Following the success of our first holiday CD, Volume II was recorded and released in 2011. The album features more Christmas melodies interpreted with Andean instruments. While the original CD of 2005 contains a majority of holiday classics, Volume II contains some pieces that are less renown, such as “Bring a Torch” and “O Come,…
Recorded in 2009, this CD was an attempt to duplicate the formula used in the making of the Contrasts CD by selecting songs that were both Andean and contemporary. The melodies are a variety of traditional as well as recognizable tunes interpreted with Andean instrumentation. Bolivian string virtuoso Fernando Torrico participated in the making of…
One of my favorite CDs. Recorded in the fall of 2005 in Tijeras, New Mexico. This work was done after many years of live performances of traditional Christmas melodies. It was obvious that people were interested in a holiday recording so I set to create it. The album has proven to be incredibly popular. The…
This work was a result of a trip to Bolivia in the winter of 2002. It was during this trip that I met one of Bolivia’s premier charango players, Fernando Torrico. A musician who owned and operated his own studio, I asked Fernando to collaborate on a new CD. His parts were recorded in Bolivia…
Contrasts has proven to be our best selling CD. Recorded in Tijeras, New Mexico during the fall and winter of 1998, the album contains a varied selection of songs, ranging from the traditional (Piel Morena) to the utmost contemporary at the time with the popular love song “My Heart will go on”. The idea behind…
Recorded in Tijeras, New Mexico, in the fall of 1997. This work was the first recording to come out following the Markahuasi years. Many traditional song-forms displayed throughout, including Ecuadorian San Juanitos and a number of Bolivian song- forms like the Morenada, Trote, Saya and Taquirari. This was the first time we explored a few…