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Pynandi: Los Descalzos
Chango Spasiuk
Pynandi: Los Descalzos
Genres: International Music, Pop, Latin Music
 
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Innovative Argentinean accordion virtuoso and composer Chango Spasiuk's latest CD is entitled Pynandí Los Descalzos (Barefoot), from an indigenous Guaraní word, referring to that nation's impoverished rural popul...  more »

     
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All Artists: Chango Spasiuk
Title: Pynandi: Los Descalzos
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: World Village
Original Release Date: 1/1/2009
Re-Release Date: 2/10/2009
Album Type: Import
Genres: International Music, Pop, Latin Music
Styles: Africa, South & Central America, Latin Music, Tango
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 713746808327

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Innovative Argentinean accordion virtuoso and composer Chango Spasiuk's latest CD is entitled Pynandí Los Descalzos (Barefoot), from an indigenous Guaraní word, referring to that nation's impoverished rural populations. This is quite fitting as, like American blues, Portuguese Fado and Argentina's own tango, the sunny, lilting chamamé was at one time considered too lower-class to be of interest to educated listeners. But that was before Spasiuk, with his uninhibited stage demeanor and flying blond hair, put his spin on it, delighting traditionalists while intriguing rock and jazz audiences. The current album is a love letter to the land of Spasiuk's birth, capturing the red earth, blinding heat, and rough good humor and warm fellowship of laborers heading out for an evening's fun. Each of the 15 tunes harbors a contradiction of some kind; although this music is seductively accessible, it is also anything but easy listening - in the best possible sense.
 

CD Reviews

Not your stereotype accordion...
Alan Eddings | Las Vegas, NV | 03/12/2009
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Speaking as an accomplished accordionist (who never, ever plays "Lady of Spain"), Chango Spasiuk is an outstanding example of what the instrument can do for classic folk music. Myron Floren would even be proud."