Tracklist:

• A blanco y negro / In Black and White (paseo) 4:44

(Omar Geles)

• A lo tuyo tú / You with What’s Yours (merengue) 3:51

(Isaac Carrillo)

• Pedazo de acordeón / A Bit of Accordion (puya) 5:35

(Alejo Durán)

• Cadenas / Chains (paseo) 4:31

(Rosendo Romero)

• La botellita / The Little Bottle (merengue) 3:38

(Luis Enrique Martínez)

• Fidelina (son) 4:59

(Alejo Durán)

• La cañaguatera / The Woman from Cañaguate (paseo) 3:07

(Isaac Carrillo)

• Mi poema / My Poem (paseo) 5:15

(Rosendo Romero)

• Merengue (instrumental) (merengue) 3:27
• Sin ti / Without You (paseo) 4:32

(Náfer Durán)

• La consentida / The Pampered Girl (paseo) 5:22

(Fabián Corrales)

• Matilde Lina (paseo) 3:46

(Leandro Díaz)

• Celos / Jealousies (paseo) 6:04

(Jean Carlos Centeno)

• Puya (instrumental) (puya) 7:36
• Ausencia sentimental / Sentimental Absence (paseo) 5:09

(Rafael Manjarrés)

In the words of Grammy®-winning popular singer/actor Carlos Vives, "Colombia is one of those great musical quarries of the Americas, as have been the American South, the Antilles, Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina." Since the late 20th century, the music of the vallenatos- people of a small valley region of the Caribbean coast- "has best portrayed the true way of being and feeling of the Colombian people." ¡Ayombe! The Heart of Colombia’s Música Vallenata, features two dozen seasoned vallenato performers spanning three generations, playing polished renditions of the music they know best-paseos, merengues, sones, and puyas of their homeland. - Notes from Smithsonian Folkways
70 minutes, 15 tracks, 20+ page booklet

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