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Nominated for the Latin Grammy Awards in 2020 for best album Cumbia/Vallenato, Los Cumbia Stars are a band that performs Colombian tropical music, and the only one of tropical genre signed by the legendary record label Discos Fuentes.
Composed by the singer Cristina Escamilla, one of the most important voices of the genre in Colombia, and eight musicians with extensive experience and recognized musical quality, this band is directed by composer, guitarist and accordion player Juan Pablo Acosta.
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Los Cumbia Stars & OndaSabanera - Wepa Wepa (Colombia)
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Oaxacan singer Lila Downs takes a break from her U.S. tour to promote education in favor of women in Oaxaca, and at the same time presents her song “Cariñito”, included in her most recent album Al Chile, which this time has the collaboration of Panteón Rococó and the Mexican Institute of Sound, under the direction of Camilo Lara.
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Lila Downs, Panteón Rococó - Cariñito (Mexico)
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The 2-time Grammy nominated group Los Cojolites is a young Son Jarocho band that is a major part of the resurrection of this vital Mexican folk tradition that combines indigenous, African and Spanish elements. Their music combines youthful energy and a spirit of joyous improvisation based on the traditional forms and poetry.
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Los Cojolites - Sembrando Flores (Mexico)
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A native of Colombia, Latin jazz guitarist Juan Carlos Quintero began his recording career with two albums on Nova, a self-titled debut released in 1990 (remastered and reissued in 2000 by Native Language Music under the new title Medellin) and 1992's Through the Winds, recorded with composer/arranger Todd Cochran, pianist Otmaro Ruiz, and percussionists Munyungo Jackson and Walfredo Reyes.
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Juan Carlos Quintero - Mi Tierra (Colombia)
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Candelario Orlando López Vergara (born February 2, 1933 in Havana, Cuba; died February 9, 2009) was a Cuban bassist. Cachaíto” became famous as the bassist and founding member of the band Buena Vista Social Club. He was also a well-known soloist. In 2002, he received the “BBC Radio 3 Award for World Music” for his debut album “Cachaito”.
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Orlando 'Cachaíto' López - Mis Dos Pequeñas (Cuba)
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“In Latin American music, the women sing and the men do everything else. I decided to tackle this new record without a music producer. I came into the studio with all the scores I had written for a sextet, instrument by instrument. I have a classical background, I can play Brahms or Shostakovich, whose music is complicated. So why not take on a new challenge: to produce a whole Latin album......the desire for a positive celebration of the here and now, of 'alegria', of spontaneous joy".
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Ana Carla Maza - Caribe (Cuba)