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Product Description "This exquisite recording finds one of the most gifted percussionists in Latin music today working in what is perhaps his true element - the Santeria liturgy. The spiritual power of this Afro-Caribbean religious ceremony, sung in Yoruba to the accompaniment of a three-man percussion bata is awesome, but it is the intense articulation of rhythm that makes this music so devastating, incredible." -JD Considine, Musician Magazine "A wonderful album - absorbing, mesmerizing, beautiful and fun, graceful and sensual. It draws ou into a space and reality all it's own, with a mood and flow quite distant from the everyday and yet hauntingly familiar. I found myself playing it over and over..." - City Paper (Washington DC) "Is a stone soul picnic, so party down. If you're going to buy one record this summer, here is one that, in the words of Hebrew National, answers to a higher authority." - Glenn O'Brien, Interview Review "This exquisite recording finds one of the most gifted percussionists in Latin music today working in what is perhaps his true element -- the Santeria liturgy. The spiritual power of this Afro-Caribbean religious ceremony, sung in Yoruba to the accompaniment of a three-man percussion bata is awesome, but it's the intense articulation of rhythm that makes this music so devastating, incredible." -- J.D. Considine, Musician Magazine"This record has the impact and immediacy of a session of the Fania All Stars performing inside the Vatican for the Pope. I assure you that the image is not far removed from the perimeters of this music's soul. A must recording for anyone wanting to deepen appreciation of the Afro-Latin musical heritage as a living force in American religious and pop music" -- Option P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); From the Label Latin percussionist Cardona leads the Eya Erania Ensemble, three Latin percussionists and a nine-member chorus, in the Santeria liturgy, an Afro-Caribbean religious ceremony sung in Yoruba. This liturgy is a form of musico-religious expression of Cubans, Puerto Ricans, and blacks in New York, derived from beliefs and practices of the Yoruba people of Nigeria and Dahomey in West Africa. Recorded in New York City, 1985. Detailed sleeve notes by Enrique Fernandez. About the Artist Milton Cardona, lead singer, atchere, chekere, lya Hecot "Flaco" Hernandez, lya, chekere Steve Berrios, itotele, chekere Jose Fernandez, okonkolo, chekere Chorus: Sandra "Fela" Wiles, YomiYomi Awolowo, Carole Awolowo, Paulette "Nirvana" Buckley, Amma Aforiwaa Agyapon, Denise Ola DeJean, Linda Evans, Amma Dawn, Teresa Gomez See more