(headline image: 22-pipe pan flute made out of bamboo) The panpipe, also known as the pan flute, is a musical instrument that belongs to the…
The Panpipe or Pan Flute: An Overview
Tag: Andean music
Luzmila Carpio Rises to the Top of Transglobal World Music Chart for November 2023
The album Inti Watana / El Retorno del Sol by Bolivian singer Luzmila Carpio has reached the number one spot in the Transglobal World Music…
Luzmila Carpio, Global Ambassador of Indigenous Wisdom
Luzmila Carpio, a Bolivian singer-songwriter, composer, record producer, of Quechuan descent, has been a global ambassador of ancestral Andean knowledge and music for over five…
Chilean Artist Pascuala Ilabaca Releases Music Video and Announces North American Tour
Chilean composer, vocalist, accordionist and pianist Pascuala Ilabaca has released the song “Por qué se fue la Paloma” (Why did the dove leave?) on video.…
Living Legend of the Ayacucho Guitar from the Peruvian Andes
Gustavo Yashimura – Living Legend of the Ayacucho Guitar (Hive Mind Records, 2022) Living Legend of the Ayacucho Guitar focuses on the work of Gustavo…
The Winds and Echoes of the Andes
Los Ruphay – A Cry For Revolution< - Earth Healing Music from Bolivia (ARC Records EUCD2795, 2018) It’s a 50th anniversary album for the band.…
Artist Profiles: Quilapayún
Quilapayún first started in Chile in 1965 and is now one of the most famous Andean musical bands in the world. Its main artistic value…
Artist Profiles: Los Jaivas
One of the defining bands in the history of Chilean music, the members of Los Jaivas first began playing together in 1963, and their sound…
Folk Music from Peru
Wayna Picchu / Takirari / Tinku – Folk Music from Peru (Arc Music EUCD 2675, 2016) “In Peru, I met and knew him as the…