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''''Sukay''' is an [[Andes|Andean]] folk music band. ==History== Sukay, an international touring musical group, is known in the United States more than any other group, for bringing the music of the Andes for the first time to thousands of cities and concert stages throughout North America. The group’s name came from the ancient language and culture of the Quechua of the central Andes, and it means “to open the earth and make it ready for planting” For 25 years before the opening of Peña Pachamama in San Francisco in the late '90s, SUKAY had appeared on hundreds of the great stages across America including New York's Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall, Colorado's Red Rocks Amphitheater and Vilar Center for the Arts, San Francisco's Herbst Theatre, Masonic Auditorium, Washington DC's Lisner Auditorium and Smithsonian's Baird Auditorium, Bushnell Performing Arts Center, Hartford, Banff Center Theatre, Alberta, Detroit Institute for the Arts, MI, Arizona's Roy Disney Center for the Performing Arts and Centennial Hall, Spivey Hall, GA, Jack Singer Concert Hall in Calgary, Wilder Hall at Oberlin College, OH, Live Oak Theatre, Austin, Annenberg Center for Performing Arts, PA, Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley CA, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, AZ, Chautauqua Institution Amphitheater, NY, Obert C.Tanner Amphitheater, Zion National Park, UT and the Colisée in Quebec City (opening for Peter Gabriel and Genesis). The group also appeared at major festivals in Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg and Toronto, at Pete Seeger's Clearwater Festival and countless other venues. Sukay recorded thirty albums. Among the Andean legends joining them were Yuri Ortuño “the Plácido Domingo of Bolivia”, Savia Andina’s renowned wind instrumentalist Alcides Mejia, Argentine guitarist Enrique Coria and Eddy Navia, one of Bolivia’s beloved charangists. Eddy went on to become Sukay’s artistic director and husband of Sukay's co-founder Quentin H Navia. In the mid-'70s, Eddy had Eric Clapton status in his native country. The music of his band stayed atop the South America Top 40 charts, and several of their 35 album recordings on CBS and RCA went gold. Sukay was founded in 1977 by [[quena]] player Quentin H Navia and Edmond Badoux, and she is the bands only remaining original member. Renowned Bolivian composer and [[charango]] player [[Eddy Navia] joined Sukay in 1989.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-05-14-ca-57727-story.html|title=Sukay Finds Bridge Into the Andes : Music: On albums such as 'Return of the Inca,' the group combines traditional compositions and new works.|date=1994-05-14|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2019-05-07|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1990/06/22/sukay-and-the-music-of-the-andes/c2db294f-7e86-434f-a449-1f7bfc24b801/|title=SUKAY AND THE MUSIC OF THE ANDES|date=1990-06-22|work=Washington Post|access-date=2019-05-07|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> In 2012 and 2013, Eddy Navia was nominated for two prestigious Latin Grammy Awards and is considered to be one of the greatest Bolivian composers and charango virtuosos in the world today. Eddy & Quentin Navia founded the Peña Pachamama in San Francisco, CA, which for the past 21 years has become a gathering place for great world music artists. Quentin & Eddy Navia are the owners of the copyright and publishing rights of all recordings of Sukay, Eddy Navia, Savia Andina Classics 1, 2 and 3, Great Instrumentals of Bolivia, Pachamama (the call). ==Discography== *Music of the Andes (1976) - Sukay World Music *Pacha Siku (1978) - Aural Traditions *Socavon (1985) - Sukay World Music *Tutayay (1986) - Sukay World Music *Mama Luna (1987) - Sukay World Music *Huayrasan (1988) - Sukay World Music *Sukay Instrumental (1988) - Sukay Records *Cumbre (The Summit) (1990) - Sukay Records *Return of the Inca (1991) - Sukay Records *Navidad Andina (Christmas) (1993) - Sukay Records *Encuentros (Meetings) (1995) - Sukay Records *Love Songs of the Andes, Yuri Ortuño and Quentin Navia (1995) - Sukay Records *Andean Guitar Instrumental *Pachamama La Llamada, The Call (1999) - Sukay Records *Andean Pan Pipes - Sukay World Music *Eddy Navia En Charango - Sukay World Music *Eddy Navia Mozart En Machu Picchu - Sukay World Music *Eddy Navia World Instrumentals - Sukay World Music *Piano Charango Chuchito Valdés & Eddy Navia (nominated for a Latin Grammy 2012) - Sukay World Music *Carnaval en Piano Charango - Sukay World Music *Chuchito Valdés & Eddy Navia (nominated for a Latin Grammy 2013) - Sukay World Music *Great Instrumentals of Bolivia - Sukay World Music ==References== {{reflist}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Folk music groups]] [[Category:Andean music]]'