The Case of the Moody Latin Vibe
I know you amigos be lovin' your Latin America vibes... we doin' it again.
I usually build these sets around a core of Cuban music, as Cuban music is the core of so much Latin music around the world....
But this set gets started with more gut stirring Afro Peruvian gems, this time from the classic "Soul of Black Peru" compilation on the Luaka Bop label (reissued on vinyl this year!). The haunting, lamenting vibe behind that music has inspired this entire 2 hour set.
In Brazilian music we often speak of "saudade," a word without a good translation in English... The saudade in Brazil is basically a flavor of sadness, often for a lost love, but it also has an edge of sweetness to it. I see a similar vibe in all this Latin music, but I feel today's songs have a vibe that speaks more directly to suffering and desperation, sometimes for a jilted lover, but also for a people who feel locked into lives of hardship.
Don't get me wrong... there is joy in some of the music today... but this is the release for a people resigned to lives dominated by hard times rather than good times.
In addition to Peru we will hear some sad ballads from Cuba, some moody cumbias from Colombia, and even a couple guest appearances today from Africa and Brazil.
- 12:02pm Zapateo en Menor by Vincente Vasquez D. on The Soul of Black Peru (Luaka Bop)
- 12:04pm Yo no Soy Jaqui by Manuel Donayre on The Soul of Black Peru (Luaka Bop)
- 12:07pm Enciendete Candela by Roberto Rivas & el Conjunto Gente Morena on The Soul of Black Peru (Luaka Bop)
- 12:09pm La Campina Cubana by Cuban Folk on Son con Charanga (Occidente)
- 12:12pm No Me Cumben by Nicomedes Santa Cruz on The Soul of Black Peru (Luaka Bop)
- 12:15pm Toro Mata by Lucila Campos on The Soul of Black Peru (Luaka Bop)
- 12:19pm Maria Lando by Susana Baca on The Soul of Black Peru (Luaka Bop)
- 12:25pm Lando by Chabuca Granda on The Soul of Black Peru (Luaka Bop)
- 12:28pm Injusta Duda by Los Guaracheros de Oriente on Los Guaracheros de Oriente (Panart)
- 12:31pm Mariposa de Primavera by Los Guaracheros de Oriente on Los Guaracheros de Oriente (Panart)
- 12:34pm Canterurias by Cecilia Barraza on The Soul of Black Peru (Luaka Bop)
- 12:38pm Cumbia del Mar by Los Hermanitos Ferreyra on The Original Sound of Cumbia Part 1 (Soundway)
- 12:41pm Cumbia Cienaguera by Conjunto Tipico Vallenato on Cumbia Cumbia (World Circuit)
- 12:44pm Cumbia India by Andres Landero on Cumbia Cumbia 2 (World Circuit)
- 12:47pm Los Gavilanes by Los Gavilanes de la Costa on Cumbia Cumbia 2 (World Circuit)
- 12:50pm Esperma Y Ron by Los Guacharacos on Cumbia Cumbia 2 (World Circuit)
- 12:53pm Cumbia Sobre el Mar by Trio Serenata on The Original Sound of Cumbia Part 1 (Soundway)
- 12:56pm Sangre Goajira by Los Indigenas on The Original Sound of Cumbia Part 1 (Soundway)
- 1:02pm Nubia en la Playa by Rafael Yepes Crespo on The Original Sound of Cumbia Part 1 (Soundway)
- 1:05pm Ritmo de Tambo by Sonora Dinamita on Cumbia Cumbia 2 (World Circuit)
- 1:07pm Noche de Estrellas by La Sonora del Caribe on Cumbia Cumbia 2 (World Circuit)
- 1:10pm Capital Cebuista by Santander Flores on The Original Sound of Cumbia Part 1 (Soundway)
- 1:13pm Baila Rosita by Los Guacharacos on Cumbia Cumbia 2 (World Circuit)
- 1:16pm Al Amanecer by Los Cumbiamberos de Pacheco on Remolino de Oro (Domino Sound)
- 1:19pm La Margarita by Los Ases del Ritmo on The Original Sound of Cumbia Part 1 (Soundway)
- 1:22pm Adobo Criollo by Mongo Santamaria on Mongo 70 (Atlantic)
- 1:26pm El Eco y El Parretero by Afrosound on The Afrosound of Colombia Vol 1 (Vampisoul)
- 1:28pm Cabo Verde by Cesaria Evora on Mar Azul (Lusafrica)
- 1:31pm Mar Azul by Cesaria Evora on Mar Azul (Lusafrica)
- 1:35pm Similau by Cal Tjader on Along Comes Cal (Verve)
- 1:38pm Night Song by Willie Bobo on Uno Dos Tres (Verve)
- 1:41pm Estanhadinha by Cesaria Evora on Mar Azul (Music on Vinyl)
- 1:44pm Melo Do Bode by Vieira e seu Conjunto on Lambada (Sterns)
- 1:48pm O Seresteiro by Vieira e seu Conjunto on Lambada (Sterns)
- 1:51pm Vestido Nuevo by Anibal Velasquez y su Conjunto on Mambo Loco (Analog Africa)
- 1:54pm Lluvia by Hermanos Tuiran on The Original Sound of Cumbia Part 1 (Soundway)
- 1:56pm Nho Antone Escarode by Cesaria Evora on Cafe Atlantico (Music on Vinyl)