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—andmoreagain presents—Madre Cumbia w/ Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto / Fruko / Carmelo Torres
doors 7pm // show 8pm
$30 adv // $33 day of show
Tickets available on Wednesday, July 29th: https://found.ee/andMadreCumbia
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MADRE CUMBIA—a historic collaboration between Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto, Fruko, and Carmelo Torres. More than an album, Madre Cumbia brings together the living roots of Colombian cumbia with the artists who have carried, transformed, and preserved its legacy across generations. From the ancestral sounds of the gaitas and drums to the accordion of the sabanas and the electric bass that helped redefine tropical music, this record celebrates the full arc of cumbia's evolution.
Together, these artists embody nearly every chapter of cumbia's recorded history—from its ceremonial Afro-Indigenous origins and rural accordion traditions to its electrification, international expansion, and enduring legacy. Madre Cumbia is more than a collaboration; it is a gathering of the musicians who have preserved, transformed, and carried one of Latin America's most important musical traditions across generations.,
Latin Grammy Award-winning Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto represent one of Colombia's oldest continuously performed musical traditions. Their music preserves the ancestral dialogue between gaitas, drums, and voice that predates the commercial recording industry and has become synonymous with the very origins of cumbia. As custodians of an Afro-Indigenous musical heritage, they remain the definitive link to the genre's birthplace.,
Fruko has been called "a one-man tropical orchestra" and few musicians have left a greater imprint on Colombian popular music. Often described as the Quincy Jones of Colombia, he served as the visionary producer behind the golden era of Discos Fuentes, helping define the sound of modern tropical music through groundbreaking recordings with Fruko y Sus Tesos, La Sonora Dinamita, Wganda Kenya, Afro Sound, Joe Arroyo, Wilson "Saoko" Manyoma, Edulfamid "Piper Pimienta" Diaz and countless others. His unmistakable bass playing, arrangements, and production reshaped Colombian salsa and cumbia, influencing generations of musicians throughout Latin America.,
Latin Grammy Award-winning Carmelo Torres carries forward the accordion tradition born in Colombia's Caribbean plains. A direct heir to the cumbia sabanera lineage shaped by pioneers such as Andrés Landero, Torres is widely regarded as one of the last great acordeonistas gruesos—a powerful, deeply rhythmic style rooted in the same musical communities where cumbia first flourished. His decades of international touring have introduced this regional tradition to audiences around the world. His cultural significance was further recognized through the portrayal of Francisco el Hombre—the legendary accordionist who defeated the devil in a musical duel—in Episode 4 of Netflix's One Hundred Years of Solitude.
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