Title Tracks for Tierra Caliente: Music From Hotlands of Michoacan
1. Espinas del Alma – Thorns in the Soul
2. El Huilotero – The Dove Hunter
3. El Perro – The Dog
4. El Son de Sánchez
5. Vuela paloma
6. La Recién Casada – The Newlywed
7. La Godornia – The Quail
8. Paseando por Michoacán – Going Around Michoacán
9. El Gallito Giro – The Little Fighting Cock
10. El Pasajero – The Passerby
11. La Renca – The Lame-Legged Woman
12. Yo Quiero a María – I Love María
13. El Jarabe Ranchero – The Country Jarabe
14. Ay Qué Alta Viene la Luna
15. Son del Ranchero – The Son of the Ranch Hand
16. Linda Chiquilla – Pretty Little Girl
17. Son del Veinte – The Son of the Twenty-Cent Piece
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Album Description
The conjunto de arpa grande (big harp ensemble) is the country cousin of the Mexican mariachi. When the mariachi was transplanted to cities and added trumpets in the mid 20th century, the conjunto de arpa stayed home in the towns and on the ranches of rural Michoacán. Its two violins, two guitars, and harp (that doubles as a drum) play driving sones, sentiment-saturated ranchera songs of love, and farcical valonas (poemic narratives), all with a disarming directness that is the hallmark of one of Mexicos best-kept musical secrets.¡OYE! 36-page booklet with bi-lingual liner notes, 17 tracks, and over an hour of music!