As a rule, things always sound more romantic in Spanish. So it goes with Tito La Rosa, Peruvian sound healer. Or, in other words, curandero de sonido. The 52-year-old musician comes down from deep in ...

Music is an integral part of many of life’s most important moments and is a powerful way to create communal bonds. But the significance of a musical instrument is not only found in the events where it ...

Chicha is a form of Peruvian music that combines local folklore, South American beats and modern musical instruments. The recently released CD Roots of Chicha: Psychedelic Cumbias from Peru explores ...

Jazz revels in its hybrids. Fans debate the classical strains of Third Stream jazz, the intoxicating rhythms of Latin jazz and even the alluring sounds of smooth jazz, the jazz everyone seems to love ...

Kaypi, Perú—“This Is Peru” in the indigenous Quechua language—highlights Peru’s rich and diverse cultural heritage and traditional arts. For the webcast portion of the festival, we recorded ...

When most Americans think of Peruvian music, they think of the high Andes Mountains’ Quechuan music, marked by the fluttery sound of the bamboo zamponas pipes, the trebly, 20-string miniature guitar ...