Kuyayky is one of the most popular and newly influential bands in Andean music. The band has contributed to the prominence and revival of huayno music from central Peru. One of the only Andean music bands with a majority of female members. The band now resides in the United States and gained a following from world music fans for its traditional yet innovative style of Peruvian Music. Andean music comes from the approximate area inhabited by the Incas prior to European contact. ... Huayno (quechua: wayñu) is a genre of popular Andean music, especially common in Bolivia, Peru and Northern Argentina. ... World music is, most generally, all the music in the world (Bohlman 2002, Nidel 2004, p. ... Native Peruvian music is dominated by the national instrument, the charango. ...
History
Kuyayky was founded by Jose Hurtado Sr. and Edda Bonilla in the 1980s as a family project in the style of La Familia Rodriguez in the town of Jauja. Kuyayky's original members are Rubi Indira in guitar and first voice, Jose Luis in the mandolin and fourth voice, Yina in the charango and second voice, Mariluz in the quena-sikus-and cajón and third voice, and Candy in the bombo leguero and first voice. Kuyayky has struck a chord by rearranging and researching dozens of musical pieces from the precolonial and colonial periods from all of Latin America, with a clear emphasis on the music of central Peru. Their NGO is concerned with fostering cultural awareness to develop a better understanding and acceptance among different cultures; as well as by directly aiding Andean communities through advanced education through the online program YachayWorld. The band takes its name from the Quechua language, which translates from the verb "kuyay" love, meaning "To love" or "solidarity". Jauja is a town in central Peru with a population of 105,000. ... A Bolivian charango Charango. ... A cajón (Spanish for crate, drawer, or box, pronounced ka. ... Bombo legüero is an Argentine drum traditionally made of a hollowed tree trunk and covered with cured skins of animals such as goats, cows or sheep. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... Quechua (Standard Quechua, Runasimi Language of People) is an Native American language of South America. ...
Kuyayky is one of the most popular and newly influential bands in Andean music.
Kuyayky's original members are Rubi Indira in guitar and first voice, Jose Luis in the mandolin and fourth voice, Yina in the charango and second voice, Mariluz in the quena-sikus-and cajón and third voice, and Candy in the bombo leguero and first voice.
Kuyayky has struck a chord by rearranging and researching dozens of musical pieces from the precolonial and colonial periods from all of Latin America, with a clear emphasis on the music of central Peru.
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