Flor de Tierra

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Product Description Chaskinakuy "A Flor de Tierra" This is music with an "altitude"! Duo Chaskinakuy's long-awaited new recording features 17 stunning instrumental and vocal pieces from high mountain regions in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador. Musicians Edmond Badoux, Francy Vidal, and guest artist Daniel Zamalloa chart new territory for Andean music lovers on known, and not-so-known regional instruments. Pipes of feather, flutes of bone, harp, violin, vocals and more, evoke the sounds and images of high plateaus and rural celebrations. CD includes 12-page booklet with notes, song lyrics and instrument photos. Review "Exquisitely played traditional selections that are as transcendent as they are infectious, these left coast statesiders are the real thing." -- Dan Willging, Dirty Linen Magazine, June/July 2003 From the Artist Musicians Edmond Badoux: charango, guitarra, arpa, sikus, dulzainas, kena, flauta y caja, pingullo y bombo, pifano, mohocenos, clarin, wankara, armonica, antara diatonica, redoblante, voz Francy Vidal: kena, kenacho, sikus, paya de plumas y caja, mandolina, flauta y bombo, mohocenos, ch'inisku, bombo, redoblante, pakay y ch'ajchas, voz Daniel Zamalloa: violin, mandolina, guitarra About the Artist For over 30 years, Andean music specialists and multi-instrumentalists Edmond Badoux and Francy Vidal have been dedicated researchers of traditional village musics from the mountain regions of Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, northern Chile and Argentina. Badoux is regarded as one of the pioneers in presenting Andean music to North American audiences through his work in the early 1970's with the Montreal-based music ensemble Los Quinchamali, and later as the co-founding director of the group Sukay through the mid-80's. With fellow Andeanist Francy Vidal, Badoux formed the performing ensemble Chaskinakuy in 1985, committed to cultivating a deeper appreciation among audiences for this multifaceted musical tradition. Since its founding, Chaskinakuy has toured extensively throughout the U.S., in Switzerland, and in Canada, performing in concerts, festivals, university lecture series, and in collaboration with music, theater, and dance ensembles in California, New York and Pennsylvania. Musicians and music educators, Badoux and Vidal have presented their popular educational programs and workshops to more than a quarter-million students nationwide. The duo is currently featured in the 2002 Schirmer Books CD and college textbook entitled, "Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples, 4th Edition". Since 1995, Badoux and Vidal have collaborated with musician/composer Daniel Zamalloa in concert performances and in traditional celebrations. On Peruvian violin, mandolin and guitar, he joins them on their recording, "A Flor de Tierra". Badoux and Vidal have produced 3 recordings on the Chaskinakuy label, "A Flor de Tierra" (2002), "Cosecha" (1993), and "Music of the Andes" (1988).