¡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 Release 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

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Play	101	A blanco y negro / In Black and White	Riquelme Carrillo and band	4:44
Play	102	A lo tuyo tú / You with What’s Yours	Isaac Carrillo and band	3:51
Play	103	Pedazo de acordeón / A Bit of Accordion	Ivo Díaz and band	5:35
Play	104	Cadenas / Chains	Ivo Díaz and band	4:31
Play	105	La botellita / The Little Bottle	Reynaldo "El Papi" Díaz and band	3:38
Play	106	Fidelina	Reynaldo "El Papi" Díaz and band	4:59
Play	107	La cañaguatera / The Woman from Cañaguate	Isaac Carrillo and band	3:07
Play	108	Mi poema / My Poem	Silvio Brito and band	5:15
Play	109	Merengue (instrumental)	Omar Geles, accordion	3:27
Play	110	Sin ti / Without You	Ivo Díaz and band	4:32
Play	111	La consentida / The Pampered Girl	Fabián Corrales and band	5:22
Play	112	Matilde Lina	Ivo Díaz and band	3:46
Play	113	Celos / Jealousies	Riquelme Carrillo and band	6:04
Play	114	Puya (instrumental)	Omar Geles, accordion	7:36
Play	115	Ausencia sentimental / Sentimental Absence	Silvio Brito and band	5:09