"The Roots of Chicha: Psychedelic Cumbias from Peru (Barbes Records)" - Various Artists

• artist:
  Various Artists
• featured artist:
  Various Artists
• country:
  Peru
• release year:
  2007
• style(s): Cumbia
• formats:
  • CD (Compact Disc)
• record submitted by:
  Rock Paper Scissors, inc.
• label:
  Barbes Records

On the edge of the Amazon in the '60s, a sound emerged that united Peru's indigenous melodies with Colombia's highly-danceable cumbia rhythm, surf rock wah-wah pedals, and rock and roll's organ-playing. These cumbias amazonicas migrated to Lima and became chicha, the soundtrack of empowerment for the era's newly urbanized indigenous population.

Links

• the roots of chicha online press kit