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Song of the Bi-day: Piojosa: Sonora Cienaguera

03/08/09

Round and round it goes (figuratively), what mp3 it plays, nobody knows. OK. Good one! A "piojosa" is a girl or lady with fleas. No doubt somebody so afflicted wants nothing more than to dance. And how popular she'd be, too.

Sonora Cianaguera approach Spike Jones levels of instrumental creativity in this explosion of rhythm. The album is the best Colombian music I've found on one disc.

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Follow up:

Here's something I found by them on the internet.

Let's see. After dancing, the poor young lady may want to scratch. "Rasca tu Guiro," Antonio Maria Romeu. It's a Danzon.






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