Grupo Mono Blanco - '¡Fandango! Sones Jarochos from Veracruz' [Behind The Scenes Documentary]

This video features Grupo Mono Blanco discussing their history, love of music, and Smithsonian Folkways album '¡Fandango! Sones Jarochos from Veracruz.'
Produced and directed by Charlie Weber and Daniel Sheehy
Sound by Pete Reiniger
Edited by Matthew Archibald
'¡Fandango! Sones Jarochos from Veracruz' available on CD and Digital.
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Grupo Mono Blanco changed the course of music history. Beginning in 1977, Gilberto Gutiérrez led the grassroots Mexican musical group in launching a back-to-the-future renaissance, digging deep into the rural culture of Veracruz, bringing it to the forefront of musical life, and igniting a major “people’s music” movement that spread throughout Mexico, the United States, and beyond. Melding past and present, Mono Blanco breathes fresh life into the sounds of traditional stringed instruments, percussion, poetic improvisation, and the fandango community celebration.
This album is the 47th in the Smithsonian Folkways Tradiciones/Traditions Series of Latino music albums, produced with support from the Smithsonian Latino Center.
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[@Steve-cs8nd]

What a blessing El Jarocho is. It is one of the most pure and beautiful musical traditions on the face of Mother Earth. You guys are delightful. I can’t get enough of it as a Violao player of Bossa Nova, Choro and some Tango myself.

[@Steve-cs8nd]

You look all look fantastic too. Smile while you play to invite the Holy Joy to your musical prayer of rare beauty. Just the act of smiling ( even when nervous) has magic in it. We must get this magnificent art known to a broader audience. If people knew they’d just fall in love with it. It’s impossible to resist 🥳

[@antoniosalinas5352]

GRUPO MONO BLANCO... REFERENTE OBLIGADO AL SON JAROCHO!!!...

[@cornellwaters9089]

🌏 Music!

[@proyectoJAROCHO]

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