Details

Field of Interest

World Music

Description

In the early seventies, the traditional violin music of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado was on "the verge of disappearing," according to Roberto Martínez founder of M.O.R.E. (Minority Owned Record Enterprises) and director of the group Los Reyes de Albuquerque (The Kings of Albuquerque). In this album, Lorenzo Martínez presents and preserves traditional polkas, valses, chotes, and cutilios accompanying his own violin playing on vihuela, guitar and bass.

A principios de los setentas, la música tradicional de violín del norte de Nuevo México y sur de Colorado, estaba: "a punto de desaparecer," de acuerdo con Roberto Martínez, fundador del sello disquero M.O.R.E. (Minority Owned Record Enterprises) y director de Los Reyes de Albuquerque. En este álbum, Lorenzo Martínez presenta y preserva géneros tradicionales como polkas, valses, chotes y cutilios acompañado de vihuela, guitarra y bajo, que el mismo grabó.

Content Type

Music recording

Duration

31 mins

Format

Audio

Sub Genre

Instrumental

Label

MORE

Performer

Lorenzo Martínez, fl. 2009

Release Date

1977

Subject

World Music, Music & Performing Arts, South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, United States and Canada, América del Sud, México, Centroamérica y el Caribe, América do Sul, México, América Central e Caribe, Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá

Keywords and Translated Subjects

América del Sud, México, Centroamérica y el Caribe, América do Sul, México, América Central e Caribe, Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá