03
Nov
08

RIP: Yma Sumac

By Michael 0 Comments
Categories: Music, News and Video

The Queen of Peruvian exotica passed away Saturday morning. An amazing 5 octave vocal range and a presence shrouded in as much myth as Machu Picchu will be missed. Here’s a couple of tracks to ease the crunch of election tension.

Cha Cha Gitano

From the 1954 LP Mambo! arranged by Billy May. Her second release tapping into of the mambo craze of the tiki party decade.

Let Me Hear You

From Miracles, the rock cross over attempt helmed by Les Baxter in 1972.

And finally this crazy video of ‘Chuncho (The Forest Creatures)’, from her first and best known Voice of the Xtabay.

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