Description
indelibly marked by Benny Moré, Perez Prado and Machito in New York bands and Cubaʼs orquestas gigantes of the mid-twentieth century.
While some songs are everyday Cuban life story-telling, Ruiz, a tata —priest— informs his lyrics with a Palo Mayombe spirituality propelling
the mambo back to its original meaning. Despite being popularised world-wide as a festive, light-spirited, danceable genre, mambo is not to
be taken lightly in the Palo Mayombe religion. Mambo is both a song and a prayer, beseeching good spirits to guide oneʼs journey away from
darkness. Two of the albumʼs songs —including the title tune— are in this Congo dialect, designed to be impenetrable by the uninitiated.
Caracolesʼ fierce, effervescent grooves, Ruiz affirms, can “...vibrate your soul, which is precisely what the world needs right now”. The
tunes offer an irresistible invitation to heed the title songʼs invitation, “Cucha mambo que yo emboa montero...este mambo es paʼ ti.”
Listen to this story, I bring it to you as a travelling song...This mambo is for you.
Tracklisting:
1. Con Licencia
2. Pan Con Tibiri
3. Caracoles
4. Suave Suave
5. Cha-Cha-Cha Pa’ca
6. La Fiera
7. Pregonero
8. Las Sieta Vidas Da Inés
9. Flor De Mi Campo
10. Dona Felipa
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