Santos, John Y El Coro Folklorico Kindembo / La Guerra No
Album: La Guerra No   Collection:World
Artist:Santos, John Y El Coro Folklorico Kindembo   Added:Oct 2008
Label:Machete Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2008-11-09 Pull Date: 2009-01-11 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Jan 11 Jan 4 Dec 28 Dec 21 Dec 14 Dec 7 Nov 30 Nov 23
Airplays: 2 1 1 3 2 1 2 1

Recent Airplay
1. Aug 25, 2011: Alachinada!
Vamos A La Calle
4. Dec 30, 2008: At the Cafe Bohemian
America Unida
2. Jan 07, 2009: Cipher's Crop Circle
El Tamalero
5. Dec 23, 2008: What the fush?
Kongosa
3. Jan 06, 2009: At the Cafe Bohemian
Vamos A La Calle
6. Dec 17, 2008: The Rent Party
America Unida

Album Review
Don Farrell
Reviewed 2008-11-10
Traditional Afro Cuban, Puerto Rican & Venezuelan roots of Salsa & Latin Jazz. All star cast of 38 musicians, Michael Spiro, Giovanni Hidalgo, Jesus Diaz & Jimmy Bosch among many others. GREAT liner notes, nice comment on the healing energy of drumming, dance and traditional music. All tracks are FANTASTIC percussion and singing.
1: 4:38 traditional Yoruba orisha rhythm, male vocal call, male chorus response, starts slow, great faster percussion jam towards end
2: 5:00 a yambu ( early Rumba) male vocal call, female chorus response, great percussion
***3: 1:48 Afro Venezuelan,fast percussion female call, female chorus response
4: 4:17 modern guaguanco, piano intro. percussion, male vocal, fem chorus, ramps up to a fast percussion/vocal trance jam
5: 3:43 a bata, Yoruba orisha rhythm, slow to mid tempo percussion & vocal with chorus
6: 6:40 a bata-rumba adaptation of a Cuban pregon, mid tempo intro. then fast perc with piano & chorus, slower at end.
7: 4:48 bomba-guaguanco-bomba, mid to faster perc with male vocal
****8: 5:17 Yemaya ( Goddess of the ocean) Yoruba orisha rhythm male vocal, fem chorus response, mid fast
9: 5:41 Yuba variant of a bomba, slower to mid perc, male vocal & female chorus, picks up @2 min in
10: 5:39 Cuban Carnaval rhythm, fast perc., fast male vocal, chorus, soprano sax
*****11: 5:09 tribute to drums, fast fast percussion, WOW! fast chorus vocals
****12: 4:35 a plena, fast fast perc, fast fast chorus & accordion
13: 5:50 fast fast percussion and male spoken word. BIG bass.
D  Farrell   11/2008


Track Listing
1. Elegua Inkio   8. Modupe Yemaya
2. La Guerra No   9. El Anhelo De La Paz
3. Kongosa   10. Ella No Quiere
4. La Rumba Es Para Gozar   11. Vamos A La Calle
5. Chenche   12. America Unida
6. El Tamalero   13. Tambores En Lucha
7. A Chichito Cepeda   .