Various Artists - Madagascar-Land of the Betsimisaraka - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Produced and recorded by Jacques Jangoux. InchThe music presented in this album is typical of rural Guatemala. Most of the inhabitants of this area are Indians of Mayan descent, but almost everywhere in the Guatemalan countryside one can also find Ladinos persons, of whatever descent, who speak Spanish in their homes and have adopted the Ladino way of life, which is mostly Spanish. It is not completely Spanish, however, because both the cultures of rural Guatemala are the result of the confrontation over several centuries of two very different civilizations, the indigenous Mayan, and the Western, introduced by the Spanish in the 16th century. Both cultures have borrowed traits form the other, and this is nowhere more evident than in their music, which is a mixture of European, Indian, and perhaps also African elements...Inch Jacques Jangoux.

Traditional music of Madagascar fm. 1985.

Strut continues it's essential compilation series of Indian Ocean sounds with Alefa Madagascar, the rst compilation to document the unique culture of salegy, soukous and soul on the island during the 70s and 80s.