071° .A ORILLAS DEL MAR un retrato de Barranquilla selected by My Old Friend Fred Martin.

To start the summer on the good foot!
Here is a selection of tracks found in Colombia by My Old Friend Fred Martin while a trip over there on late 2016! The comp’ is focusing on Barranquilla and more specifically on the huge and diverse musical culture of this fantastic port city of northern Colombia, located at the edge of the Caribbean Sea, and famous for his colourful Carnival! Uepa!

Credit pic: William Fernando Martínez

To start the summer on the good foot!

Here is a selection of tracks found in Colombia by My Old Friend Fred Martin while a trip over there on late 2016! The comp’ is focusing on Barranquilla and more specifically on the huge and diverse musical culture of this fantastic port city of northern Colombia, located at the edge of the Caribbean Sea, and famous for his colourful Carnival!

In fact, It also clearly is a tribute to the Picoteros, those Colombian crate-diggers that you’ll find in Barranquilla’s southside. They build those big and great sound system called Pico and they then liven whole neighbourhood to the sound of Cumbia, Porro, Salsa, Guaguancó, Soukous - the Picoteros are huge connoisseur - Champetta, Palenque, traditional Carnival music and more!

We invite you to check out the excellent blog of our friend Fabian Altahona to learn more about this quite unique, genuine and wonderful cultural movemement:
AfriColombia

But enough talk, now It is time to press the play button and to remember while listening to this tape that the first thing a Barranquillero will ask you is: “Sabes bailar?”

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001° CRESENCIO CAMACHO // Cumbia Marlene
002° AURITA CASTILLO // Chambacu
003° GERTUDIS BONILLA // Yo soy El currulao
004° GROUPE FOLKLORIQUE BAYANZI & MUSINGENE ALPHONSE // Mission Mben
005° SANTOCAS // Arrependimento
006° ANDRES LANDERO // La Sanjacintera
007° ROMAN Y SU COMBO // Cumbia negra
008° JOE ANDINO // Botalo Pa la Mar
009° FRUKO // Lamento Del Campesino
010° THE ORCHESTRA SOLEDAD // El ritmo soledad
011° SONORA TROPICAL // Lluvia con nieve
012° FRUKO // El preso
013° LOS SONEROS DE GAMERO // Llorar que me voy manana
014° ALFREDO GUTIERREZ // Cumbia Sampuesana
015° LISANDRO MEZA // La bola Cuadra
016° HERMANOS DE LEON // La tumbadora va a sonar
017° LOS DIABLOS DE VALLEDUPAR // Fiesta Del mar
018° PEYO TORRES // La veterana
019° CLIMACO SARMIENTO y su orquestra // Maquina Landera
020° JOHNNY BOKELO // Liwa Ya Ndika Somo
021° ABELARDO CARBANO // El Baile del indio
022° THE LORD RHABURN // Baptisan