Indian Music of Mexico

On this album, emphasis has been placed on the music and instruments indigenous to Mexico. Those of Spanish origin are used only where they are combined with typically Indian music or ceremonies. The elemental and universal qualities of this music give it significance and virility. It has been called ‘the living voice of an ancient culture’...

Laura C. Boulton


"En este álbum el énfasis ha sido puesto en la música y los instrumentos indígenas de México. Aquellos de origen español están presentes únicamente cuando están combinados con música o ceremonias típicamente indígenas. Las cualidades elementales y universales de esta música le dan significado y virilidad, por lo que ha sido llamada ‘la voz viviente de una cultura milenaria’..."

Laura C. Boulton

Track Listing

101	Fireworks Music (Zapotec-Teotitlan, Oaxaca) (1)	Zapotec trumpeter and drummer	02:21
102	Fireworks Music (Zapotec-Teotitlan, Oaxaca) (2)	Zapotecan drummer and chirimia player	03:17
103	Fireworks Music (Zapotec-Teotitlan, Oaxaca) (3)	Zapotecan drummer and chirimia player	02:07
104	Flying Pole Dance (Otomi-Honey, Puebla)	Otomi male flutist and his son on the rattle in the State of Puebla in Huchuetlilla	03:13
105	Deer Dance (Yaqui - Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala) (1)	Yaqui notched stick player with rattles, water drummer at Tlaxcala	02:50
106	Las Pascolas (Yaqui - Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala) (1)	Yaqui flutist and drummer	02:54
107	Las Pascolas (Yaqui - Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala) (2)	Yaqui instrumentalists	03:21
108	Deer Dance (Yaqui - Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala) (2)	Yaqui flutist and drummer	02:49
109	Matachines (Yaqui - Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala)	Yaqui harpist and fiddler	03:25
110	Las Pascolas (Yaqui - Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala) (3)	Yaqui flutist and drummer	02:15
111	Ancient Instruments	Conch shell player, notched stone player, bronze bell player, ocarina player	02:52
112	Drum Rhythms	Maya slit drummer	03:18