguel: percussion Renzo Vignati: electric guitar Juan Carlos: piano, violin |
...is Taki Ti Taki performed by Susana Baca. According to Baca,
This is a song from Venezuela, one of the many complex rhythms played by the drummers of Guatuire. Venezuela has a variety of rhythms and musical forms that are very sophisticated... These are songs from the drummers that play to San Juan in June and sing songs in tribute for hours. We share similar roots in Spain and Africa but there are very different nuances that come out. It is a song that spoke to me, "Taki Ti Taki" refers to the rhythm and the adoration of San Juan and we feel it is close to our own culture and a part of the culture of the Americas.
This song appears on her wonderful new album, Afrodiaspora.
Incredible as it is, but so far this blog did not feature a single song by the great Peruvian singer Susana Baca. I am going to correct this oversight of mine right now and here with Chabuca Granda's classic, María Landó, from Susana Baca's 2001 album Lamento Negro.
