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Tierra Caliente: Music From Hotlands of Michoacan
Grupo Arpex
Tierra Caliente: Music From Hotlands of Michoacan
Genres: International Music, Latin Music
 
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The conjunto de arpa grande (big harp ensemble) is the country cousin of the Mexican mariachi. When the mariachi was transplanted to cities and added trumpets in the mid 20th century, the conjunto de arpa stayed home in th...  more »

     
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All Artists: Grupo Arpex
Title: Tierra Caliente: Music From Hotlands of Michoacan
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 7/18/2006
Genres: International Music, Latin Music
Styles: Latin Music, Regional Mexican, Tierra Caliente
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 093074053621, 0093074053621

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The conjunto de arpa grande (big harp ensemble) is the country cousin of the Mexican mariachi. When the mariachi was transplanted to cities and added trumpets in the mid 20th century, the conjunto de arpa stayed home in the towns and on the ranches of rural Michoacán. Its two violins, two guitars, and harp (that doubles as a drum) play driving sones, sentiment-saturated ranchera songs of love, and farcical valonas (poemic narratives), all with a disarming directness that is the hallmark of one of Mexicos best-kept musical secrets.¡OYE! 36-page booklet with bi-lingual liner notes, 17 tracks, and over an hour of music!

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