The Pacific region of Colombia is a unique and complicated place. Its population is predominantly Afro-Colombian, in some parts as much as 90%, and it is thought to be largely made up of descendents of escaped slaves who... Read Article
Canalón de Timbiqui released their latest album, De Mar y Río, last month. As with previous albums, it contains a mixture of traditional songs from the Timbiqui region near Colombia’s Pacific coast where the group hail from, as... Read Article
The Pacific and wider music community throughout Colombia has been in mourning this week, following the tragic murder of marimba player, Ángel Marino Beltrán, in Timbiquí, Cauca last Sunday evening. Though still under investigation, the killing appears to... Read Article
Music from the Pacific coast of Colombia is slowly getting its dues. Heavily influenced by the runaway slaves who maid their homes along the coast, as well as the green, river-strewn landscapes (as well as surprising European styles,... Read Article
I hadn’t heard of Herencia de Timbiqui until last year. The group formed in 2000, consisting of 11 Colombian musicians from the town of Timbiqui in Cauca, on Colombia’s Pacific Coast. Their previous album Tambó projected the group... Read Article
I’m the kind of person who likes to classify music by what I can do with it. There’s music I like to hear when running. There’s music I like to hear while driving long distances. There’s even music... Read Article
There are few areas that are as important to the musical traditions of South America as the coastal regions of Colombia. Buffeted by the Caribbean Atlantic to the north and the Pacific to the west, these areas have... Read Article
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW8JNQrMSBQ A great new video from Herencia de Timbiqui, a band leading the Música Pacifica revival in Colombia at the moment. Check out facebook.com/Herenciadetimbiqui to find out more about the group.
