Edery sings Yupanki Sefarad records, release date, 24 Jan, 2012 Review by Carolina Amoruso Gerard Edery has made a noble attempt, with his pedigree assured by the Manhattan School of Music and the operatic stage, to bestow Atahualpa Yupanqui upon a global audience. The Moroccan-born composer, vocalist and instrumentalist has embraced Don Ata’s mission to hallow his indigenous roots through the music he wrote and rendered with a sublime guitar and lofty voice. Edery pays homage to this adopted Inca son by reprising the chanting of tillers in the fields, the languid guitar melodies lamenting lost traditions, the pain of the Columbian Encounter and subjugation, the continued oppression of working people. A searcher, Edery has explored traditional music from near and far reaches worldwide. For him, the most succulent fruit of his forays has been that of the Argentinean troubadour, his “hero,” as he puts it in his own words. Edery sings Yupanqui is a eulogy, delivered with the utmost revere...