Ida y Vuelta

Ida y Vuelta comes from a long tradition of mexican folk music called Son Jarocho. The genre is a fusion of african, spanish and indigenous music and poetry. Ida y Vuelta's instrumentation is native to the Veracruz region, it includes jaranas (8 string small guitars), requinto (lead 4 string guitar), cajón (wood peruvian box), cajita (small peruvian box), leona (acoustic bass), zapateado (percusive foot tapping) and vocals. Ida y Vuelta plays traditional sones that date back 300 hundred years as well as their own arrangements and original tunes.