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Los Originarios del Plan
Conjunto de arpa grande
Photo by Michael G. Stewart
Los Originarios Del Plan are, as the Smithsonian Folkways Recording Group writes, “one of the West Coast’s best kept musical secrets.”
The arpa grande (big harp) group plays rousing, exuberant music with centuries of roots in western Mexico. The style has thrived in diasporic communities of agricultural workers and music fans in California and Washington. From backyard family gatherings to the stage at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the group provides an essential sonic link to the homeland of these groups of immigrants.