¡Cimarrón! Joropo Music from the Plains of Colombia

by Cimarrón

¡Cimarrón! Joropo Music from the Plains of Colombia cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 2011
  • Label: Smithsonian Folkways
  • Country: Colombia
  • Length: 48:16
  • Community rating: 3.85/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The group's second studio album, produced by Carlos 'Cuco' Rojas with Daniel Sheehy and D. A. Sonneborn, was recorded and mixed in Bogotá by Pete Reinger and Rojas, then mastered by Charlie Pilzer at Airshow Mastering in Springfield, Virginia. Its thirteen tracks of harp-led joropo from the Orinoco plains won the Independent Music Award for Best Latin Album.

Genres

Descriptors: Spanish language, virtuosic, percussive, dance, traditional

Tracklist

  1. Joropo quitapesares (Joropo Quitapesares) (5:31)
  2. Vine a defender lo mío (I Came to Defend My Own) (3:24)
  3. El cimarrón (The Wild Bull) (3:16)
  4. Zumbaquezumba tramao (Planned Zumbaquezumba) (4:19)
  5. Llanero siente y lamenta (Plainsman Feels and Laments) (3:00)
  6. El gavilán (The Sparrow Hawk) (5:08)
  7. Llanero soy ( I Am a Plainsman) (2:18)
  8. La tonada (The (Milking) Song) (3:08)
  9. Mi sombrero (My Hat) (3:38)
  10. El guate (The Outsider) (3:20)
  11. Tierra negra (Black Land) (3:16)
  12. Mi llano ya no es el mismo (My Plains Are No Longer the Same) (3:25)
  13. Cimarroneando (“Cimarrón-ing”) (4:27)

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