Photo: Paige Stasney - Girl plays at an improvised soccer goal in a settlement near Vicco, Peru (~4100m/13500 ft above sea level)

I've been collecting music from the Andean Cordillera during college and for years afterward. Please e-mail any corrections or comments. There is a wide - and growing - variety of examples here. I hope you'll be inspired to look further into the music and other sociocultural facets of the Andes region and South America in general. Be sure to check your local listings for live performances of this music. CDs are also available - James Duncan, Santa Cruz, California, USA

If you can help with more information on the artists, titles, and record numbers, be sure to e-mail me.

Plus...MORE SONGS with notes by Paul Farren of the London group,  ACHALAY. This is wonderful hand picked music from Chile, Argentina, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela, Peru, Uruguay and Colombia.

Older (pre-90s) - "Oldies"  (as compared to new Andean music) 

Pollerita  - Bolivia//Los Chacos
If you find this classic disc, buy it without hesitation. It's called "El Condor Pasa - La Flute Magique avec Los Chacos" and every piece is great. Barclay was a French label; this LP was released in 1969.

Los diez mandamientos del matrimonio - Bolivia/Los Incas

Una Luz en los Andes - Bolivia//Ronald Soliz y grupo Kjashwa

Agnus Dei - Misa Criolla - Argentina/Ariel Ramirez

Gloria - Misa Criolla - Argentina/Ariel Ramirez

Danza del Altiplano - Bolivia//David Burgess, Guitar

Dueña de mi se' - Bolivia//Aymuray/Carlos Rene Crespo

Rumbo al Socavón - Bolivia//morenada/Zulma Yugar

Quiero Yo Bailar - Bolivia//morenada/Conjunto Los Rupay 1:52

Embrujo Andino - Conjunto Los Rupay 1:54

La Paloma - Chile//Los Folkloristas (Mexico) 2:12

Una Paloma - Bolivia/trad/ vocal masculino  2:03

Llamerada - Bolivia/ danza del altiplano//Los Calchakis

Vamonos - Bolivia//Aymuray/Carlos Rene Crespo

Tata Quillacas - Bolivia//Los Yuras  Buy CD

Yo Ya Me Estoy Yendo - Bolivia//Los Yuras Buy CD

Ankatuma - Bolivia//Los Yuras Buy CD

Caballito Blanco - Bolivia//Los Yuras Buy CD

Tema de la Mina - Bolivia//Los Yuras Buy CD

Huayra Muyhoj - Argentina//Los Calchakis

Campanas del Olvido - Colombia//Los Chacos

El Rio Blanqueno - Colombia//Los Guacharacos

Escogio mi Corazon - Ecuador//Aymuray/Carlos Rene Crespo

Andean 1 - Peru//Dr. Raúl García Zárate, vocal con guitarra

Tinkuna - Eddy Navia//Cumbre(The Summit)/Sukay Records

Daniela Soledad - Eddy Navia//'En Charango' CD

Soncoyman - Peru/Ecuador yaravi//Sergio Cuevas. sólo de arpa

Sicuris - Bolivia//Los Chacos

La Boliviana - Bolivia-N. Argentina//Los Chacos

El Tarapaca -  Argentina//Los Chacos

Munahuanqui - Peru//Los Chacos

Negrita - Argentina//Los Chacos

Borrachito Ladron - Bolivia//Los Chacos

Indiecito Dormido -  N. Argentina//Los Chacos

El Condor Pasa -  Peru//Los Chacos
Daniel Alomia Robles - "El Condor Pasa" en el año 1913. Más Información.

Bayon de Madrid - Paraguay/orquidea//Sergio Cuevas. sólo de arpa

'Viva Cochabamba - (sicuri) - Bolivia//K'jarkas

Kunatakiraki - Bolivia/huayno//Sukay

Totoras - Pachacamac

Bailando Con Los Sikuris - Los Ruphay

Koli Pankarita - Bolivia//cantado en aymara//Zulma Yugar

Rosa Carmin - Savia Andina
Es una cueca de Néstor Olmos y el conjunto que la interpreta es Savia Andina. Los instrumentos utilizados son: guitarra, harango, quenas y percusión (básicamente bombo)

Chirihuayrita - Bolivia//Savia Andina

Hoy te Pido Que Me Olvides - Ecuador//Sukay

Morenita - Bolivia//Amaru

Ronda de la Ceiba Ecuatoriana - Rafael Manriquez

Unaimanta - Bolivia/Ukamau

Imillita' - Bolivia//Awatiñas

Hanacpachap Cussicuinin - Thought to be the first multi-voiced music composed in the New World, this simple but intriguing piece is found in a collection of sacred music compiled in 1631, but was likely written some years earlier...more Lyrics

Canción de Bolivia  - unknown  

Aguinaldo Jibaro - Harp Fusion, University of Arizona, USA

Me Querido Potosi - "My Beloved Potosi" - Bolivia//Enriqueta Ulloa - Buy CD

Dalia Morada - Enriqueta Ulloa - Buy CD

Music Files - nearby regions or similar styles - 
These may also be interesting to Andes region music lovers

No volveremos a vagar - John Williams

Rodrigo Martinez Villancico from Cancionero de Palacio (from DrDunc Renaissance)

Ecuadoran Tune Played in Ragtime

Barlovento - Venezuela//Los Caracas - Lyrics

El Gavilán  - Venezuela//live performance/
música llanera/vocal/harp/ensemble - Lyrics

La Gota Fria (vallenato)- Colombia//Carlos Vives - Lyrics

Rodrigo Martinez - vocal 1:39

Folia - based on Rodrigo Martinez tune

Passacaille - a pretty French passacaglia sung in Spanish

La púrpura de la rosa (The Blood of the Rose) - First staged in 1659 in Peru, this is the New World's first known opera composition. The brief clip is from the music by Torrejón y Velasco.  More info about this early opera is available by searching on the Internet.  There are occasional contemporary performances. CD More info

Spanish Tarantela - the Spanish influence - Lucas Ruiz de Ribavaz

Oy comamos y bebamos - Juan del Encina - Nashville Early Music Ensemble

Branle gai - the French influence - Pierre Attaingnant (c. 1494 - 1551)

Que dises, mei bon fraire - the Spanish influence- old song from French Provence 

Ayo visto lo mappamundi - Italian Renaissance
("I've seen the map of the world") The tune has an atmosphere and styling not unlike some Andes tunes. Ironically, it was inspired by the explorer voyages of the 15th century, which had sad dire consequences for indigenous populations of the day.

Song  - it does have harp and flutes, but this song has nothing to do with the other music except that it's extremely pretty - my favorite example of European operatic singing. Our Boleadora visitors have broad tastes. Recorded from a long out of print vinyl LP.

Kak za Donom za rekoy  This isn't Andean either but is a sample of the music on my Russian folk and dance music website RICHKA.COM. Be sure to check it out!

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