The guitar was imported in the indonesian archipelago by Portuguese colonization several centuries ago and remains today a popular instrument, played everywhere in the streets, by the beggars, the priests and teenagers, glowing, customized or patched-up, of the size of the Bolivian charango or with a of most traditional shape. Its repertory remains however unknown outside the country and few recordings are available to this date. This twentieth and last opus of the amazing Music of Indonesia collection at Smithsonian/Folkways and directed by Philip Yampolsky in the 1990’s, magnificiently fills this gap by proposing recordings realized in Timor, Sumatra, in Jakarta, in Sulawesi and in Sumba.
Music of Indonesia - 20
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings -
SFW CD 40447
• Stambul Naturil -
(Usman Achmad - Sumatra).mp3
• Sungguh Terpaksa -
(La Podding & La Mamma - Sulawesi).mp3