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January 30, 2021:
Los Wembler's de Iquitos Tribute + More Family Bands
Los Wembler’s are a band from Iquitos in the Amazon region of Peru, the world's largest isolated city (only reachable by boat). The band was founded by Solomon Sanchez with his sons in the early 1970s. Los Wembler's helped establish a style of music called chicha - kind of a surf and psych guitar driven mix of cumbia and other rhythms popular in their region. They recorded many albums during that decade, and two of their songs became popular throughout Peru - although the hit were versions recorded by another band, Los Mirlos, who were based in the more media-accessible capital, Lima.
In recent years Los Wembler's have had a revival thanks in large part to the work of our friend Olivier Conan of legendary Brooklyn bar / venue (and sister record label and artist management companies) Barbés. Olivier had spurred a revival of interest in the chicha genre (see his highly influential compilations
Roots of Chicha 1
and 2 and his band Chicha Libre)
and convinced the band to re-launch its career. Father Solomon had died many years ago, but five brothers were still around to form the core unit that started touring and recording. Until, sadly, three lost their lives to the COVID-19 pandemic, most recently Elmer Alberto Sanchez who passed away just this week. We pay tribute to the band with a set of old and new songs and we'll follow up with a more abstract tribute - a show full of music by family bands from around the world.
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Artist | Track | Album | Label | Year | Comments | Approx. start time |
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Hugh Masekela with Caiphus Semenya and Jonas Gwangwa | Shebeen | The Union of South Africa | Chisa | 1971 | Legendary Trombonist and Anti-Apartheid Activist Jonas Gwangwa passed away on Jan 23. Hear a much more thorough and in depth tribute on the final hour of Doug Schulkind's "Give the Drummer Some" Friday Jan 29 show on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio stream. | 0:00:00 (Pop-up) |
Jonas Gwangwa | Afradellic | Who (Ngubani)? | Decca | 1969 | 0:04:45 (Pop-up) | |
Jonas Gwangwa | Kgomo (Wedding Song) | Flowers Of The Nation | Sony | 2010 | 0:06:57 (Pop-up) | |
Los Wembler's de Iquitos | Sonido Amazónico | La Danza del Petrolero | 0:18:30 (Pop-up) | |||
Los Wembler's de Iquitos | La Danza del Petrolero | Various Artists: The Roots of Chicha 2 | Barbès Records | 0:20:37 (Pop-up) | ||
Los Wembler's de Iquitos | Lamento del Yacuruna | Various Artists: The Roots of Chicha 2 | Barbès Records | 0:23:22 (Pop-up) | ||
Los Wembler's de Iquitos | Bola Bola en el Tres | Various Artists: The Rough Guide To Psychedelic Cumbia | World Music Network | 0:26:19 (Pop-up) | ||
Los Wembler's de Iquitos | Ikarame | Ikarame | Barbès Records | 0:28:11 (Pop-up) | ||
Los Wembler's de Iquitos | Los Wembler's Para el Mundo | Visión del Ayahuasca | Barbès Records | 0:31:50 (Pop-up) | ||
Las Hermanas Caronni Feat Minino Garay & Moussa Koita | Santa Plástica | Santa Plástica | Les Grands Fleuves | Sisters from Argentina, based in France | 0:39:57 (Pop-up) | |
Las Ketchup | Un De Vez En Cuando | Hijas del Tomate | Spain - sisters Lucía, Lola, and Pilar Muñoz, later joined by fourth sister Rocío | 0:42:45 (Pop-up) | ||
Los Chichos | Soberana | Ni Más ni Menos | Juan Antonio Jiménez Muñoz (Jero), composer / lead vocalist w/ brothers Emilio and Julio González Gabarre - Gitano Rumba Pop from Spain | 0:46:10 (Pop-up) | ||
