The Adventures of Sydney and Her Accordion in the Dominincan Re
About this original series
Doctoral candidate in ethnomusicology at New York University, researching Dominican merengue tipico. Pianist. Accordionist. Formerly dancer (until I blew my knee out). Want to know more? Email me.
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# Episodes
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Episodes of The Adventures of Sydney and Her Accordion in the Dominincan Re
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Leopoldo Santos at Macoris
An evening at Macoris Restaurant in East New York, Brooklyn - the best place for merengue tipico in New York.
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Release date
Sep 26, 2006
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Runtime
03:34
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Palos music - Grupo Mello
I shot this video one very dark night at the Casa de Arte in Santiago, Dominican Republic. It is of my friends the Turbí brothers, heads of the group Mello de San Juan, performing palos music. They are originally from San Juan de la Maguana, in the Southwest, but now live in Santiago. The second part of the clip focuses on people dancing to the music.
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Release date
Jul 7, 2006
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Runtime
01:22
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El Prodigio and Rafaelito Mirabal
At the closing ceremony for the Feria Regional del Libro in Santiago, Dominican Republic in September 2005, accordionist El Prodigio gave this surprise performance. He joined jazz pianist Rafaelito Mirabal to play Periblues (a tune Miarbal composed and El Prodigio recorded on his 2005 album, Pambiche Meets Jazz) - the first time anyone's tried to combine jazz with merengue tipico. I've excerpted some exciting moments here: President Leonel Fernandez and his wife arriving, El Prodigio's solo, F...
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Release date
Jul 7, 2006
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Runtime
01:38
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Ga-ga
A ga-gá music and dance group dedicated to San Miguel plays in a batey (sugar cane settlement) near Barahona in the Southwestern DR. This clip shows a few moments when the dancers were performing with machetes. Filmed by Sydney Hutchinson in April 2006, during Semana Santa.
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Release date
Jul 7, 2006
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