Each Friday, Stephen Mejias, AudioQuest’s Director of Communications and former Stereophile and Audiostream columnist, will browse through the many exciting albums released that day and select 15 worth a closer listen.
Various: Esta Navidad en Folkways: Holiday Music of Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora (Folkways)
From Folkways:
“This playlist pulls from deep in the catalog of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and its acquired labels to provide a glimpse into the rich tradition of Christmas and holiday music of Puerto Rico and its diaspora. You’ll hear a wide range of sounds here emanating from the barriles of bomba to the cuatro of música jíbara, captured on decades-old field recordings and contemporary studio productions, and resonating from the lush mountains of the island to the high deserts of Albuquerque and beyond.”
