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A CD of merengue tipico featuring La India Canela is currently in production. Created for a Smithsonian Folkways CD series called Nuestra Music, the CD was co-produced by Sydney Hutchinson and Raúl Román, and will have liner notes by Sydney. Expect to see it around the end of the year. The project was covered by several Dominican newspapers includng Listin Diario and El Caribe.
Sydney's article on merengue tipico appeared in Volume 50, no. 1 of the journal Ethnomusicology (2006). She presented a paper titled "The female accordionist in Dominican merengue tipico" at the annual meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology in November 2006, and will present a paper on the same topic at the annual meeting of the International Council for Traditional Music in Vienna, July 2007.
The FIRST CONGRESS ON MUSIC AND CULTURE IN THE CARIBBEAN was a great success! It took place in Santiago's Centro Cultural Eduardo León Jiménez (Centro Leon), April 2005. Participaron invesigadores de doce paises y el congreso contó con la participación de grandes artistas, tales como Bartolo Alvarado, Rafaelito Román, La India Canela, Joseíto Mateo, y Johnny Ventura.
An article about tipico places in Queens written by Sydney Hutchinson appeared in the journal of the Queens Council on the Arts, "Urban Folk," in 2004.
An article on making guiras featuring the work of Pinto Guira (Francisco Duran) and written and photographed by Sydney Hutchinson appeared in the Fall 2002 issue of Voices, the magazine of the New York Folklore Society.
In June 2003, Newsday published an article on merengue tipico and the series of events organized by Sydney Hutchinson.
See a 2002 article from Newsday on Pinto, Berto, Sydney, & Radhames
Sydney Hutchinson, Rafaelito and Radhamés Polanco gave a lecture-demonstration at the Tarrytown Public Library sponsored by the Hudson Valley Writers Center. The talk on the history and lyrics of perico ripiao was well received and future events are in the works. Visit the Writers Center page for more details as they become available.
Long Island Traditions, the Queens Council on the Arts, and the Brooklyn Arts Council undertook a cooperative effort to research and document tipico musicians working in these three areas, funded by the New York State Council on the Arts and organized by Sydney Hutchinson. The project culminated in a series of concerts and workshops in May, June, & July 2003.
Stay tuned for more research news!