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Artist
Caliche
12+ albums
andesworldfolkAllandean
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Caliche have been one of the leading groups promoting the music and culture of South America in Britain for the last 18 years. Caliche play instruments such as panpipes, flutes, charangos and mandolins which evoke the magic of the Altiplano scenery, cradle to the Inca civilisation. The wind instruments of the native South Americans, the strings of the Spaniards and the rhythms of the coastal black communities have combined to produce one of the world's richest folk traditions. Caliche's music expresses the joys and the sufferings of the campesinos of the Andes and the shanty-towns dwellers of the great Latin American cities. Caliche do more than perform their vibrant music. Audiences are invited to familiarise themselves with an impressive collection of Andean instruments, the origins of which are explained during performances. Caliche started working in the field of education in 1989 and over the years the group have established a reputation as the main ensemble bringing the music of Latin and South America to primary and secondary schools through workshops and performing projects that feature the rich array of Latin American rhythms as well as the haunting sounds of instruments of the Andes and of the Amazon rainforest. Most of the educational work takes place in the Midlands as the group is based in Birmingham. Nevertheless Caliche have had regular involvement in projects elsewhere, as in the case of the 'Primary Live' Project in Cheshire, in partnership with Cheshire Mu
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