12:21 | Lima, Oct. 18 (ANDINA).
Peru’s renowned Afro-Peruvian artist Eva Ayllon is set to perform on Friday, Oct 19 in Thessaloniki, Greece as part of the official showcases.
Eva Ayllon is a world citizen and an international ambassador of Peru’s culture. Ayllon’s musical roots are in two coastal Peruvian styles: música criolla (Creole music) and Afro-Peruvian music.
Eva Ayllón has moved landó in a new direction since the Afro-Peruvian revival, re-imagining it as a kind of sensual and highly syncopated popular ballad with varied instrumentations, worldmusiccentral.org reported.
An innovator in both criollo and Afro-Peruvian styles, she adds Afro-Cuban batá drums, West African jembe, jazzy keyboards, and salsa-style horn sections to the mix. Yet, Eva Ayllón’s style remains both fiercely individual and distinctively Peruvian.
Ayllón continues her four-decade unstoppable career returning in 2013 to Carnegie Hall after a sold-out performance in 2008.
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Published: 10/18/2012