Tag: Cumbia
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Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly’s MESTIZX for International Anthem & Nonesuch – avant-jazz and punk-ethos channel ancestral roots

A deep and experimental jazz album is the musical creation of multi-medium performer Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti and Chicago expat jazz drummer Frank Rosaly. The wife and husband team – Bolivian-born singer Ferragutti and Rosaly of Peurto Rican heritage, are co-composers, arrangers and musicians, on the MESTIZX LP for International Anthem & Nonesuch – channel their…
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‘Club Coco’ is a new compilation of Afro Latin aces by selectora and Worldwide FM radio host Coco María – Pablo Borchi provides the rundown on all of the tracks compiled for Bongo Joe Records

DJ and Worldwide FM radio host Coco María has selected 11 Afro-Latin jams, oddities and future classics on Club Coco for Swiss label Bongo Joe – featuring exclusive and scorching cuts from Nico Mauskovic, La Perla, Meridian Brothers, Frente Cumbiero, Malphino and one of her own works, as she moves into creating. More on the…
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Colombia’s Acid Coco drop “cumbia feminista” anthem – ‘Yo Bailo Sola’ – ahead of exciting new album later this year for El Palmas Music in Barcelona

Acid Coco offer up a cumbia anthem for female dancefloor power on the first single – Yo Bailo Sola – from their upcoming debut album, wth the song’s female protagonist telling her would-be dance partner that she’s dancing this cumbia alone. Acid Coco are a Colombian duo and their debut album Mucho Gusto will be…
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Peruvian bandeader Ranil – a new release for Analog Africa – is a cumbia dance specialist and is offering his music with love
The label Analog Africa’s latest dance special is from Ranil – via Iquitos, Amazonia and Peru – available here from their Bandcamp page. The label and Ranil have also been offering their cumbia rhythms in a pay-as-you-feel Stay Safe & Sound Ranil Selection !! (SHARE IT !!!) package. We salute you! There’s more information about…
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The Queen Of New Cumbia – La Yegros – returns with her third LP ‘Suelta’
Praised as the ‘The Queen Of New Cumbia’, La Yegros’ returns with Suelta. It is the Argentine singer’s third album where her lyrics ride cumbia, trap-versed electronica, dancehall and pop – all influenced by folkloric and traditional sounds of Argentina and rural South America. Suelta is produced by duo King Coya and Eduardo Cabra. King…
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Digital cumbia pioneer Chancha Via Circuito progresses his electro-folk sound on new ‘Bienaventuranza’ LP
Chancha Via Circuita’s new album is called Bienaventuranza (bliss) and takes his Argentinian fusion of cumbia music – with an electronic aesthetic – to new heights. Releasing on US Wonderwheel Records, Chancha Via Circuito – a Buenos Aires native named Pedro Canal – combines Andean instruments and folklore to a distinctily Latin beat. Formerly signed to ZZK and…