http://calabashmusic.com/New Music From Peru Negro on Calabash Music2008-08-28T06:48:16ZThe Calabash Music Teamsupport@calabashmusic.comJolgoriohttp://perunegro.calabashmusic.com/#album_420222006-12-12T07:40:55ZMusic from JolgorioThis story starts in the early 1700s when Peru’s slaves were banned from using drums. Their rhythmical songs were adapted to the cajón—a wooden box of agricultural origins and a mainstay in Black Peru. A hybridization of African, Indian, Latin, and European music evolved over the next 200 years, but in the late 1950s the African elements of Peruvian music were reborn. On January 20, 2004, Perú Negro, the only Afro-Peruvian performance troupe to last 35 years, releases Jolgorio.]]>Sangre de un Don (Herencia Afro Peruana)http://perunegro.calabashmusic.com/#album_458222006-11-17T07:12:16ZMusic from Sangre de un Don (Herencia Afro Peruana)Sangre de un Don is the first international release by Peru Negro.
Peru Negro was introduced to most of the world by David Byrnes Afro-Peruvian compilation, Soul of Black Peru [Luaka Bop]. This troupe of singers, musicians and dancers, under the leadership of Ronaldo Campos, has been one of the main crusaders in the current revival of interest in Black Peruvian culture. It only takes a single listen to understand why. Although the group is smallonly seven pieces including guitar, bass (the only electric instrument), three percussionists and two female singersthe ever-shifting rhythms that play out between guitar, percussion and voice, open up a universe of musical possibilities. Peru Negro is still close to their roots in the barrio, and when the female singers get into a spirited call and response with the drummers, the result is transcendent. The groups bedrock rhythms give tunes like Mama Nangue and Toro Mata, one of their biggest hits, a smouldering, syncopated intensity.]]>