The Hidden Gem of Latin America: Music from Colombia’s Pacific Region
The Pacific region of Colombia is a unique and complicated place. Its population is predominantly Afro-Colombian, in some parts as... Read Article
Timbiqui
The Story Behind Canalón de Timbiqui’s ‘La Casa de la Compañía’
Canalón de Timbiqui released their latest album, De Mar y Río, last month. As with previous albums, it contains a... Read Article
An Ode to the Marimba: Colombian Pacific Mourns the Loss of ‘Marimbero’ Ángel Marino Beltrán
The Pacific and wider music community throughout Colombia has been in mourning this week, following the tragic murder of marimba... Read Article
Herencia de Timbiqui Are Coming To Europe
Music from the Pacific coast of Colombia is slowly getting its dues. Heavily influenced by the runaway slaves who maid... Read Article
REVIEW Herencia de Timbiqui – This Is Gozar
I hadn’t heard of Herencia de Timbiqui until last year. The group formed in 2000, consisting of 11 Colombian musicians... Read Article
REVIEW Herencia De Timbiqui – Tambó
I’m the kind of person who likes to classify music by what I can do with it. There’s music I... Read Article
REVIEW Grupo Canalón de Timbiquí – Una Sola Raza
There are few areas that are as important to the musical traditions of South America as the coastal regions of... Read Article
Herencia de Timbiqui – Te Invito
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... Read Article