Duo Choropo – Filippo Gambetta and Alessandro Scotto d’Aniello – Choropo (Visage Music s.a.s. di Claudio Carboni, 2024) The album Choropo is a stimulating collaboration…
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Tribute to the Women of the Plains in the New Cimarrón Video
Acclaimed Colombian llanera music (plains music) band Cimarrón begins 2023 with an ode to empowerment in its new music video,’ Agüita fresca.’ The song is…
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The album “La Recia” by Colombian joropo band Cimarrón is the number one album at the Transglobal World Music Chart in July 2022. “La Recia”…
View More Cimarrón #1 at the Transglobal World Music Chart in July 2022Fantastic Big Band Orchestrations of Latin Roots Music
Tony Succar & Pablo Gil – Raíces Jazz Orchestra (Unity Entertainment, 2020) Two of the leading Latin Jazz musicians in the United States got together…
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Colombian band Cimarrón announced that the group’s musical director and harp player Carlos “Cuco” Rojas died on Friday, January 10, 2020, in Bogotá, Colombia, after…
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The Grupo Cimarrón ensemble is known for their explosive música llanera (plains music) and fast-paced, triple-meter joropo. They live up to the meaning of their…
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Colombian pianist and composer Claudia Calderón was born in Palmira, Colombia in 1959. She moved to Venezuela in 1987. She has specialized in performing music…
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Joropo is considered the national song and dance of Venezuela. Joropo is rooted in the Spanish music of the 17th and 18th centuries, such as…
View More Joropo, the National Song and Dance of VenezuelaBlue Harp Perspectives
Amelia Romano – New Perspectives (indie release, 2017) American harpist Amelia Romano plays a mix of instrumentals and songs on New Perspectives, scheduled for…
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