Rumillajta

Rumillajta
Origin	La Paz, Bolivia
Genres	Andean music
Instrument(s)	Charango, Charangón Guitarra Zampoñas (Chuli, malta, zanka and toyos) Quenas Quenachos Bombo, Chajchas
Years active	1980–present
Labels	Discolandia Dueri y Cía Tumi Rumillajta Recordings
Members	Juan Jorge Laura (founder) Leonardo Laura Cesar Ulloa Eddy Limachi Joan Ismael
Past members	Víctor Ferrel Edwin Rowert Édgar Villarroel Adrián Villanueva † Néstor Tintaya Juan Carlos Cordero Édgar Mtes. de Oca Miguel A. Puña Max Carlos Ponce Miguel A. Villanueva Alejandro Alarcón Gustavo Tarqui Efrain Loza Mauricio Flores Cristian Flores Christian Espinosa René Matías

Rumillajta (Quechua: rumi stone, llaqta place (village, city), pronounced ɾʊmɪ'ʎaqta) is a Bolivian musical group that formed in 1980, by Juan Jorge Laura Quisbert, and became one of the most important progenitors of Andean music. They were the subjects of a short documentary from the BBC and played at festivals on three continents (Asia, Europe and America). Their music concerns folk themes and nature as well as more political themes like foreign exploitation and indigenous rights. The virtuosity, the unique style and innovation with which it presents the music of the high mountains and its warm valleys, have given the group its international prestige as one of the first in the genre of traditional music and as one of the finest and most serious exponents of Andean music.

Discography

Albums

• City of Stone (1984)
• Hoja De Coca (1984)
• Pachamama (1986)
• Wiracocha (1987)
• Tierra Mestiza (1989)
• Urupampa (1991)
• Atahuallpa (1994)
• Takiririllasu (1995)
• Pachakuti (2001)

External links

• All Music
• Rumillajta discography at Discogs
• American Public Media article