Roots (Gipsy Kings album)

Roots is the eleventh studio album by the French Rumba Catalana band Gipsy Kings, which was released in 2004 in Europe, USA, and Japan.[3] Both the Europe and US release are identical and have 16 tracks while the Japanese version have two bonus tracks: "Canut Fandango" and "Mi Novia".

Roots
Studio album by Gipsy Kings
Released	16 March 2004
Recorded	June 9-26, 2003, using Le Voyageur Il mobile studio, at Le Mas de Gourgoubès, St.-André-de-Buèges, France.
Genre	Flamenco
Length	57:25
Label	Nonesuch
Producer	Gildas Boclé, Craig Street
Gipsy Kings chronology
Somos Gitanos (2001) Roots (2004) Pasajero (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Aven, Aven"	4:37
2.	"Legende"	4:12
3.	"Fandango [Patchai]"	1:29
4.	"Bolerias" (Instrumental)	4:36
5.	"Rhythmic"	4:10
6.	"Como Siento Yo"	3:21
7.	"Amigo"	3:45
8.	"Tarantas" (Instrumental)	2:58
9.	"Fandango [Nicolas]"	2:40
10.	"Boogie"	3:23
11.	"Nuages" (Instrumental)	3:08
12.	"Como Ayer"	3:24
13.	"Soledad"	5:57
14.	"Tampa" (Instrumental)	3:07
15.	"Hermanos"	3:05
16.	"Petite Noya" (Live)	3:40

Japanese bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
17.	"Canut Fandango"	1:58
18.	"Mi Novia"	3:19

Personnel

• Paco Baliardo - guitar (1, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 16), hand clapping (4, 16), flamenco guitar (5)
• Diego Baliardo - hand clapping (5), guitar (8, 16), vocals (16)
• Mikail Baliardo - cajon (4)
• Tonino Baliardo - lead guitar (1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16), guitar (15), hand clapping (16)
• Cyro Baptista - percussion (1, 5, 6, 11, 13, 14, 16), washboard (7, 10), shaker (15)
• Greg Cohen - double bass (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16), arco (2)
• Garth Hudson - accordion (2, 16)
• Bachir Mokari - derbouka (15)
• Andre Reyes – guitar (1, 7, 13, 16), vocals (1, 12, 13, 16), hand clapping (4, 5), backing vocals (6, 10)
• François "Canut" Reyes - guitar (1), lead vocal (2, 7, 13)
• Georges "Baule" Reyes -
• Nicholas Reyes – lead vocal (1, 5, 6, 10, 12), hand clapping (4, 5), guitar (5, 6, 9, 12), vocal (9)
• Pablo (Paul) Reyes - guitar (1, 5, 7, 10, 15, 16), hand clapping (5)
• Patchai Reyes - vocals (3, 15, 16), guitar (3, 15)
• Yakouba Sissoko - kora (14)
• Titi - hand clapping (16)

References

1. Monger, James Christopher. "Gipsy Kings - Roots". AllMusic.com. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
2. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
3. "Roots". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 25 December 2015.