| Santos, John Y El Coro Folklorico Kindembo / La Guerra No |
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| Album: | La Guerra No | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Santos, John Y El Coro Folklorico Kindembo | Added: | Oct 2008 | |
| Label: | Machete Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| 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 |
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| Don Farrell Reviewed 2008-11-10 | ||
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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 | ||
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