Pynandi: Los Descalzos [Import]

Chango Spasiuk | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 10, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: World Village
• ASIN: B001JHI72G
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #243,030 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Review

Pynandi showcases Spasiuk and his excellent band as we know them best. This is the genuine red dirt article, and an equally great album... you can listen to all the way through, just letting the surging rhythms wash over you. --fRoots

Product Description

Innovative Argentinean accordion virtuoso and composer Chango Spasiuk's latest CD is entitled Pynandí Los Descalzos (Barefoot), from an indigenous Guaraní word, referring to that nation's impoverished rural populations. This is quite fitting as, like American blues, Portuguese Fado and Argentina's own tango, the sunny, lilting chamamé was at one time considered too lower-class to be of interest to educated listeners. But that was before Spasiuk, with his uninhibited stage demeanor and flying blond hair, put his spin on it, delighting traditionalists while intriguing rock and jazz audiences. The current album is a love letter to the land of Spasiuk's birth, capturing the red earth, blinding heat, and rough good humor and warm fellowship of laborers heading out for an evening's fun. Each of the 15 tunes harbors a contradiction of some kind; although this music is seductively accessible, it is also anything but easy listening - in the best possible sense.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not your stereotype accordion..., March 12, 2009

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Alan Eddings (Las Vegas, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pynandi: Los Descalzos (Audio CD)

Speaking as an accomplished accordionist (who never, ever plays "Lady of Spain"), Chango Spasiuk is an outstanding example of what the instrument can do for classic folk music. Myron Floren would even be proud.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chango's best to date., July 18, 2009

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William J. Nesbit Jr. "W J Nesbit" (Charlottesville, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pynandi: Los Descalzos (Audio CD)

All fans of Chango or those who like accordion music will love his latest CD.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Magical!, May 5, 2009

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Jane S (Glen Burnie, MD United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Pynandi: Los Descalzos (Audio CD)

I had caught part of an NPR story on this album and on a whim got it - am so glad I did! This is wonderful music, full of interlaced rhythms and weaving melodies.