Mexico: Indian and Mestizo Music of Michoacan

This week Down Home’s Henrietta Yurchenco will play examples of Indian and Mestizo Music from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and the state of Michoacan in Mexico. These beautiful examples are drawn from her own field recordings conducted in those regions.

Mexico: Indian and Mestizo Music of Michoacan and the Isthmus of
Tehuantepec
Tracks Played on This Episode:

1. Son de Las naguas Blancas (Song of the White Petticoats) -Music Of The Tarascan Indians of Mexico: Music of Michoaca and Mestizo Country
2. Valona Encarrujado (The Nag)- Music Of The Tarascan Indians of Mexico: Music of Michoaca and Mestizo Country
3. Jarabes Mestizos de Aguilillas- Music Of The Tarascan Indians of Mexico: Music of Michoaca and Mestizo Country
4. Flor De Canela- Joaquin Bautista, Guitar- Mexico: The Real Mexico In Music And Song
5. Abajeno del la Juventud- Music Of The Tarascan Indians of Mexico: Music of Michoaca and Mestizo Country
6. Rosa de Castilla)- Music Of The Tarascan Indians of Mexico: Music of Michoaca and Mestizo Country
7. Josefina- Music Of The Tarascan Indians of Mexico: Music of Michoaca and Mestizo Country
8. La Llorona- Mexico South: Traditional Songs and Dances from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec
9. La Sandunga- Mexico South: Traditional Songs and Dances from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec
10. La Tortuga- Mexico South: Traditional Songs and Dances from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec

Links:

Check out these links to Smithsonian Global Sound. Here you can purchase the complete CDs of Henrietta’s field recordings, and perhaps best of all you can download scans of the original liner notes! For free, right now! – That’s really the best way to learn more about what we covered on today’s program.

Mexico South: Traditional Songs and Dances from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec

Music of the Tarascan Indians of Mexico: Music of Michoaca and Mestizo Country

Henrietta’s website