Posts under ‘vallenato’

In preparation to visit the big apple, I have been digging through the old mans stacks and stacks of cds. I thought since we in Texas I share a little squeeze box love from around the way. I hope you enjoy, there’s a bunch of lines to sample in this puppy.

Aniceto Molina y [...]

First off my condolences to his family.
Rafael Calixto Escalona Martinez’s first song is dated February 1943. The seventh of nine children he was to become one of the most prominent Vallenato music composers ever. He grew up listening to peasants and troubadours of the region that often passed by his village bringing news [...]

Thank you Corpus! Twas off the chain. We got photos coming but in the interim….