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Innovative Argentinean accordion virtuoso and composer Chango Spasiuk’s latest CD is entitled Pynandí -- Los Descalzos (“Barefoot,” 468083, street date February 10, 2009), from an indigenous Guaraní word, referring to that nation’s impoverished rural populations. This is quite fitting as, like American blues, Portuguese fado and Argentina’s own tango, the sunny, lilting chamamé was at one time considered too lower-class to be of interest to educated listeners. But that was before Spasiuk, with his uninhibited stage demeanor and flying blond hair, put his spin on it, delighting traditionalists while intriguing rock and jazz audiences.

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