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.
...is Tú Te Vas performed by Zulú 9.30 and guest vocalist Amparo Sánchez of Amparanoia. This song appears on the band's new record, Huellas.
...is Yo No Quiero Trabajar by the London-based band Peyoti For President. On 31 May 2009, they will support the stars of my previous post, Ojos de Brujo, at Roundhouse, Camden.
Continuing with flamenco: Todos Mortales from Aocaná, the new album from my old favourites, Ojos de Brujo.
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This week, I chose a flamenco song, even though sung mostly in Arabic: Ech Edani by Algerian singer, songwriter and guitarist Souad Massi, from her second album Deb ("Heartbroken").
When I was looking at the harbour of Corralejo, I did notice a boat named Celia Cruz. It was one of the boats going to Isla de Lobos daily. This made me to realise that I never posted on this blog a single song by the artist who was known as "Queen of Salsa". I can't think of any song that is associated with Celia as much as La vida es un carnaval.
According to Lonely Planet's Canary Islands Travel Guide, 4th edition, p. 31:
Although the term Canario has come to designate all of the islanders, it once referred more strictly to the people of Gran Canaria alone (now more often as not referred to as Grancanarios or Canariones). The people of Tenerife are Tinerfeños; those of Lanzarote are not Lanzaroteños but Conejeros; Fuerteventura, Majoreros (from the Guanche name for much of the island, Maxorata); La Gomera, Gomeros; and El Hierro, Herreños.
Unfortunately, this text misses Isla de La Palma, whose inhabitants, I believe, should be named Palmeras (f) and Palmeros (m).
...is Cumbamba played by the legendary Ray Barretto (1929—2006) and his band.
Orlando "Cachaíto" López, who died on 9 February 2009 in Havana, was a Cuban double bass player who appeared on each of Buena Vista Social Club records and took part in every BVSC tour since 1997 till 2008. His motto was "siempre con swing". This week's theme, Tumbanga, co-written by and featuring Miguel "Angá" Díaz and Hugh Masekela, is taken from his only solo album, Cachaíto, which won the Best Artist in the Americas category of the BBC Radio 3 Award for Word Music in 2002.
