The original sound of cumbia
Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto are the original sound of cumbia. Founded in 1940, they’re a multigenerational band playing gaita music, which is performed on the reed flute of the same name that was introduced to the Spanish colonials and to the Africans they enslaved by the Kogi natives of Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains.
It’s the collision of these three cultures (Native, African and Spanish) that makes Colombian music what it is; Los Gaiteros are maybe the foremost living embodiment of that collision. Los Gaiteros will be performing here in Richmond at the Get Tight Lounge on Friday July 19. This week on Global A Go-Go, you’ll hear a sampling of Los Gaiteros’ music, including tracks from their brand new album Orgullo Colombiano, the Grammy-winning 2006 album Un Fuego De Sangre Pura and more.
Also this week (Sunday July 14, 1:00-3:00 PM on WRIR, for two weeks afterwards at wrir.org/listen, check your local listings for airing on other radio stations, and any old time at my podcast site): The South African a cappella singing of The Joy; what’s new in reggae featuring Mighty Joshua, Prince Fatty, the Hempolics and more; Qwanqwa is where Ethiopian tradition meets free jazz; and the latest from Cote D’Ivoire’s Dobet Gnahoré.
Podcast: radio4all.net/program/118306
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Show archive
Playlist
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Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, “Global a Go-Go”
from Global A Go-Go
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC - 2001
England UK
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Johnny Clegg & Savuka, “Warsaw 1943”
from Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World
Scatterlings - 1990
South Africa
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Barrington Levy & Sly & Robbie, “Praise His Name (12-inch Mix)”
17 North Parade - 2024
Jamaica, 1983
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Undercover Cockney, “Am I Good Enough (feat. Coco Malone & Horseman)”
from Am I Good Enough - Single
Double Double - 2024
England UK
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Jahill, “Miss & Mr Rub-A-Dub (feat. Marina P)”
from Miss & Mr Rub-A-Dub - Single
Evidence Music - 2024
France-Italy-Jamaica
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Prince Fatty, “Smells Like Teen Spirit (feat. Little Roy & Hollie Cook)”
from Smells Like Teen Spirit - Single
Lovedub Limited - 2024
England UK-Jamaica
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Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto, “La Celestina (Celestina)”
from Un Fuego de Sangre Pura: Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto from Colombia
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - 2006
Colombia
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Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto, “Mi Novia Se Llama Cumbia”
from Orgullo Colombiano
OM Producciones Music - 2024
Colombia
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Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto, “El Canto de la Carracacha”
from Orgullo Colombiano
OM Producciones Music - 2024
Colombia
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Mohammed 'Jimmy' Mohammed, “Aykedashem Lebe”
from Takkabel!
Mohammed 'Jimmy' Mohammed - 2008
Ethiopia-Netherlands
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Collectif Zouglou, “Liberez Mon Pays”
from Liberez Mon Pays - Single
self-released - 2003
Cote D'Ivoire