Espiritu Vivo

Susana Baca | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 23, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Luaka Bop
• ASIN: B00005YUDT
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #320,057 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. La noche Y El Dia

2. Si Me Quitaran Totalmente Todo

3. Caracunde

4. El Fusil

5. Se Me Van Los Pies

6. 13 De Mayo

7. Toro Mata

8. Aparicion

9. Afro-Blue/Zum Zum

10. Les Feuilles Mortes

11. Anchor Song

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply magical, April 24, 2002

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A B - See all my reviews

This review is from: Espiritu Vivo (Audio CD)

Heartbreakingly beautiful performances abound on this new project from Susana Baca...

Its rare that a piece of music can affect me so profoundly so quickly. The production, individual contributions, and gorgeous material are simply sublime.. Word is that the tracks were laid down in front of a live audience right after Set. 11th in NYC; the music is at turns gentle, sensual, earthy, and never less than honest and captivating.

Releases such as this should should not go unnoticed, and I do hope that Ms. Baca receives the appropriate accolades that such a beautiful work of artistry deserves...

Highly recommended.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A magnificent and bold cultural celebration, August 6, 2005

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Sarah Atkinson (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Espiritu Vivo (Audio CD)

Traditional Afro-Peruvian rhythms, religious chants, tribal drumming and waltz time signatures team up with smoky jazz riffs for a magical musical combination. Baca's rich, pleading vocals evoke pain, longing and joy in the same breath, while intelligent, poetic lyrics shake your soul harder than the ritual percussive thumping. The biggest surprise on the album is Baca's remake of Bjork's "The Anchor Song," a haunting musical rebirth that sets sail on the coast of Iceland and anchors down in Peruvian tradition. Baca offers a tribute to Mongo Santamaira with "Afro-blue/zum zum" and covers Caetano Veloso's "13 de Mayo." A magnificent and bold cultural celebration with an Afro-Peruvian soul at its core.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Susana's new dimension, August 12, 2002

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Toņo Romero H. (Lima, Peru) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Espiritu Vivo (Audio CD)

I heard almost all these songs live in Peru before they were released. I was amazed with "Aparicion", an old peruvian creole vals, she didn't even need a guitar, just her voice, and it was magic. She is very good in this kind of melancolic song and also in black peruvian music, which is so rythmic that you can't stop moving your body (A good example is Afro-Blue/Zum Zum, my favorite).
Don't hesitate in buying this CD, it's one of Susana's best.
Medeski and Ribot gives this production a new dimension, its a different sound than former releases. But Susana is sticked to her roots.