SOAS Concert Series - Behind The Music: Candombé, Songs and Drums from Uruguay

06/11/2014 38 min
SOAS Concert Series - Behind The Music: Candombé, Songs and Drums from Uruguay

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In Behind The Music this week, we hear from Guillermo Rozenthuler, who talks about his upcoming concert 'Candombe: Songs and Drums from Uruguay'. We learn something of the music from Uruguay, Latin-America’s ‘unknown gem’, and how the Afro-carnival tradition and rhythm of Candombé spread from Montevideo to influence the music of South America.