Many of the bands visiting Jazz Fest from Colombia have blended traditional sounds, like salsa and cumbia, with contemporary, global sounds, especially electronic and hip-hop beats and more. The Colombian
Many of the bands visiting Jazz Fest from Colombia have blended traditional sounds, like salsa and cumbia, with contemporary, global sounds, especially electronic and hip-hop beats and more. The Colombian
Silvia Rothlisberger speaks to Ana Veydó, singer and band leader of Cimarrón, Colombia's game-changing joropo band doing things their own way and celebrating the genre's Afro and Indigenous roots.
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.