| Format | Audio CD |
| Ordering Number | SFW40570 |
| Barcode | 093074057025 |
| label | Smithsonian Folkways |
| Release date | 12/9/2016 |
| salesrank | 1270 |
With El Alma de Puerto Rico (the soul of Puerto Rico), the Grammy- and Latin Grammy-nominated ensemble Ecos de Borinquen presents its second Smithsonian Folkways album overflowing with pride in the island’s jíbaro creole folk traditions. The soulful, signature sounds of Miguel Santiago Diaz’s sung poetry in the ten-line décima verse form are cradled in the progressive instrumental arrangements by Ramón Vásquez Lamboy for two cuatro guitars, six-stringed guitar, güiro rasp, and bongo. The crystal-clear voice of Yezenia Cruz, Santiago’s disciple, adds sonoral dimension to this timeless yet contemporary rendition of deep Puerto Rican tradition.
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CD 1- 1.Sonando con regresar (Dreaming of Returning)04:11
- 2.Nuestro amigo el flamboyan (Our Friend, the Flame Tree)04:25
- 3.El aima de Puerto Rico (The Soul of Puerto Rico)03:32
- 4.Paraiso borincano (Borinquen Paradise)04:00
- 5.Homenaje a Juan Gonzalez (Tribute to Juan Gonzalez)02:17
- 6.Gloria al idioma espanol (Glory to the Spanish Language)04:04
- 7.Hospitalidad (Hospitality)03:44
- 8.El Rodadero (The Rodadero)02:24
- 9.Un sol de esperanza (A Light of Hope)03:36
- 10.Comerio vibra en mi (Comerio Resonates in Me)03:50
- 11.Tres generaciones (Three Generations)03:15
- 12.Cadenas (Chains)05:33
- 13.Fiesta en el batey (Fiesta in the Batey)04:02
- 14.Gloria (Gloria)03:13
- 15.Plegaria (Prayer)03:05
- 16.Por amor (For Love)03:55
- Total:59:06