''Santiago'' is an album by
The Chieftains, released through
RCA Records in 1996.
The album is dedicated to
traditional music of Galicia, the region in the northwest of
Spain, and also adaptation of
Galician emigrants' musical folklore in
Latin American music
The music of Latin America refers to music originating from Latin America, namely the Romance-speaking regions of the Americas south of the United States. Latin American music also incorporates African music from enslaved African people who were ...
, for example, in the music of
Mexico and
Cuba. As
Paddy Moloney noted in the CD's booklet,
Galicia
Galicia may refer to:
Geographic regions
* Galicia (Spain), a region and autonomous community of northwestern Spain
** Gallaecia, a Roman province
** The post-Roman Kingdom of the Suebi, also called the Kingdom of Gallaecia
** The medieval King ...
is "the world's most undiscovered
Celtic country".
The album features collaborations with
Carlos Núñez,
Linda Ronstadt,
Los Lobos
Los Lobos (, Spanish for "the Wolves") are an American rock band from East Los Angeles, California. Their music is influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country, zydeco, folk, R&B, blues, brown-eyed soul, and traditional music such as cumbia, ...
,
Ry Cooder
Ryland Peter "Ry" Cooder (born March 15, 1947) is an American musician, songwriter, film score composer, record producer, and writer. He is a multi-instrumentalist but is best known for his slide guitar work, his interest in traditional music, an ...
,
Eliot Fisk,
Richard Egües,
Pancho Amat
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,
Kepa Junkera, Júlio Pereira, (among others). In
1997
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, the album earned the group the
Grammy Award for
Best World Music Album.
Track listing
Personnel
*
Derek Bell -
harp
The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing or sitting, and in orche ...
,
tiompán,
harpsichord
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*
Martin Fay -
fiddle
A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including classical music. Although in many cases violins and fiddles are essentially synonymous, th ...
*
Seán Keane - fiddle
*
Kevin Conneff -
bodhrán, vocals
*
Matt Molloy -
flute
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*
Paddy Moloney -
uilleann pipes,
tin whistle
References
1996 albums
Grammy Award for Best World Music Album
RCA Records albums
The Chieftains albums
Collaborative albums
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