Les Frères Déjean | Joyeuses Vacances | Pa Gain Panne | 1975 | From Haiti - formed in 1963 by Lyonel Déjean, with brothers and extended family at core of band | 0:48:19 (Pop-up) | |
Las Hijas Del Sol | Ri'oko | Kottó | Nubenegra | 1997 | Apo Piruchi and her niece Paloma Botupá Loribo Apo, both originating from the island of Bioko, Ecuatorial Guinea. I think this song is mostly in the Bubi language (they also sing in Spanish). | 0:52:27 (Pop-up) |
Joan Soriano | Cuánto Lloré | La Familia Soriano | iASO Records | Back-to-the-roots bachata singer from Domican Republic with musical family members | 1:01:08 (Pop-up) | |
La Familia Valera Miranda | Tuna, Mayari, Guantanamo | Cuba: La Familia Valera Miranda | Ocora | A family whose origins are in Oriente, birthplace of the Cuban son | 1:05:52 (Pop-up) | |
Julio A., Hotu S. Et Sa Famille | Mai Hiva Te Poki | Chants de L'ile De Pâques | Buda Musique | Family string band from Easter Island | 1:10:48 (Pop-up) | |
Bernard Gitahi & His Sister | Muiritu Ukomaga Kwa Mburi | Single | Melodica | Kenyan duo singing in Kikuyu language | 1:12:56 (Pop-up) | |
Lijadu Sisters | Not Any Longer | Horizon Unlimited | Shanachie | Nigerian singing sisters | 1:16:27 (Pop-up) | |
Tagoe Sisters | Nyame Ye Kese | Nyame Ye Kese | Gospel-singing twin sisters Lydia Dedei Yawson Nee Tagoe and Elizabeth Korkoi Tagoe from Ghana, based in London | 1:20:45 (Pop-up) | ||
A-WA | Shama'a | Bayti Fi Rasi (My Home is in My Head) | Three singing sisters, from Israel, Yemeni Jewish roots | 1:29:30 (Pop-up) | ||
Groupe Idriss Lallmahomed et Freres | Damadam Mast Kalandar | Various Artists: Voyage Musical - Réunion-Rodrigues-Maurice | Auvidis Ethnic | Sufi qawwali group based in Ile de Maurice | 1:35:39 (Pop-up) | |
Sabri Brothers | Az Hoosné Malihe Khud | Various Artists: Rough Guide to Sufi Music | World Music Network | First qawwali band to tour US (before Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) - played Carnegie Hall in 1975 | 1:41:23 (Pop-up) | |
Lata Mangeshkar, Meena Mangeshkar, Usha Mangeshkar, Hridaynath Mangeshkar | Sagara Pran Talmalala | The Phenomenal Mangeshkars - Swar Sumananjali | Odeon | The siblings (without their other singing sister Asha Bhosle) recorded a tribute album on the 25th anniversary of the death of their father, Deenanath Mangeshkar, who was famous as a stage actor and singer in the first half of the 20th Century in India | 1:47:08 (Pop-up) | |
Solju | Beaivi, áhčči | Ođđa Áigodat | Bafe's Factory | Sami singers from Finland - Ulla Pirttijärvi and daughter Hildá Länsman | 1:51:39 (Pop-up) | |
Alaev Family | Sarsari | The Alaev Family and Tamir Muskat | Bukharian Jewish, Tajikistan roots, moved to Israel in 90s | 1:55:30 (Pop-up) | ||
Stalti Family | Wolf Dance | Livonian Songs | Livonia = a historic region, on eastern shores of the Baltic sea - parts of current Latvia and Estonia | 2:04:56 (Pop-up) | ||
Mastora Family Band | Pastoral Melody | Marcel Cellier Présente L'Albanie Folklorique | Disques Cellier | 1979 | 2:06:38 (Pop-up) | |
Famille Lela de Përmet | Kaba C'u Keput Njekembemali | Polyphonies Vocales Et Instrumentales d'Albanie | Network Medien | 2:09:23 (Pop-up) | ||
Ramadan, Celin and Zija Brajrami | Oro Ibraim odza | Various Artists - Zurli Trestat Tapan Cuka | Radio-Televizija Beograd | From Debar, Macedonia - double-reed - zurla, and tapan percussion | 2:12:16 (Pop-up) | |
