ARTIST: John Santos Y El Coro Folklorico Kindembo
TITLE: La Guerra No
LABEL: Machete Records
GENRE: Latin
BITRATE: 182kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 1h 03min total
RELEASE DATE: 2008-00-00
RIP DATE: 2008-09-27
Track List:
1. Elegua Inkio 4:38
2. La Guerra No (No War) 5:00
3. Kongosa 1:48
4. La Rumba Es Para Gozar (Rumba 4:16
Is To Enjoy)
5. Chenche 3:42
6. El Tamalero 6:40
7. Achichito Cepeda 4:48
8. Modupue Yemaya 5:17
9. El Anhelo De La Paz (The 5:41
Desire Of Peace)
10.Ella No Quiere (She Doesn't 5:38
Want It)
11.Vamos A La Calle (Let's Take 5:09
It To The Street)
12.America Unida (America United) 4:35
13.Tambores En Lucha (Fighting 5:50
Drums)
Peace-for all the drummers who passed recently into the next realm, leaving
behind a legacy of love, hope, and healing rhythm. Among them, some of my idols
and friends including Ray Barretto, Patato, Tito Puente, Tata Gⁿines, Chachß,
Mongo Santamaria, Regino Jimenez, Chichito Cepeda, Ray Romero, Alfredo Abreu,
Angß, Pancho Quinto, Fermin Nani, Santiago Nani, Marco Herminio, and Tommy
Lopez. They will always be remembered among the greatest drummers in the
Afro-Latin tradition. This project is also dedicated to our beloved elder drum
warriors who are still among us teaching and sharing their knowledge-Armando
Peraza, Candido Camero, Francisco Aguabella, Luis Miranda, Los Papφnes, Maximino
Duquesne, Luis Chac≤n, Papiro Allende, Monchito Mu±≤z, and Jack Costanzo. We
proudly and humbly stand on their shoulders and on those of countless others as
we navigate the beauty, magic and mystery of the drum. One of the largest and
most damaging lies ever told is that the word America refers solely to the
United States. The truth, of course, is that the US is one country in North
America and is certainly no more American than any other country of the
Americas, North, Central, South, or Caribbean. In fact, the heart of the
Americas is the Caribbean basin where the major ports have connected all the
Americas throughout the colonial and post-colonial periods. Those truths shed
light on our common American histories and identities and reveal New Orleans,
the birthplace of our national art form, Jazz, to be our direct connection to
the cultural, social, and economic community centered in the Caribbean. This is
a creole community brought together through the travesties of genocide and
slavery -a community of forced migration that has invented and recreated itself
from its shattered past relying heavily on the African traditions of respect and
acknowledgement of the ancestors and the earth. The drum is the unifying factor
in this pan-American, working class community of all colors that celebrates
life, death, and diversity with music, dance, and poetry. Our unpublished
history exists in these artistic expressions.
Finding equilibrium in the similar histories of displaced peoples throughout the
Americas, this movement of cultural preservation and development has quietly
gained momentum in scattered, mostly urban communities, and has grown into an
international phenomenon of its own with Afro-Cuban traditions taking a leading
role. From time to time, this music comes to the forefront, embraced by the
industry and corporate mega machine, only to be dropped shortly thereafter as
the next flavor of the month is adopted. But it continues its slow, relentless
march of awareness, profoundly, positively, and permanently affecting the lives
of those it touches with its message of dignity, hope, and peace.
The arts bring voice and imagination to the struggle, clarifying our vision of a
just world. Music is one aspect of the arts in this role. The traditions that
the music represents are a breath of fresh air in a destructive era of
technology, greed, and rampant injustice- a unifying force bringing the direly
needed healing energy of drumming, dance, and traditional music to those with
open hearts. As politicians and the sheep that follow them continue to neglect
the real physical and spiritual needs of every human being, the drum and its
incredible legacy of resilience and resistance continue to be our voice of
sanity and respect for our forbearers and children.
It is great love of family, friendship, and cultural exchange, and the intention
of evolving on the spiritual, human, and intellectual levels that fuel our deep
desire to eliminate the outdated, useless concept of war. To that end, we offer
La Guerra No, our third full-length CD with the Coro Folkl≤rico Kindembo. We
hope that in addition to uplifting your spirit and bringing you joy, the music
will provide some degree of inspiration and strength in your path towards
awareness and spiritual growth, as it does on a daily basis for us.