Sunday, September 7, 2008

Lullaby for Grown-Ups - Los Kjarkas



From time to time, I like to include world music in the lullaby line-up. But I recently realized that I had neglected the entire continent of South America. So here is a wonderful video of Los Kjarkas, a Bolivian band, featuring their song Maria Amanecer. Los Kjarkas has been making music for more than 30 years, toured worldwide, founded two music schools and sold more records than any other band in South America. It's easy to understand the success - this is complex and beautiful music. Enjoy!

(About the quote at the end of the video - I don't speak Spanish, so I tried running it through a few online translation programs. There's a reason people make fun of these - it came out a garbled mess. I'm afraid you're on your own.)

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