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Toto La Momposina y Sus Tambores

Title: La Bodega

Label: Astar

Cat No:AARCDA008
Format:CD

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69 and still going strong, Totó La Momposina is the voice of Afro-Colombian music, a genuine ‘Queen of Cumbia’ whose entire life has been dedicated to the music of her country’s Caribbean coastline. Gone are the days when this music was disparaged and its heritage denied, today it is heard throughout the world and artists who have sampled or used her work include Timbaland (his ‘Indian Flute’ samples Totó’s ‘Curura’), Manu Chao (he borrowed a chorus from ‘La Verdolaga’) and Michel Cleis, in his 2009 cumbia-house mega hit ‘La Mezcla’, sampled lead vocals and more from Totó’s ‘El Pescador’.

‘La Bodega’, her new album, captures all the energy and range of her career so far. With Afro-Colombian percussion, blazing horns, traditional gaita flutes and rippling guitar, this upbeat set of new compositions and vintage classics, gives us Totó La Momposina at her rootsy sparkling best. Because, at heart, Totó is still a cantadora, the village woman who does everything from the healing with herbs and giving marital advice, to running celebrations and leading the songs. It’s just that today, her village is our world.

Track Listing for La Bodega
1. Manita Uribe
2. Margarita
3. Fidelina
4. Yo Me Llamo Cumbia
5. Tembandumba
6. Duena De Los Jardines
7. Sueno Espanol
8. Cosas Pa’ Pensair
9. Fiesta Vieja

Reviews

Jazzwise - Andy Robson

Dare yourself not to dance to it. ***

Songlines - Jan Fairley

This beautifully recorded and mixed disc suggest that La Momposina has plenty more to offer: entering her 70th year with music of this quality puts her in a class of her own. ***** TOP OF THE WORLD

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