Jukebox.(Around the Mall)(Ivo Diaz performs his father's composition, 'Matilde Lina')(Brief article)

Publication: Smithsonian

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LOVE SONG Last year, Smithsonian Folkways invited local musicians to a studio in Valledupar, Colombia, to record traditional vallenato music at its best. Seated in the studio and surrounded by fellow musicians, Leandro Diaz, 80, who claims to have composed 400 songs, told the story behind one of his...

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