Music of Veracruz

Los Pregoneros del Puerto

Release Date: 01 Jan 1990
Label: ROUNDER
Genre: POP & ROCK

CAT # 11661-5048-2

1. Siquisiri 3:32

2. El jarabe loco 3:07

3. El ahualulco 3:50

4. El butaquito 3:35

5. El cascabel 2:54

6. El zapateado 3:38

7. La guacamaya 2:45

8. Balaju 3:20

9. Colas 2:37

10. A orilla del Papaloapan 3:07

11. El palomo 2:39

12. La sarna 3:02

13. El coco 3:30

14. Maria Chuchena 2:34

15. Canto a Veracruz 3:00

16. La bamba 2:45

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The region that is now the Mexican state of Veracruz gives us the intricate string band music of the conjuntos jaroches, featuring a diatonic harp, a small four-string guitar known as the requinto and one or two jaranas -- a thin-bodied guitar with eight strings. Singing is also a much-prized skill. Heritage Award Winners Los Pregoneros del Puerto formed as a professional group in 1964, and the members of the current group (which includes two founders) are counted among the best of the jarocho musicians heard today.

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