CDs
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PALO DE MUERTO - Bolo, Guivo y Su Grupo
Incredible recording from a historic location of an almost forgotten musical tradition. The music, 'Palo de Muerto' (Palo of the Dead) is used at wakes and funerals. |
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FIESTA DE PALO - Santa Marta Dominadora
Live recording of a celebration in honor of Santa Marta la Dominadora in the deep south of the DR. Traditional & religious themes mixing the sacred & profane. |
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CLARA - Mystere Frontiere
Clara sings in “Fiestas de Palo”, her powerful voice leads the drums and the choir constantly evoking the spirits or her religion. A mix of traditional Dominican and Haitian Lwa songs both in Spanish and in Creole. |
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PAPIRO Y SU GRUPO
Rural Merengue Tipico This group arrived on horse back hanging their instruments over the saddle. Papiro plays at fiestas, birthday parties, and dances in a remote rural area of the DR. |
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ARMANDO ROSARIO
Rural Merengue Tipico Locally well known accordionist, his style is somewhat more daring than Papiro’s and he is famous for improvising entire songs in honor of the people contracting him. |
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FIESTA EN BANICA - Virgen del Carmen
Live recording of the yearly celebration in honor of the Virgen del Carmen, in Banica, a tiny hamlet on the border between the Dominican Republic and Haiti. |
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MUSIC FROM THE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Volume 1: The Island of Quisqueya Palos (drums of African origin) & Merengues. Hard to find CD! Released by Folkways. |
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MUSIC FROM THE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Volume 2: The Island of Espanola Work songs, feast celebrations, popular music, and religious music including Palos. Released by Folkways. |
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MUSIC FROM THE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Volume 3: The Cradle of the New World Diverse collection from children's songs to heavy spiritual ritual music. Released by Folkways. |
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MUSIC FROM THE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Volume 4: Songs from the North Songs chopping, mourning, supplication, social gatherings, and religious activities. Released by Folkways. |
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AFRO-CARIBBEAN CHANTS & DRUMS Boni Raposo y La 21 División Afro-Dominican and Haitian rhythms accompanied with a 28 page booklet. Released by ARC. |
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DVDs
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MISTERIOS
A journey in the complex and mysterious world of Vudu filmed in New York, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Live footage of real rituals and ceremonies as well as many interviews show an inside and intimate view of a usually private and secretive tradition. Incredible video and sound quality coupled with great editing puts this DVD in a league of its own! Filmed and produced by Giovanni Savino. Released by Earthcds Partners |
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CULTURE OF PALO
Palo Music and Oral Traditions from the Dominican Republic 'The Culture of Palo', aspires to be a humble archival collection of all the marvelous musical-religious expressions encountered in the course of filming 'MISTERIOS' that for editorial, timing and formatting reasons was not possible to include. Anthropologists, ethnomusicologists and the general public will find this work entertaining and educational. This DVD helps preserve at least a small part of this rapidly disappearing and mutating oral tradition. Released by Earthcds Partners |
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DVD + CD SET
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LA COMARCA FIJA DE LIBORIO
(The Real Comarca of Liborio) - Disappearing Religious Popular Music from the Dominican Republic A close and personal look into the music of Comarca. Comarca is said to have been the very music Olivorio Mateo, the most important curandero and messianic leader in Dominican history, used for healing. Documentary film with beautiful footage and included full length audio CD in a 2 disc set. Released by Earthcds Partners |
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