The Real Cuban Music: Guajira (Remasterizado)

The Real Cuban Music is a widespread collection of the best Cuban music recorded in the island over various decades. This album is part of the first big collection, separated into six different volumes dedicated to the most important rhythms and dances of the island: Son, Cha Cha Cha, Mambo, Guaracha, Guajira and Timba. The audio CD version comes with a companion DVD to help you learn all the dance moves, so you don't just enjoy listening to the music but also learn to dance to these fantastic rhythms.

Guajira means "country music" in Cuban Spanish and is a musical form which has a rural feeling in its lyrics, instrumentation and style. This genre had some similarity to the criolla and, to a lesser extent, the punto. It contains bucolic countryside lyrics and rhyming similar to décima poetry. The guajira could be sung by a single musician accompanying themselves on guitar. The lyrics of the guajira typically extol the beauty of the Cuban countryside and the lifestyle of the guajiros (countryside peasants).