Track Listing 1. El Bosque Armado (La Canoa) [The Armed Forest (The Canoe)] 2. Resbalosas [Slippery Ones] 3. El Fusil Del Poeta [The Poet's Gun] 4. Harawi 5. Los Lagartos [The Lizards] 6. Un Cuento Silencioso [Silent Story]
| Details | | Producer: | Greg Landau, Ricardo Pereira | | Distributor: | Redeye Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Recording information: Studio Bembon, Lima, Peru (2007). Photographer: Joao Canzziani. Translators: Sami Buccella; Alon Harish. Arrangers: Sergio Valdeos; Susana Baca. Susana Baca first gained international recognition through her recording of "Maria Landó," a song by her mentor, Chabuca Granda, in 1997. Here, she devotes a six-song EP to Granda, mixing three more Granda compositions, "El Bosque Armado (La Canoa)" (The Armed Forest [The Canoe]), "El Fusil del Poeta" (The Poet's Gun), and "Un Cuento Silencioso" (Silent Story), with three other songs in a similar folk-based style, including "Los Lagartos" (The Lizards), a poem by Federico García Lorca, set to music by Paco Ibáñez. Actually, all of the songs sound like poems set to music (as the title would suggest), with Baca sometimes packing quite a few words into the tunes. She makes up for the enjambment with her passion, however, and her few accompanists offer effective support while mostly staying out of the way.
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