Wednesday, March 3, 2010

De Musica Ligera: "Valparaiso de mi amor!"

We've featured Joe Vasconcellos several times before on this blog but we're highlighting his music again in light of Chile's massive earthquake over the weekend.

Vasconcellos is one of Chile's most popular musicians and last year he released a released a live album entitled "Magico, El Recital". The video below is his interpretation of "La Joya del Pacifico" and comes from his appearance at the 2003 ViƱa Del Mar music festival. The cumbia is a fantastic ode to the beauty of central Chile, an area now devastated by Saturday's tremor:

Online Sources - Joe Vasconcellos Official Webite, YouTube, The Latin Americanist

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