Definitions
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- noun A style of
rural Cuban music .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But any real apprehensions dissolved when the musicians began recording the classic Cuban guajira Al Vaiv é n de mi Carreta.
A Harmonious Bridge Over the Atlantic Larry Blumenfeld 2010
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As you might gather from their name, Netherlands-based singer Estrella Acosta and her band play guajira, the countrified version of son popularized in recent years by Compay Segundo and Eliade Ochoa -- though their take on the style is relatively urbane, largely due to Acosta's smooth, sophisticated voice.
Chicago Reader 2010
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Breakbeats shuffle beneath the sly guajira "I Wanna Fly With You," which interpolates a snippet of Roy Ayers's "Everybody Loves the Sunshine," while "Solito me quede" combines elements of cumbia and hip-hop with Levin's acidic electric guitar and Brian Lynch's fiery trumpet.
Chicago Reader 2010
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Their music is a mix of all the styles of Cuban music, including bolero, chachachá, salsa, son montuno, timba, guajira, danzón, rumba and abakua.
WN.com - Articles related to South Africa Convicts Police Ex-Chief 2010
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As you might gather from their name, Netherlands-based singer Estrella Acosta and her band play guajira, the countrified version of son popularized in recent years by Compay Segundo and Eliade Ochoa -- though their take on the style is relatively urbane, largely due to Acosta's smooth, sophisticated voice.
Chicago Reader 2010
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Their music is a mix of all the styles of Cuban music, including bolero, chachachá, salsa, son montuno, timba, guajira, danzón, rumba and abakua.
WN.com - Articles related to South Africa Convicts Police Ex-Chief 2010
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As you might gather from their name, Netherlands-based singer Estrella Acosta and her band play guajira, the countrified version of son popularized in recent years by Compay Segundo and Eliade Ochoa -- though their take on the style is relatively urbane, largely due to Acosta's smooth, sophisticated voice.
Chicago Reader 2010
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As you might gather from their name, Netherlands-based singer Estrella Acosta and her band play guajira, the countrified version of son popularized in recent years by Compay Segundo and Eliade Ochoa -- though their take on the style is relatively urbane, largely due to Acosta's smooth, sophisticated voice.
Chicago Reader 2010
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I've always thought of his classic, "Micaela" as a guajira though it's a bit faster in tempo.
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I've always thought of his classic, "Micaela" as a guajira though it's a bit faster in tempo.
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