“I’ll see your cotton candy pop star and raise you one jibaro de campo and a bag of plantain chips.” - Geko Jones on Tatico y merengue tipico.
to which I respond: (this music is too fast!)
from her Smithsonian CD, with free liner notes by Sydney ‘Accordion Girl‘ Hutchinson
advanced banjee realness africa algeria andean appalachia arabic architecture argentina art arts autotune bachata balafon banjos barcelona bassline berber books breakcore breakstep brooklyn c.r.e.a.m. caribbean cellphones champeta colombia critics cuba cumbia dancehall decentertainment dominican@ dub dubai dubstep ecuador espanol ethiopia fader film fine print flamenco france ghana gigs gnawa grime guinean hiphop hiplife hipsterism imazighen in print jace's cellphone fotos krazy kritics l.a. latin@ lebanon literature machinima magazines maghreb mali maplessness merengue middleeast MP3S mudd radio musica criolla music biz muslim nu-world nyc obama oud paris persian peru pirate-style pirates poetry prose poetry psychedelia puerto rico radio rai rap reggada reggae reggaeton remix rumba sample-source sample source soca soot south america spain street level tejano thailand theory transience travel tropical turkish vallenato web2.5 whiteness youtubery
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August 12, 2008
You cannot test the accordion!
August 12, 2008
amazing