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Radio 3,60 mins

Series in Cuba

Changai and Decimas Music

World Routes

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In the second of three programmes recorded on location in Cuba, Lucy Duran continues on her thousand-mile road journey in search of the island's musical roots. In her search of Cuban Music Lucy explores changui music from Guantanamo, looking into the African and Haitian influences that helped create it. In Holguin she discovers the Mechanical Organ, “organo orientalâ€, and the voice of Beny More. As well as encountering the religious music of the Cabildos and the Spanish influenced countryside “Decimas†music in the colonial gem Trinidad de Cuba.

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Tracklist

  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Guajira Guantanamera (part 1)
    Guajira Guantanamera (part 1)
    Joseíto Fernández
  3. 2.
    Guajira Guantanamera (part 2)
    Guajira Guantanamera (part 2)
    Joseíto Fernández
  4. 3.
    Vamos al guaso compay
    Vamos al guaso compay
    Changui Guantanamero