Chuck Prophet & Cumbia Group ¿Qiensave? – Wake The Dead
Chuck Prophet & Cumbia Group ¿Qiensave – Wake The Dead
Format: CD – Vinyl LP
Label: Yep Roc Records
Release: 2024
Release date: October 25, 2024
Wake The Dead is California singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer Chuck Prophet’s new collaborative album with Cumbia group ¿Qiensave?
An extraordinary and unlikely pairing, Prophet and ¿Qiensave? blend seamlessly together as the collection dives headfirst into the world of Cumbia music, which consumed and comforted Prophet during a recent bout with stage four lymphoma and subsequent recovery.
The result is a profoundly adventurous celebration of life that balances hope and fear in equal measure, a rich and exultant meditation on what really matters from an artist who always manages to find the light, even in the face of the most oppressing darkness.
The songs are intoxicatingly rhythmic, all but demanding you move your body while you listen, with arrangements that blur the lines between tradition and innovation, between past and present, between cultures and countries. There are flashes of rock and roll, punk, surf, and soul, all filtered through the streets of San Francisco and wrapped up in the rich legacy of a genre that traces its roots back hundreds of years and thousands of miles.
Website: http://www.chuckprophet.com/
Tracks:
01. Wake The Dead
02. Betty’s Song
03. Give the Boy a Kiss
04. First Came the Thunder
05. Sally Was a Cop
06. Red Sky Night
07. Same Old Crime
08. One Lie for Me, One for You
09. Sugar into Water
10. In the Shadows (for Elon)
11. It’s a Good Day to Be Alive
Musicians:
Chuck Prophet and ¿Qiensave?:
Alejandro “Flaco” Gomez, Ricardo Cortez, Mario Cortez, Carlos Cortez, William Cortez