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Tag: Colombian music

Tour Announcements

Colombian Innovators Ghetto Kumbé Announce October 2021 European Tour

World Music Central News Room September 26, 2021 No Comments Colombian musicGhetto Kumbéworld fusionworld music

Ghetto Kumbé, a rising band featuring 3 talented musicians from the Colombian Caribbean coast, will be performing in Europe in October 2021. Ghetto Kumbé mix…

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New CDs and digital releases

Colombian Artist Alea Announces New Album Alborotá

Angel Romero August 19, 2021 No Comments AleaColombian music

Alea, the Colombian born and New York-based singer-songwriter will be releasing her new album Alborotá on August 19, 2021. Alea’s combines blends cumbia, porro, currulao…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Pablo Mayor & Folklore Urbano

Angel Romero August 5, 2021 No Comments Colombian musicFolklore Urbano NYCPablo Mayorsalsa

While working as a professor of jazz at Universidad Javeriana in Bogota (Colombia) in 1998, Pablo Mayor began his personal search, a process of first…

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Historias Cantadas from Gaiteros de Pueblo Santo

Angel Romero July 13, 2021 No Comments Colombian musicGaiteros de Pueblo Santo

Colombian band Gaiteros de Pueblo Santo released Historias Cantadas on Yawaro Records in 2020. The group from Barranquilla led by Marlon Peroza specializes in traditional…

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Colombian Vocalist Pao Barreto Releases “Buscando El Sol”

World Music Central News Room April 27, 2021 No Comments Colombian musiccumbiaPao Barreto

Colombian singer Pao Barreto has released a music video with the cumbia song “Buscando El Sol” from her new album “Spiralis”, released in April 2021.…

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Awards

Colombia’s Salsa Stars Grupo Niche Win Best Tropical Latin Album Grammy

World Music Central News Room March 15, 2021 No Comments Colombian musicGrupo Nichesalsa

The album 40, celebrating the 40th anniversary of legendary Colombian salsa band Grupo Niche, is the winner of the 2021 Grammy for Best Tropical Latin…

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Obituaries

Vallenato Star Jorge Oñate Dies at 71

World Music Central News Room March 1, 2021 No Comments Colombian musicJorge Oñatevallenato

Award-winning Colombian vallenato star Jorge Oñate passed away on February 28, 2021. Jorge Antonio Oñate González was born on March 31, 1949 in Los Robles…

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New CDs and digital releases

Reissue of Cumbia 1 & 2 Anthology

World Music Central News Room February 28, 2021 No Comments Colombian musiccumbia

World Circuit Records is reissuing Cumbia 1 & 2 on March 23, 2021. The anthology was compiled by the label’s own Nick Gold. The albums…

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Album reviews

The Irresistible Dance Beats of Champeta

Angel Romero December 4, 2020 No Comments champetaColombian music

Faraon Bantu y Champetaman – Futuro Ancestral (Palenque Records, 2020) Futuro Ancestral presents a selection of champeta and other Afrocolombian genres performed by some of…

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Harmonious Fusion of Traditional Sounds and Electronic Beats

Angel Romero November 19, 2020 No Comments Colombian musicEcuadorian musicglobal electronicaThornatoworld music

Thornato – Escape Plan (Wonderwheel Recordings, 2020) Thornato is the world music project of producer Thor Partridge. He travels the globe, collecting music rooted in…

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