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December 16, 2002
The Ubiquitous Peruvian Band

The first time I saw a Peruvian musical group performing on the street (incidentally in Peru), I thought it was pretty cool. Now it seems wherever there are gatherings of people, in any city in the world, there is a Peruvian band playing the exact same pan-pipe tune and hawking CDs. I am now convinced it's actually the same 4 guys that by some kind of ancient Incan teleportation system are actually able to be, simultaneously, everywhere at the same time.
Posted at 3:24 AM | Comments (2)
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You may be right. We heard them in Boulder, Colo, and some bought tapes years ago here. Haunting melody. Any of these same 4 guys have a web site? We were in Kauai this winter and Holoholo Nelson played the nose flute, with similar hauntingness. I told him about the Peruvian pipes. He seemed interested in hearing.

 Posted by: Stuart on February 4, 2003 7:52 PM

I saw and heard these guys in Perth Scotland on 23 july 04. Surely they can't be two places at once ? As a player of the Romanian panpipes ( NAI ) I was intrigued by the double row Zampona played by the leader. He even had a case full of them, presumably in different keys. As the CD seller was still to be heard playing his "shaker" instrument whilst selling CD's . I presume it is another Peruvian trick where they can do two things at once ! It is a truly wonderful sound and I think the piper really could play them though he was possibly miming to the CD to save breath. I get quite light headed playing mime, sorry mine.

 Posted by: Eddie Mac on July 22, 2004 6:10 AM