Betsayda Machado & La Parranda El Clavo – Loé Loá – Rural Recordings Under the Mango Tree (Odelia, 2017)
Loé Loá – Rural Recordings Under the Mango Tree is a set of Afro-Venezuelan celebratory songs. It’s vibrant, hip-shaking roots music featuring vocals and drums.
The album includes a large multigenerational cast of singers and percussionists, many of them cocoa farmers, from a small village called El Clavo in the tropical Barlovento region of Venezuela.
Betsayda Machado & La Parranda El Clavo is one of the acts selected to perform at the influential WOMEX world music showcases later this year in Poland. They are currently touring the United States and will be back in 2018.
Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.
