Psychedelic cumbias

By Adam Stanhope in Music, Travel on Oct 19, 2007 at 3:31 am

The Roots of Chicha

NPR’s Fresh Air had a review of The Roots of Chicha yesterday – you can listen to it here. The selections on the Roots of Chicha anthology are a mix of Colombian cumbias and 60s psychedelic guitar. I enjoyed the segment so much that I had to buy the album – my first purchase ever from Amazon.com’s DRM-free .mp3 download service. 17 tracks for $8.99 and no worries about iTunes’ DRM-Authorization. Good stuff cheap!


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  1. Sniperman
    Oct 19th, 2007 at 5:30 am

    not bad i may follow suite and buy those tracks on amazon.

  2. Sniperman
    Oct 19th, 2007 at 5:32 am

    found a link from the record company i think, lots of great info.
    http://www.barbesrecords.com/rootsofchicha.html

  3. Adam Stanhope
    Oct 19th, 2007 at 5:39 am

    Very cool – thanks, Sniperman!

  4. Jamie
    Oct 19th, 2007 at 9:12 am

    Nice recommendation – I just wanted to point out that it’s also available on emusic.com, which had been doing the DRM-free stuff for ages before Amazon joined in:
    http://www.emusic.com/album/Various-Artists-The-Roots-of-Chicha-MP3-Do wnload/11098005.html

  5. l'elk!
    Oct 19th, 2007 at 9:28 am

    weird…
    i was just tripping out on a Los Holy’s record last night. they’re wonderful south american 60′s psychedelica. highly recommended!

    now to go listen to this review…

  6. Adam Stanhope
    Oct 19th, 2007 at 9:41 am

    Jamie:

    How much does the album cost at emusic?

  7. bob
    Oct 19th, 2007 at 12:06 pm

    lol ever herd of limewire you goon.

  8. Diego
    Oct 19th, 2007 at 1:07 pm

    Sorry to tell you, but this music got nothing to do with colombian cumbias. This is pure peruvian ‘talent’ and as long as i know maybe it is shared with bolivia, but not with Ecuador or Colombia

  9. Adam Stanhope
    Oct 19th, 2007 at 1:28 pm

    Diego:

    Yes, this is Peruvian talent but cumbias originated in Colombia. That’s what I meant.

  11. Adam Stanhope
    Oct 19th, 2007 at 4:48 pm

    Nice, Sniperman! Thanks again!


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