Musica Tipica de Ecuador

QUITO, ECUADOR --



Guest posted Maritza Gallardo from Quito, Ecuador:

As I try to find the best of Ecuadorian music, I can't help it but to feel a little nostalgic. Music, after all, transports me places. The particular type that comes to my mind first is the "pasillo" y "bolero". Basically played with a classic guitar. It is the type of music that my mom would listen to and I would absolutely hate when I was a little girl. Now it brings me back to the times when she would be cooking and singing to these romantic-nostalgic-just plain sad songs out loud. One of the biggest and most famous "pasillo" singers was Julio Jaramillo. I never thought I would own on of his CDs. But I do. It brings me back home. This is one of the most famous songs: Nuestro Juramento (Our Promise) and now, I can sing to all the lyrics just like my mom.



There are songs that with time become more like an anthem for a country's people. Specially for some of us that now live thousands of miles away. This video contains music from our Indigenas who are a great part of our culture and where we come from. A video worth watching, since it would show you the beautiful country where all this music comes from. BTW the lyrics are not spanish, they are in "quechua" the indigenan language...enjoy!



But not everything is nostalgia and romanticism in Ecuadorian music. Some tropical beats are also part of our ancestors and they are part of some of our music.
Now days, there are so many rock, ska, punk bands in our small country that it would be impossible to show them all in one post. This one in particular: Crucks n' Karnak modifies a pretty old song with new and more upbeat rhythms showing the new generation of ecuadorians and their preference in music.





Pictures are from personal travels in Ecuador in 2006