(LusAfrica was able to cobble together a memorial album after his death, Memoria, culling some pieces from the aforementioned albums, and other material, with understandably uneven results.)īorn in 1955, Montañez was a scrapper from the province of Pinar del Río in the luscious hills of western Cuba he chopped wood, drove a tractor, herded cows, made charcoal, worked at anything to sustain himself, but from the age of seven until the instance of his death, he made music by churning up his inner depths, sharing his vulnerability with all, affecting all, even illuminating some. ![]() The albums represent the brief but memorable archive of an artist stolen by tragedy from his passion and from burgeoning renown. ![]() ![]() The music of Polo Montañez is back in circulation after almost 15 years, thanks to LusAfrica’s reissue of his two recordings, Guajiro Natural (2000) and Guitarra Mia (2002).
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