Edito de BacandaSones Istmeños: the soul of the Zapotec Indians from southern Mexico. Virtuoso guitarists -- some famous, others unknown -- sing, in Zapotec and Spanish, the love songs and laments that are amongst the great romantic compositions of Mexican music. Third in the acclaimed series that presents the great masters of Mexican son, this is a record that reveals the enormous creativity of the Zapotec Indians, an indigenous culture with a proudly defiant history and a passion for street parties and fiestas where this repertoire is never absent. Vocals in the sones istmeños are profoundly emotional, charged with an infectious melancholy. One or two voices respond to a lead singer whose style of dropping unexpected bass notes into the melody line would seem to follow the speaking patterns of his language. When the singers shift from Zapotec into Spanish they somehow hold onto the same emotional force despite the dramatic difference in the two languages. This CD was recorded in the towns of the Tehuantepec Isthmus and brings together three groups as well as a duo and one solo artist. The musicians vary considerably in age and in their styles of playing which goes from the rural style of Los Pergaminos passing through the deep roots of Vieju Lucuuxhu and Binni Gula?za to the more sophisticated style of the Hermanos Ríos and the spectacular trio from Juchitan, Los Andariegos.