Venezuela: Afro-Venezuelan Music, volumes I and II

African people of many cultural backgrounds were brought as slaves in Spanish colonial times to the Caribbean coast of what is now Venezuela. Through a culture of resistance, they and their descendants preserved and adapted the musical instruments, sounds, and rhythms of their past to life in their new homeland. Recorded in local communities throughout the region, this extraordinary ethnographic collection paints a lively mosaic of the vitality and diversity of Afro-Venezuelan music at the close of the 20th century.

Originally recorded in the 1990s, this two-disc set is released by Smithsonian Folkways in 2014 for the first time. Extensive bilingual notes and photos are included.

Track Listing

101	La Sabana: Macizón-Gangue (cumaco) Community of La Sabana	10:06
102	La Sabana: Mono-Perra (cumaco) Community of La Sabana	07:29
103	Bobures: Cántica (chimbánguele) Community of Bobures	04:12
104	Bobures: Golpe chocho (chimbánguele) Community of Bobures	05:08
105	Bobures: Ajé-Benito-Ajé (chimbánguele) Community of Bobures	04:25
106	Bobures: Chimbangalero vaya (chimbánguele) Community of Bobures	04:42
107	Bobures: Songorongome vaya (chimbánguele) Community of Bobures	04:33
108	Bobures: Misericordia Señor (chimbánguele) Community of Bobures	05:24
109	El Tocuyo: Yiyivamos (tamunangue) Community of El Tocuyo	03:32
110	El Tocuyo: La Bella (tamunangue) Community of El Tocuyo	02:16
111	El Tocuyo: Juluminga (tamunangue) Community of El Tocuyo	03:40
112	El Tocuyo: Poco a poco (tamunangue) Community of El Tocuyo	07:14
201	Barlovento: Barlovento ’e la tierra del cacao (parranda) Community of Barlovento	04:37
202	Barlovento: Rajuñao (culo ’e puya) Community of Barlovento	04:12
203	Barlovento: Yo vengo regando flores (guaza) Community of Barlovento	03:09
204	Barlovento: Décima al muchacho (fulia) Community of Barlovento	06:01
205	Barlovento: Bocón (quitiplás) Community of Barlovento	02:52
206	Barlovento: Cantos a Barlovento (tonada de tambor Mina) Community of Barlovento	10:23
207	Barlovento: Gallina no tiene teta (joropo de bandola barloventeño) Community of Barlovento	05:19
208	Barlovento: Adiós puebla cantadores (joropo de bandola barloventeño) Community of Barlovento	05:47
209	Barlovento: Untitled (performed with the marimba de boca) Community of Barlovento	01:51
210	Barlovento: El araguato (performed with the carángano) Community of Barlovento	01:28
211	Veroes in Yaracuy: Quiéreme niña (luango golpeao) Community of Yaracuy	03:31
212	Veroes in Yaracuy: Viene saliendo la luna (sangueo) Community of Yaracuy	04:28
213	Veroes in Yaracuy: Cantos a San Juan (sirenas) Community of Yaracuy	02:49
214	Veroes in Yaracuy: No hay suegra coma la mía (luango trancao) Community of Yaracuy	02:38