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Los Camperos de Valles demonstrate the instrumental and vocal tecniques of son huasteco.
Source: 768k Quicktime Video, 4m 13s.
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Since the group's inception, Los Camperos de Valles have come to represent the best in one of Mexico's most distinctive and uplifting folk music traditions— the son huasteco. Marked by florid poetry, soaring high falsetto vocals, and ornate and elaborate violin improvisation, the son huasteco hails from the Huasteca, one of Mexico's most celebrated cultural regions. The Huasteca, which overlaps six states in east-central Mexico— San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, Tamaulipas, Hidalgo, Querétaro, and Puebla— is characterized by the historical blending of diverse cultures, including Spanish, indigenous, and African. The son huasteco has become an important expression of this centuries-old regional mestizo identity. Through their collaboration with musician, lyricist, and producer Artemio Posadas to record the 2005 Smithsonian album El Ave de mi Soñar, Los Camperos de Valles bring fresh lyrics to the existing repertoire of son huasteco music, reflecting the lively, ongoing creativity within the son huasteco tradition.
Los Camperos de Valles has long been acclaimed as one of the signature representatives of son huasteco music. The trio, which takes its name from the city of Ciudad Valles in the state of San Luis Potosí, first came together about 1974 when jarana player Joel Monroy Martínez joined up with veteran musicians Marcos Hernández and Heliodoro Copado. At that time, Copado was considered one of the greatest exponents of the Huastecan violin tradition, and Hernández was himself...
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