ColombiaAfrica [Derived headline]

ColombiaAfrica

The Mystic Orchestra: Voodoo Love Inna Champeta Land

RiverboatImagine sitting in a plaza sipping arguardiente while the resident merengue band mixes Latin rhythms with high-life or soukous guitars, creole vocals and a sense of Negritude so black it's nearly purple. In this special cross-cultural project, the already African-ised Champeta music of Colombia's Caribbean coast is made more African still by the addition of star guitarists from Cameroon, Congo and Nigeria, including Diblo Dibala and Dally Kimoko. The individual tracks are a bit uneven, but overall the sound itself is great festive music to drink and dance to. PJ

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