¡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