Aché (album) explained

Aché
Type:	Album
Artist:	Merceditas Valdés
Cover:	Aché (Merceditas Valdés album).jpg
Released:	1982
Recorded:	Cuba
Label:	Siboney EGREM
Producer:	Rodulfo Vallant
Prev Title:	Santero
Prev Year:	1954
Next Title:	Aché II
Next Year:	1988

Aché is a 1982 album by the Cuban singer Merceditas Valdés. It was a return to recording after a long absence from the studio, and the first of four albums of Yoruba-roots influenced music.^[1] The album won an EGREM prize.^[2] Aché is the Cuban spelling of Ase, the Orisha term for "life power",^[3] and Valdés herself was sometimes known by the nickname "Little Aché".^[4]

Track listing

Songs are adaptations of folk tunes except where noted.

Side A

1. Eleguá
2. Ogún
3. "Lacho"
4. Quirino (Eliseo Grenet, N. Guillén)
5. Changó

Side B

1. Mango Mangué
2. Drume Negrito (Grenet)
3. Ochún – 3:54
4. Yambambó (Grenet, Guillén)
5. Obatalá

Notes and References

1. Cristóbal Díaz Ayala Los contrapuntos de la música cubana 2006 p.101 "Y Merceditas Valdés regresa después de muchos años a los estudios de grabación y se edita ca.1982 "Aché", Lp Siboney 230, en que una de las dos caras está dedicada a rezos yorubas."
2. Cuba internacional Issues 253–258 1991 p55 "MERCEDITAS. VALDES. LD. 4498. Después del merecido reconocimiento obtenido por Aché I, ganador en su categoría del Premio EGREM 1987 enfocado hacia el tema afrocubano y la canción de cuna, ."
3. J. Lorand Matory Black Atlantic Religion: Tradition, Transnationalism, and Matriarchy – 2009 1400833973 "the same word, aché, is widely used and understood among nd Cuban-influenced oricha worshipers in the United States and :he Caribbean basin. "
4. Philip Sweeney – The Rough Guide to Cuban Music2001 p43 1858287618