Kapela Maliszów | Drewniana Mańka | Wiejski Dżez | Unzipped Fly | Dad, son and daughter from rural Męcina Mała, southern Poland | 2:15:30 (Pop-up) | |
Trebunie Tutki | Bodej Byś Sie Chłopce | Zagrojcie Dudzicki | Family of musicians originating from Biały Dunajec village near Zakopane, Poland | 2:18:01 (Pop-up) | ||
Montanaro Duo | Tovább | Miquéu & Baltazar | Global-rootsy father and son | 2:22:17 (Pop-up) | ||
Rosen Sisters | Psarapoula | Rosen Sisters Live at the Golden Festival Atrium Stage, Grand Prospect Hall, Brooklyn, January 14 2012 (recorded by WFMU) | 2:25:13 (Pop-up) | |||
Zani, famiglia | Piamontesi | Various Artists: Tribu Italiche - Lombardia | 2:31:57 (Pop-up) | |||
The Watersons | The North Country Maid | The Watersons - Early Days | Topic | 2:33:06 (Pop-up) | ||
Yoshida Brothers | Ajigasawa Jinku | Hishou | 2:35:47 (Pop-up) | |||
Guo Brothers | First Train Through The Village | Our Homeland | Bamboo Mountain | UK-based multi-instrumentalists | 2:39:00 (Pop-up) | |
Zhou Family Band | 100 Birds Saluting the Phoenix | Live on WFMU, February 1, 2020 (Mixed by Mike Cohen) | For generations, the Zhou Family, from Lingbi, Anhui Province, Eastern China, has played boisterous, exuberant - yet remarkably precise - horn-and-percussion music called Bolin Laba. It's music for weddings, funerals and everything in between. | 2:40:51 (Pop-up) | ||
Balfa Freres | Valse des Platains | Various Artists: Louisiana Cajun French Music, Volume One | Rounder | 2010 | 2:47:50 (Pop-up) | |
The Wild Irish Roses | Jenny Nettles | Full Bloom | 2:51:38 (Pop-up) | |||
The Wild Irish Roses | Fox on the Run | Full Bloom | 2:53:52 (Pop-up) | |||
The Deighton Family | I Can See Clearly Now | Rolling Home | Rounder | 2:59:12 (Pop-up) |
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Listener comments!
Threemoons:
Mister Dobalina:
Scott67:
😎✌❤🌏
Bas NL:
Scott67:
😎🤙
slugluv1313:
oh wow -- IQUITOS! CHICHA! YES!!!
chresti:
radioronan:
Rob W:
Scott67:
litmus0001:
headcleaner:
chresti:
Mister Dobalina:
chresti:
slugluv1313:
TDK60:
Scott67:
chresti:
TDK60 and slugluv!\\ //
Scott67:
slugluv1313:
chresti:
Scott67:
slugluv1313:
Andres:
slugluv1313:
Scott67:
slugluv1313:
oh yes, of course -- LLORANDO
Ken From Hyde Park:
Scott67:
Scott67:
TDK60:
Scott67:
Megaroni:
Ken From Hyde Park:
Rick from SC:
Rob W:
Handy Haversack:
We met friends to hang out with them outside. HOLY CRAP is it cold. I had on two pairs of socks, and it wasn't nearly enough. Never get off of the boat!
Scott67:
Mister Dobalina:
chresti:
chresti:
Marie:
Handy Haversack:
Hi, chresti!
chresti:
Scott67:
A mild 26c.
Handy Haversack:
Very nice, Scott! Tell Peter Garrett to stay on the damn case!
Scott67:
Mister Dobalina:
upstatesean:
Marie:
Barba Yiorgi:
Barba Yiorgi:
Handy Haversack:
Hey, Barba Yiorgi!
TDK60:
Handy Haversack:
McGroovey:
"Warms up" means the temperature of the air goes from say -10⁰c to say -5⁰f. Yes, the lake also causes demetrication. Demetrickization. Something.
Franco Twinkie:
Ken From Hyde Park:
Rob W:
TDK60:
Bas NL:
TDK60:
Barba Yiorgi:
Handy Haversack:
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Andres:
Rob W:
TDK60:
Dave Miss:
Handy Haversack:
Thanks, Rob. Fantabulous show. Very happy to have been here.
Spanners of borders, transgressors of nations, flaunters of rules: be well, friends!
Bas NL:
Handy Haversack:
a polished polish lady:
Dave Miss:
Barba Yiorgi:
TDK60:
Handy Haversack:
Where's Jason with the hearts?!
slugluv1313:
take care, everyone and YES! stay warm!!!
chresti:
radioronan:
slugluv1313: