POET JUSTIN SPRING'S SOULSPEAK STUDIO: January 2011

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SOUL MUSIC FROM MEXICO

CANCIONES DEL ALMA
(SONGS OF THE SOUL)

1. LUPITA CANTA
(LUPITA SINGS)

LUPITA IS A SHY, HIGHLY SPIRITUAL SINGER WHO SELDOM SINGS OUTSIDE OF THE CORPUS CRISTI CHURCH IN COZUMEL.

HER RICH, PASSIONATE VOICE IS FROM THE SOUL: IT IS THE KIND OF VOICE THAT OCCURS ONLY ONCE IN A LIFETIME.

I ASKED HER ONE NIGHT IF SHE WOULD SING SOME OF HER FAVORITE LOVE SONGS AT THE BEAUTIFUL TEKILA CAFE SO I COULD RECORD THEM. HER SINGING TOOK EVERYONE'S BREATH AWAY. IT WAS BEYOND MAGICAL. FORGET THAT THE SINGING IS IN SPANISH: LISTEN WITH YOUR SOUL, NOT YOUR EARS.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD AND/OR LISTEN TO FREE MP3S OF LUPITA SINGING AT THE BEAUTIFUL TEKILA WATERSIDE CAFE AND AT THE CORPUS CRISTI CHURCH.

CLICK HERE FOR YOUTUBE VIDEOS OF HER SINGING AT THE BEAUTIFUL TEKILA WATERSIDE CAFE AND AT THE CORPUS CRISTI CHURCH.

2. Justin Spring's
CANTOS DEL NORTE:
The Songs of the People of Alamos, Sonora, Mexico

DIRECTOR'S CUT

THIS IS A DIRECTOR'S CUT, AN EXPANSION OF MY ORIGINAL CANTOS DEL NORTE CD OF FOLK SONGS THAT I RECORDED AROUND 2005.

THE ORIGINAL ALBUM FEATURED SINGERS (CANTANTES) WHO WERE NOT PROFESSIONAL SINGERS BUT ORDINARY PEOPLE LIVING IN A SMALL TOWN CALLED ALAMOS IN SONORA IN NORTHERN MEXICO, WHERE I LIVED FOR MANY YEARS WITH MY COMPANION, ADORA.

I FOUND THE SINGING OF MY ALAMOS NEIGHBORS FAR SUPERIOR TO THE MANY COMMERCIAL RENDITIONS I HAD HEARD. THEIR VOICES MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AS POLISHED BUT THEY HAD MORE SOUL, IT WAS A SIMPLE AS THAT.

IN THIS DIRECTOR'S CUT I HAVE ADDED THE SINGING OF OTHER ORDINARY PEOPLE OF ALAMOS THAT I ENCOUNTERED AFTER I HAD CUT THE ORIGINAL ALBUM.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD AND/OR LISTEN TO INDIVIDUAL FREE MP3 TRACKS OF EACH OF THESE EXTRAORDINARY CANTANTES.

CLICK HERE FOR SOME OF MY YOUTUBE DREAMSTORY VIDEOS THAT I MADE MUCH LATER, USING SOME OF THEIR SONGS AS A SOUNDTRACK. IN SOME CASES, YOU WILL HEAR THE SPEAKING VOICES OF MYSELF AND ADORA INTERWOVEN WITH THEIR SINGING

HERE ARE SOME OF THE MASTER ALBUMS AND ALBUM COVERS WE MADE FOR EACH SINGER OR SINGING GRUOUP SO THEY COULD THEN COPY THEM TO MAKE THEIR OWN TAPES OR CDS.

MAKING MASTER AND COVER ART NORMALLY COSTS HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS. WE DID IT FOR FREE. WE TOOK THE BEST TRACKS FROM EACH MASTER TO MAKE OUR CANTOS DEL NORTE ALBUM.

JUSTIN SPRING'S
CANTOS OF YAQUI SANGRE

THESE RECORDINGS ARE OF TWO YAQUI INDIAN BROTHERS LIVING IN SONORA WHO CALL THEMSELVES YAQUI SANGRE
(YAQUI BLOOD).

THEIR CANTOS HAVE A UNIQUE SOUND SIMILAR TO KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS.

I MADE THE RECORDING AT A LIVE PERFORMANCE IN ALAMOS, SONORA, AND GAVE THEM A MASTER TRACK SO THEY COULD CREATE THEIR OWN CD, WHICH THEY DID, AND THEY MARKET IT IN MEXICO.

YOU CAN LISTEN AND DOWNLOAD THESE TRACKS FOR FREE. ENJOY THEM. THEY ARE UNIQUE.

TO LISTEN, CLICK HERE AND THEN SELECT TRACKS 1 THRU 19 YOU WISH TO LISTEN TO OR DOWN LOAD.