Santiago (album) explained

Santiago
Type:studio
Artist:The Chieftains
Cover:The Chieftains, Santiago album cover.jpg
Released:1996
Genre:World
Latin/Celtic
Celtic fusion
Galician folk
Cuban folk
Mexican folk
Irish folk
Label:RCA
Producer:Paddy Moloney
Prev Title:Film Cuts
Prev Year:1996
Next Title:Long Journey Home

Santiago is an album by The Chieftains, released through RCA Records in 1996.[1] The album is dedicated to traditional music of Galicia, the region in the northwest of Spain, and also adaptation of Galician emigrants' musical folklore in Latin American music, for example, in the music of Mexico and Cuba. As Paddy Moloney noted in the CD's booklet, Galicia is "the world's most undiscovered Celtic country".

The album features collaborations with Carlos Núñez, Linda Ronstadt, Los Lobos, Ry Cooder, Eliot Fisk, Richard Egües, Pancho Amat, Kepa Junkera, Júlio Pereira, (among others). In 1997, the album earned the group the Grammy Award for Best World Music Album.

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Santiago. February 5, 2011. AllMusic.