Congo De Los Hoyos - Afro Cuba: Carnival Music of Eastern Cuba2009 release from the World Audio Foundation label from Soul Jazz Records Conga De Los Hoyos is an amazing Afro Cuban musical institution from the Los Hoyos district of Santiago, in Eastern Cuba. The music here features a riotous mix of over 50 drummers, singers and the distinctive Chinese cornet (a bit like a Cuban bagpipe!), all brought together to make a noise that Sun Ra would be proud of. The drummers play everything from car brakes and hubcaps

straightforward cop opera

accompanied by the instrumentalists and voices of the Musicaround Ensemble

who devised this program

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With the inclusion of seven additional sacred chorale pieces

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and Brian Yeager - spent years playing in bands

Traditional peyote chants with drum and rattle accompaniment are followed by "healing songs

She hand-picked a compelling team of top Cuban

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The original intro to the radio series here for the first time on CD

These Italian instrumentalists / composers and others are the focus of Out of Italy