Arriba Suena Marimba!

Grupo Naidy
Smithsonian/Folkways
World | May 2006

Reviews

Decca
Reviewed 2006-05-31
Marimba music from Colombia’s Pacific region. It’s an African-style marimba w/24-keys played by 2 musicians at a time. Also including bass drum, wooden drums, and seed-filled bamboo tubes. The basic sound is a marimba background w/percussion and call/response vocals; mostly mid/uptempo. Read the informative notes. Sadly 2 members of the band were killed shortly after this CD was recorded. Very interesting stuff, very “real” and nicely unpolished.

1. Relaxed call/response w/fem. lead & a sing-songy feeling.
*2. A nice bounce w/female chorus & tripping percussion.
3. Bright w/a happy sound.
4. Good marimba/perc. Soaring vox. Up/mid.
*5. Midtempo, fem vox, nicely bouncy perc.
*6. Nice example of this vocal style w/solid midtempo perc.
7. Women’s chorus w/yodels & bare hint of marimba. Slow.
*8. Bright, upbeat w/a bigger sound & lots of shaking/percus/vox.
9. Fast and toe-tapping w/good female vocals..
10. Soaring male vox, busy drums. Up/midtempo. Gets busy..
*11. Cool midtempo song of praise to Saint Anthony.
12. Uptempo marimba, female chorus. Gets faster.

Recent airplay

Lo Que Suena, Qué Será? (That Sound, What Could It Be?)
At the Cafe BohemianAug 15, 2006
Vamos A Adorar A Antonio (Let's Worship Saint Anthony)
At the Cafe BohemianAug 08, 2006
Lo Que Suena, Qué Será? (That Sound, What Could It Be?)
No Cover, No MinimumAug 04, 2006
Una Mañanita (One Morning)
A Cómo Vende La Piangua? (How Much Is The Piangua?)
At the Cafe BohemianJul 18, 2006
Una Mañanita (One Morning)

Charting

2006-06-18 — 2006-08-20 Reggae/World
Week EndingAirplays
Aug 20 1
Aug 13 1
Aug 6 2
Jul 23 1
Jul 16 1
Jul 9 1
Jul 2 2
Jun 25 1

Track listing

1. El Botellón (The Jug)
2. Una Mañanita (One Morning)
3. Mi Gallo Corococó (My Rooster Crows)
4. Dolores
5. Lo Que Suena, Qué Será? (That Sound, What Could It Be?)
6. La Maravilla (The Marvel)
7. Oí, Ve (Listen, Look)
8. Lo Que Me Trajo El Niño Dios (What The Christ Child Brought Me)
9. A Cómo Vende La Piangua? (How Much Is The Piangua?)
10. Pango
11. Vamos A Adorar A Antonio (Let's Worship Saint Anthony)
12. Salomé