Los Gaiteros De San Jacinto Carmelo Torres Fruko Present Madre Cumbia

About this event

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… 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… 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… 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…

Who

• Madre CumbiaPerformer
• Los Gaiteros de San JacintoPerformer
• FrukoPerformer
• Carmelo TorresPerformer

Venue

The Masquerade

Atlanta, GA

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