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Latin Folkloric Showcase, 2010 Northwest Folklife Festival, Seattle, WA 06:15 PM, 05/30/2010…

Del cante autor Mendoza viene el Video Official de su ultimo tema: Recuperar. Una cancion por el estilo de rock en español de los 80y rock en español de los 90. De muchas canciones de rock en español, Mendoza sabe como captar la imagen y emocion de esta pareja perdida, desde el principio del video podemos ver en que va a terminar. Andres has a passion to connect to people through his music and his words, while I have a passion to connect to people’s imaginations; put those two together and you might have something. And that’s exactly what you’ll find with Andres Mendoza’s Recuperar, a great concept well executed with the right performers and an amazing song. When everything gels like that, I can’t think of another word other than magic….

Neither Buena Vista Social Club nor Cuban Music. This is Peruvian music, one of the most beautiful and richest music of the world. MARIA is an old traditional Peruvian song, sung by Don Victor Manuel Castillo (born in Lima in 1938). Ni Buena Vista Social Club, ni música cubana. Esta es música peruana, una de las más bellas, variadas y ricas del mundo. MARIA es un tema tradicional peruano, cantado por Don Victor Manuel Castillo (nacido en Lima, en 1938)….

From culture.wnyc.org “Whoever comes to Washington Heights has to listen to bachata,” says Omar, owner of the 27 de Febrero Restaurant, located on 172nd Street and St. Nicolas Avenue in Manhattan. “Whatever public place, whatever restaurant you go to, you’re going to hear bachata.” Bachata rules New York Latin radio, and any Gothamite will recognize the Dominican genre’s clinky, rhythmic guitars and wistful tenor croon as a fixture of the city’s sonic landscape. Superstars such as Aventura may have made bachata one of the biggest selling Latin genres in the world, but here at the 27 de Febrero, one of bachata’s pioneers dutifully performs for local crowds every Friday night in relative obscurity. Edilio Paredes has been part of bachata’s history since its beginnings in the 1960s, essentially inventing the music’s signature guitar style as the house guitarist at Santo Domingo’s Radio Guarachita. Back then, bachata was looked down on as music for poor country people. “Now, to say you are a bachata artist is a great honor. It used to be a disgrace,” says Edilio. As the night wears on, Edilio switches from guitar to accordion to play merengue tipico, also known as perico ripiao, the down-home predecessor to today’s slick pop merengue (and the style of music on display below in our video feature). From the first note, dancers jump out of their seats and cram between the tightly spaced tables. The festivities start at eleven and generally go until four in the morning. Edilio ……