Quimba, Fa, Malambo, Ñeque is the original name of a book by Fernando Romero. The book serves as a sort of dictionary of expressions used among African descendants in Peru and other outlaying regions in Latin America. The words that provide the title loosely translate into a combination of expressions that transmit freedom and energizing joy. The festejo Mi Compadre Nicolás is a classic of the Afro Peruvian songbook; Eva recorded it originally over two decades ago and finally got an opportunity to recreate it for this album.
The salsa Animo y Aliento gave Eva the opportunity to reconnect with her friends from the powerhouse Latin jazz band, Tolú, led by the constantly exhilarating musicianship of Alex Acuña and Justo Almario. The Cuban bolero invaded every confine of Spanish speaking America and gave Latin Americans the opportunity of falling in love more with a different cadence. The Mexican song Adoro is a bolero standard, however this time transformed into a landó by Eva’s bassist Mariano Liy. Akundún was a pop hit in the Peruvian musical landscape of the early 90s and Eva wanted to offer her own rendition of this song. Allan Phillips once again provided the arrangement to make Eva’s adaptation possible.

Canto a Amador, written by Andres Soto inspired from fragments of a poem by the late Cesar Calvo. The song pays tribute to once of the pioneers of Afro Peruvian music, the legendary Amador Ballumbrosio; the colloquial arrangement is the work of Tito Manrique, Eva’s guitar player. At any of Eva’s concerts there is a solid 15 minutes of the show were all women in the audience become the protagonists of the story and their force overtakes the auditorium like a storm. Such event happens when Eva begins to sing a string of songs that she made popular while singing with the group Los Kipus earlier in her frustrations, emancipations and any other emotion that accompany complicated relationships. Los Kipus mix includes Huye de Mi, Nada Soy and Cariñito, which are rounded by the classic Mal Paso. The song Mi Ritual gives Eva another opportunity to break apart the sensual Afro Peruvian genre know as landó to play with more tinges of pop and world-music.

The last two tracks on this album are bonuses from the DVD Eva Live From Hollywood and will provide you a closer experience to the emotions that Eva is capable of stirring while setting the stage on a wild ride.