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PERU NEGRO
Album Title: Jolgorio
Producer(s): Rony Campos, Juan Morillo, Felipe Pumarada
Genre: WORLD
Label/Catalog Number: Times Square 9035
Release Date: Jan. 20
Source: Billboard Magazine
Originally Reviewed: January 24, 2004
Peru Negro is the most well-known Afro-Peruvian music and dance company in Peru. Its music is a distinctive Latin American style, derived from West African influences that were evidently rediscovered through Afro-Cuban music. One of the unique Afro-Peruvian instruments, the cajón (a box drum), is a dominant percussive voice throughout "Jolgorio." Because Peru Negro is essentially a revivalist movement, bent on recovering the African cultural heritage of Peru, song lyrics frequently mock colonial practice. "De Espana," for instance, contains the lyric: "From Spain Christ arrived/But so did the master/And just like the master did with Christ/He took blacks and crucified them." The stylistic range here is mostly uptempo festejo, comparsa and zamacueca. The Peruvian tap dancing style—zapateo—is also featured in "Con Su Toque De Violin." Despite the frequent colonial subject matter, the music is celebratory and beautifully performed. Racked in the U.S. by Koch.—PVV
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