The Colombian writer and journalist Gabriel Garcia Marquez was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982. At his award ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, a delegation of Colombian musicians performed for the event. Harp player Carlos "Cuco" Rojas, the founder of the Cimarron band, and lead singer Ana Veydo joined the musicians, adding their festive joropo dance music from plains of the Orinoco River (in Colombia and Venezuela) to the music on the Nobel stage.
The Colombian writer and journalist Gabriel Garcia Marquez was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982. At his award ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, a delegation of Colombian musicians performed for the event. Harp player Carlos "Cuco" Rojas, the founder of the Cimarron band, and lead singer Ana Veydo joined the musicians, adding their festive joropo dance music from plains of the Orinoco River (in Colombia and Venezuela) to the music on the Nobel stage.
Can I interest you in South American psychedelics?
La Locura De Machuca is a deep dive into a little-known undefinable genre
published : 25 May 2021 at 04:00
The Caribbean is in the spotlight in this week s column, with two new and contrasting albums from different parts of the region featuring.
One is a compilation of underground Afro-Colombian gems recorded in the mid- to late-70s in Barranquilla, Colombia; the other is a release of rare tracks from a Bahamian troubadour and master guitarist.
La Locura De Machuca 1975-1980: Experimental Psychedelic Afro-Champeta & Cumbia From Colombia (Analogue Africa, 2020) is a mind-bending compilation from Discos Machuca, a label certainly not well known outside of Colombia, but thanks to the persistence of Analogue Africa label boss Samy Ben Redjeb the music the label created is now available to international audiences.