ROOTS OF CHICHA/various: Ah, urban migration.  It wasn’t just from the Delta to Chicago with blues men.  When Peru had an oil boom in the early 70’s, a lot of rural people came to the urban centers bringing their indigenous music with them and mingling it with the prevailing musical action of the day to create a compelling, local sound that has the crisp vibe keeping it lively now.  Put together by a later day musicologist/musical adventurer, the best of the times as per his taste and his ability to track down rights holders gives us gringos a first look at this vibrant sound and time.  Looks like something cool came from darkest Peru beside Paddington.

By Chris Spector