Chico Unicornio is having a busy week. On Monday he released a new single and today he’s offering up a video for “Triángulo”, the lead single from the Triángulo EP he released last September. Personally, we just can’t... Read Article
Peruvian cumbia DJs rejoice! It has just been announced that Roots of Chicha will be released on vinyl by Barbés Records on July 19th.
I arrived in LAX [Los Angeles International Airport] from Jorge Chaves International in 1991. I brought with me my tapes of Eva Ayllon and some of Arturo Cabero. The music I was taking with me was a symbol... Read Article
A new documentary on Los Saicos, one of the heaviest South American bands of the 60s, is preparing for its premiere in the US.
Last year, Cory Wong and Eric Foss of Secret Stash Records travelled to Lima, assembling a group of local musicians to help document Afro-Peruvian music. The group was called Peña (a meeting place or grouping of artists/musicians) and... Read Article
The first task with reviewing this album is resolving the problem of what to call it. The standard definition would be Peruvian cumbia or Amazonian cumbia, though this music is often now known by the moniker of ‘chicha,’... Read Article
After the surprise success of The Roots of Chicha, released in 2007, there is no real surprise that a second volume has been issued. Both releases feature Peru’s chicha music, also known as Peruvian cumbia, or as the... Read Article
We wrote a little about Hipnoascensión in our recent Going Underground: Peru article. We are planning to write a lot more in the future, especially after hearing such gorgeous pieces as this:
Here is our exploration into the underground scene in Peru. Among many things we have found a booming scene of chicha music, as well as many in thrall to the classic “nuggets” garage-punk of the 50s and 60s.... Read Article
Though Summer is waning, you can keep the heat and humidity going all year long with this brand new reissue of Ranil’s Jungle Party by Ranil y Su Conjunto Tropical from the fine folks at Masstropicas! Available at... Read Article
We have a delightful set of Peruvian and Chilean jazz for you this Friday from Happy Jazz Radio. There’s some real choice cuts here, many of which are as rare as antelope wings, which is why we have... Read Article
I can still remember hearing The Roots of Chicha for the first time. I was in Choele Choel in Argentina asking a guy called Fernando for some music, in the hopes that he would put me onto some... Read Article
