Sorry folks…I kinda ripped off the above title from another audioblog. But everything in this post is either bootlegged or stolen, so at least I’m consistent.
Anyway, I was in Nicaragua for about a week visiting family and came across some bootleg CD vendors – which is the pretty much how Nicaraguans get down with their music. I didn’t dig for any vinyl because I only had a smaller carry-on suitcase. Plus it was so fucking hot that I really didn’t want to stray to far from my cold beer. But I did get a few contacts for vinyl collections in both Managua and Leon, which I will exploit the next time I go back (October perhaps).
Despite all that, Nicaragua doesn’t really have a large music tradition like Mexico, Brazil or Colombia. I still did find some pretty cool stuff from the 60’s and 70’s. Most the music is 60’s rock, but I did manage to find a pretty dope descaraga track from Leon’s Los Hermanos Cortez, a group which was featured in Adam’s Musica Del Alma audioblog. Also, I found some music from the Atlantic coast, palo de mayo stuff, which I wrote about a while back aswell. I was going to throw up some Carlos Mejía Godoy (famous Nicaraguan folk singer), but COMMUNIST MUSIC IS BORING. ¡a la gran púchica!
1. Los Hermanos Cortez: El Apolo 9
2. Los Barbaros del Ritmo de Bluefields: Canción Desconocida
3. Los Pancho 5 Hippie: Cocktel Margarita
4. Los Rockets: Tema de William
Super Sonido 
Digging it! Especially Los Pancho 5 Hippie, but how could I not like something called “Cocktel Margarita”.
“El Apolo 9” is from the LP on my blog. Totally overlooked it!
Hi!
Greetings from Managua, Nicaragua
About the track number two:
2. Los Barbaros del Ritmo de Bluefields: “Judith drownded” is her title.
Mr. Silvester Hodgson ‘Tantó” from Cotton Tree in Bluefields is the author.
Regards,
Alcides Rojas
egards