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REVIEW Totó La Momposina – Oyé Manita
Oye Manita is a glance at post-colonial musical resistance courtesy of Colombia’s legendary singer Totó La Momposina. Her voice is... Read Article
Best Reissues of 2018
As well as the new sounds of Latin America, 2018 has also been a fine year for the reissuing of... Read Article
Plenty of New Music to Listen To and Buy from Totó La Momposina
Is it just us or has this past summer been a busy one for Totó La Momposina? Let’s be straight,... Read Article
Ghetto Kumbé Release New EP ‘Soy Selva’
Say it after me: “I am Jungle”. Two years after debut release Kumbé, left-field Afro-House three-piece, Ghetto Kumbé are back... Read Article
‘El Orisha de la Rosa’ by Magín Diaz is a Love Song to Colombian Folklore & More
It’s been eight months since Colombia’s Magín Diaz went “viral” for emerging from obscurity when a video put out by AJ+... Read Article
Taking Time to Contemplate: An Interview with Totó La Momposina
Few artists have been as responsible for elevating the folk music of Colombia’s Caribbean coast – and in particular cumbia... Read Article
Colombia’s 95-year-old Musician Magín Díaz Emerges From Obscurity
According to oral histories, Magín Díaz has composed some of Colombia’s most famous folk songs. Songs that generations of Colombians... Read Article
Totó La Momposina, Orkesta Mendoza and Julieta Venegas Amongst Line-Up for La Linea 17
The crunching chill of the post-Christmas winter months is always a testing time for Londoners. And what with a Trump... Read Article
REVIEW Totó La Momposina – Tambolero
Let’s be clear: Tambolero is not Totó La Momposina’s new album, though it’s so imaginative it’s as if it were... Read Article
Coming This June: Totó La Momposina Reimagines Her Classic ‘La Candela Viva’ Album
This summer will bring us a reimagining of one of Colombia’s most important albums. Totó La Momposina‘s La Candela Viva (1993) will... Read Article