¡Ayombe! The Heart of Colombia's Música Vallenata

Various Artists SFW40546

In the words of Grammy®-winning popular singer/actor Carlos Vives, "Colombia is one of those great musical quarries of the Americas, as have been the American South, the Antilles, Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina." Since the late 20th century, the music of the vallenatos- people of a small valley region of the Caribbean coast- "has best portrayed the true way of being and feeling of the Colombian people." ¡Ayombe! The Heart of Colombia’s Música Vallenata, features two dozen seasoned vallenato performers spanning three generations, playing polished renditions of the music they know best-paseos, merengues, sones, and puyas of their homeland.
70 minutes, 15 tracks, 20+ page booklet
Year of Recording 2008
Record Label Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Credits Produced by Carlos Rojas Hernández ; Produced by Daniel Sheehy ; Recorded by Jesús García ; Recorded by Britt Amador ; Recorded by Pete Reiniger ; Mixed by Pete Reiniger ; Mastered by Charlie Pilzer ; Liner Notes by Daniel Sheehy ; Design by Cooley Design Lab ; Photography by Daniel Sheehy