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Correo Aereo

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Correo Aereo (Air Mail) plays traditional and original music of Latin America; primarily of Venezuela, Mexico and Argentina. Together, Abel Rocha and Madeleine Sosin combine an array of string and percussive instruments with silken vocal harmonies described as “locked in carnal embrace” (Austin Chronicle). Abel plays harp, guitar, cuatro and quinta huapanguera. Madeleine plays violin, maracas, bombo and jarana. Their music is polyrhythmic and melodic; fiery, haunting, joyful. For press clips and more go to correoaereo.com .
Correo Aereo was selected as winner of the SXSW Austin Music Awards 2000-2001, ‘Best Traditional Mexican/Latino Act’. In addition to three recordings, Provinces, Lo Que Me Dijo El Viento and Para Cantarle Al Rio,, Correo Aereo has also composed soundtracks for film including Shipibo Konibo by Dutch filmmaker Willem Malten. Their music is featured in film and CD soundtracks of Universal Picture’s, The Life of David Gale directed by Alan Parker and Nicolas Cage, starring Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet and Laura Linney, and most recently, Before The Music Dies, (B4MD), by Andrew Shapter and Joel Rasmussen.
The documentary film ‘B4MD’ featuring Elvis Costello, Eric Clapton, Dave Matthews, Erykah Badu, Branford Marsalis, Bonnie Raitt, Los Lobos, ?uestlove, Calexico and many more is touring the U.S. sponsored by MySpace.com and is currently available for purchase through Amazon.com. The CD soundtrack from ‘B4MD’ will be released Spring 2007. XMradio.com has devoted an entire channel to ‘B4MD’, which both airs the film and plays tracks from ‘B4MD’s’ featured artists. For more info, go to XMradio.com or myspace.com/beforethemusicdies .
Correo Aereo performs at festivals, theaters and music venues throughout the U.S. and abroad, including Holland's prestigious Moondive, an international collaborative media project produced by VPRO Television-Radio Amsterdam, led by Joey Burns and John Convertino of Calexico. Their music has also been heard on Democracy Now with Amy Goodman.
In addition to their three CDs, the music of Correo Aereo can be found on compilations such as Putumayo Records international release Music Of The Coffee Lands II, the City of Austin’s limited edition CD On Any Given Evening, and Disc Makers Independent Music World Series, IMWS- The Top 16 Acts From The West 2006. Their contributed tracks on other artists’ CDs include Calexico, Santiago Jimenez Jr. and Toni Price.
Correo Aereo currently is based in Seattle, Washington. They are available for touring and local concert, festival, educational, private, community & corporate events, etc. Correo Aereo is currently looking for National & International Representation.
You can listen to Correo Aereo and learn more at correoaereo.com .
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Member Since: 4/1/2006
Band Website: www.correoaereo.com
Band Members: Correo Aereo is:
Abel Rocha: Vocals, harp, guitar, cuatro, quinta huapanguera, bombo, cajon, quijada.
Madeleine Sosin: Vocals, violin, maracas, bombo, cajon, quijada, jarana.
Evan Flory Barnes on stand up bass
Special guests who have contributed to various tracks: Rosie Ochoa: bass. Rob Halverson: bass, guitar. Aiko Shimada: vocals. Amy Denio: clarinet, vocals. Randy Neal: bass. Benjamin Mahua: shaman singer of the Shipibo Konibo tribe. Members of the Shipibo Konibo tribe: laughter & murmerings.
*Now you can buy our entire albums as one zip download, through our good friends CDbaby.com! The downloads include the MP3s, a JPG of the album art, and a text file of songtitles, album notes, and links back to your other websites! They're regular MP3 files that play easy on ANY MP3 player you use, whether iPod, cellphone, Blackberry, iPhone, Nokia,Windows, Mac, Linux, etc. The MP3s are encoded at top-audiophile-quality (~200k VBR), higher than iTunes or any other major store. Niiiiiiiice, huh? Just download here!
Lo Que Me Dijo El Viento
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Provinces
http://cdbaby.com/cd/correoaereo2
Para Cantarle Al Rio
http://cdbaby.com/cd/correoaereo3

*These videos are also available in our Video Section of the Profile.
We suggest if you experience stalling to view there.Our fantastic students at 2008 American Festival Of Fiddle Tunes, CORREO CARACOL/SNAIL MAIL playing Son Solito/Caballito. Their name may be caracol, but they learned like the wind! We are so proud of them. Check them out!

Influences: Cantores del Panuco, Trio Armonia Huasteca, Jorge Cafrune, Atahualpa Yupanqui, Mercedes Sosa, Maria Teresa Chacin, Camperos de Valles, Reynaldo Armas, Damaso Figueredo, Violeta Parra, Eudes Alvarez, Soledad Bravo, Los Folkloristas, Nicomedes Santa Cruz, Gente Morena, Trio Camalote de Panuco, Suna Rocha, Nature...
Paco de Lucia, Cameron de la Isla, Tomatito, Gerardo Nunez, Lole Y Manuel, Enrique Morente, Estrella Morente, Flamenco, Sephardic & Klezmer music, Ravi Shankar, Dr. L Subramaniam, Gazal, Indian music, Middle Eastern music, J S Bach...
...and of course we are always listening... Nino Roti, Circus music, Songhai, Toumani Diabate, African music, Javanese music, Eliades Ochoa, Cuarteto Patria, Eduardo Falu, Susana Baca, Carlos Paredes, Ruben Blades, Lila Downs, Lhasa, Aretha Franklin, Silvia Iriondo, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Billy Holiday, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Jazz, Motown, Soul, Blues... To name a very few. Like I said, in this whirled of sound, we are always listening...
Record Label: self produced
Type of Label: Indie

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