Susana Baca
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Susana Esther Baca de la Colina is a prominent Peruvian singer-songwriter, school teacher, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and three-time Latin Grammy Award winner. She has been a key figure in the revi
Baca in Santa Cruz, 17 April 2010
Baca performing in 2006
Baca performing in 2017
Cajón
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A cajón is a box-shaped percussion instrument originally from Peru, played by slapping the front or rear faces with the hands, fingers, or sometimes implements such as brushes, mallets, or sticks.
Susana Baca
…and part of greater Lima. Her music is a mixture of traditional and contemporary. Her backing band features indigenous Peruvian instruments such as the cajón ("wooden box", whose origins lie in an upturned fruit crate), udu (clay pot), and quijada (jawbone of a burro) cheko a dried gourd, as well as acoustic…
Homemade cajón
Heidi Joubert playing a decorated cajón in Cambridge, England
Example percussion setup, with cajón replacing the bass drum
Kandu Tempest Wild cajon