thanks to everyone who listened to our KEXP show on afro-colombian music!
you can still hear it by clicking on part 1 and part 2 and part 3 and part 4.
this is what you heard:
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(from the station's notes)
6:42 - Corraleja 71 - La Canción Colombiana del Siglo - La Pollera Colorá - Sonolux (Colombia)
Wilson Choperena sings his famous cumbia; this is Colombia's signature musical form.
6:45 - José Alcibiades Flórez y Los Ribereños - Los Olvidados - Cumbia del Recuerdo - UNAB (Colombia)
Debut recording of this 70-year old singer from the shores of the Magdalena river.
Part of the UNAB university's project of cultural resistance in the Magdalena Medio region.
6:48 - Leonor González Mina - La Negra Grande de Colombia - Yo Me Llamo Cumbia - Sonolux (Colombia)
One of Colombia's greats performing a classic cumbia.
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6:55 - Fruko y sus Tesos - 16 Grandes Exitos de la Salsa - Manyoma - Discos Fuentes (Colombia)
Classic salsa group with superstar Joe Arroyo on vocals.
6:59 - Etelvina Maldonado - Ale Kuma - Negro Mirar - no label
Singer of bullerengue music from the north of Colombia.
7:02 - Totó la Momposina - Pacantó - Mami Wata - World Village
Famous Colombian performer and researcher, playing a traditional
West African song with guests Djanka Diabate and Mama Keita.
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7:09 - Grupo Saboreo - Lo Mejor - La Vamo' a Tumba' - All Music & Marketing (Colombia)
Currulao from the Pacific coast, with salsa arrangements.
7:14 - Benigna Solís - Ale Kuma - Berejú - no label
Singer from Guapi on the Pacific.
7:17 - Grupo Socavón - En Memoria a Nuestros Ancestros - Zapateando y Coqueteando - Discos Fuentes (Colombia)
Best new song, best singer, and best marimba group at the Petronio Alvarez music festival.
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7:28 - Beto Murgas - Le Vallenato - La Negra - Ocora (France)
Classic vallenato, played with its traditional instrumentation.
7:31 - Carlos Vives - Amor de mi Tierra - Volver al Valle - EMI (USA)
Modern vallenato from Colombian international star and Grammy winner.
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7:39 - Grupo Cimarrón - Sí Soy Llanero - Llanero Sí Soy Llanero - Smithsonian Folkways (USA)
Grammy-nominated virtuoso performers of música llanera.
7:43 - Luis Ariel Rey - Colombia de Exportación - Carmentea - FM (Colombia)
Classic joropo from the plains of eastern Colombia.
7:45 - Aterciopelados - La Pipa de la Paz - La Culpable - BMG (USA)
Rock stars' take on joropo with guest musicians from Grupo Cimarrón.
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7:51 - Coral Group - Nobody Business But My Own - Caroline - Fundacion de Mvsica (Colombia)
Calypso from the Colombian island of Providence in the Caribbean.
7:55 - Mr. Black - Las Champetas no. 1 - Los Trapitos al Agua (excerpt) - Morgan (Colombia)
Champeta from the Caribbean coast.
7:57 - Batata y su Rumba Palenquera - Radio Bakongo - Ataole - Network Medien (Germany)
Colombian afrobeat by one of the country's top drummers, from Palenque de San Basilio.
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8:05 - Sidestepper - 3am (In Beats We Trust) - Más Papaya - Palm (USA)
DJ Richard Blair and his Colombian band.
8:08 - Curupira - El Fruto - Ningún Detalle - no label
Urban "calypso juga" from Bogotá.
8:13 - Mojarra Eléctrica - Calle 19 - Chimioterapia - no label
A musical sancocho from the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
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