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Button Accordion and Bandoneón Music from Northern Uruguay

Los Gauchos de Roldán
Button Accordion and Bandoneón Music from Northern Uruguay Accordions and guitars have enlivened the social life of cattle-herding gaucho families of northern Uruguay since the mid 1800s. On Los Gauchos de Roldán, regional musical icon Walter Roldán pumps out time-honored polcas and chotis, Brazilian-tinged maxixas, and more on his button accordion as Chichí Vidiella adds the lush color of the bandoneón. Bernardo Sanguinetti's guitar and Richardo Cunha's percussive, deep-pitched guitarrón immerse the melodies in a rich nest of rhythms and harmonies, which formerly-exiled singer-songwriter Numa Moraes treats us to five gems of his repertoire. 19 tracks, 55 minutes of music, 40-page bilingual booklet.

Track Listing

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Como mi suegra (Like My Mother-in-Law) - milonga Los Gauchos de Roldán 02:17
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102
La embrujada (The Bewitched Polca) - polca Los Gauchos de Roldán 02:48
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Chotis de Don Lorenzo (Don Lorenzo’s Schottische) - chotis Los Gauchos de Roldán 03:08
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En el galpón (In the Barn) - maxixa Los Gauchos de Roldán 02:07
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105
La flor del bañado (The Marsh Flower) - polca Los Gauchos de Roldán 03:48
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106
El gaucho en la pulpería (The Gaucho in the Bar) - mazurca Los Gauchos de Roldán 02:49
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107
El viejo (The Old Man) - chotis Los Gauchos de Roldán 02:47
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108
Como polca suena / La polanquera (It Sounds like Polca / The Girl from San Gregorio de Polanco) - polca Los Gauchos de Roldán 03:41
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109
Colonia Lavalleja (Lavalleja Township) - habanera Los Gauchos de Roldán 02:52
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110
La polquita de la tuna (The Little Polca of the Tuna Cactus) - polca Los Gauchos de Roldán 03:51
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111
Chotis cuadrillero (The Quadrille Chotis) - chotis Los Gauchos de Roldán 03:30
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112
Maxixa del pañuelito (The Handkerchief Maxixa) - maxixa Los Gauchos de Roldán 03:03
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113
La infeliz (The Miserable Girl) - polca Los Gauchos de Roldán 02:41
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114
El remolino (The Whirlwind) - valseado Los Gauchos de Roldán 02:24
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115
Polca del 1904 (The 1904 Polca) - polca Los Gauchos de Roldán 02:46
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116
La roncadora (The Growling Polca) - polca Los Gauchos de Roldán 02:41
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117
La chiquita de Buricayupí (The Little Girl from Buricayupí) - polca Los Gauchos de Roldán 02:39
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118
Cerro abajo (Downhill) - maxixa Los Gauchos de Roldán 02:37
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Una noche cualquiera (Any Night) - vals Los Gauchos de Roldán 02:41