Various Artists
Paranda
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"...presents six Garifuna paranderos and a punta rocker sprung from paranda . The artists, spread remarkably between 27 and 94 years of age, hail from the Caribbean coast of southern Belize and Guatemala. The call-and-response vocals and piercing harmony ride over a mournful, driving, minor-key guitar that achieves its arresting effect in part by tuning down a half-tone or more. Without exception, these men are astounding singers and instrumentalists. Their voices emerge from somewhere deep within, and the stories they can tell. "A persistent story since the end of World War II has been Garifuna men's emigration in search of work, while women, children and the elderly stayed behind. Except that today, entire families move in a transnational circuit that links Central America with cosmopolitan Garifuna communities in New York, Chicago, Miami, New Orleans, Houston and Los Angeles. Musicians have assimilated hip-hop, rap, soul, rhythm and blues, jazz, pop, country western, rock, reggae, Latin, Afro-Caribbean and world musical influences, including guitar and vocal styles reminiscent of West Africa, all turned out in superb musicianship, pointed good humor and profound irony." - Michael Stone, RootsWorld |
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