Cusco - Apurimac

Jubilant pan flutes and Incan rhythms inspired by leader Michael Holm's trip to the Peruvian Andes. Celebrates the Incan civilization with a modern vigor that brings its ancient spirit to life. Album Description

What's up?

This is standard New Age fare served up by a German group who are heavy into Peruvian music. Lots of pan flute. However, this Apurimac[named after a river in Peru] is not the Charanga Latin group from Greece! Huh? I dunno how this Apurimac got it's name, so confusing,yes? December 4, 2007

This is "authentic?"

While I can agree with other reviewer's comments about the flow of the music, it seems to lack the tribal feel that I would have expected from anything claiming to be authentic Peruvian or Andean. Where are the native percussive sounds? It sounds pretty, but not sure it's really true enough to form to be anything more than good marketting using the mystery of the unknown as a selling feature.

This said, the Apurimac III does a much better job IMO. November 1, 2007

APURIMAC ~ CUSCO

As a great fan of CUSCO I have most of his music and have just added his three APURIMAC CD's to my collection. I enjoy many different kinds of music but seem to have Cusco on every day more and more. His lovely sounds are so happy and uplifting...a person just can't stay in a bad mood. March 9, 2007

Coast to Coast theme

I bought this recording to get the Coast to Coast closing theme. I like it very much though the song I wanted "the Inca Dance" is rather short. Oh well. The rest of the CD is okay -2 to 3 stars- kind of pan flute meets stars on 45 ish. January 9, 2007

Brilliant!

Heard this music for the first time on Coast to Coast and had to get the CD! I think I played it 3 times the first day I received it! January 5, 2007

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