From the ever-magnificent Analog Africa: “In the late 1960s, the coastal city of Paramonga, just a three-hour drive north of Lima, gave rise to a vibrant music scene shaped by surf, rockabilly, and tropical sounds. Among its protagonists were two musicians, Víctor Ramírez and Maximiliano Chávez, who, with their psychedelic Continue Reading
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Celia Cruz & Willie Colón – Celia y Willie
This is from an era when salsa was cool. The true queen of the genre, Celia Cruz, is paired up on this release with her equal, the recently departed Willie Colón, duetting in the first of two albums they worked together on. From the release’s Bandcamp site: “1981’s Celia y Continue Reading
Mita y su Monte Adentro – Arecibo
Legends in Peru, the band Mita y su Adentro were led by Oswaldo “Mita” Delgado, also had a prestigious reputation in the Latin American music world, as he would be invited to perform in the bands of Célia Cruz and Joe Cuba. Sadly, he never recorded another album after this Continue Reading