Playlist: WOMEX 2022

The countdown has officially started… in two months’ time, the 2022 edition of Womex will get underway to spread the sounds, words and images of the world-music world throughout Lisbon. After a thoroughly successful experience in Porto last year, the Worldwide Music Expo is indeed going to be back to…

Artists: Afrotronix , Aguamadera , Al Bilali Soudan , Alicia Edelweiss , Alligatorz , Ana Lua Caiano , AUNTY RAYZOR , Aywa , Bia Ferreira , Brenda Navarrete , Dani Larkin , Daniel Herskedal , Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek , Djazia Satour , Djely Tapa , Duarte , Duo Ruut , Etuk Ubong , Firas Zreik , Fra! , groove& , Israel Fernández , Karyna Gomes , Khalil EPI , La Brigida Orquesta , La Mambanegra , Les Mécanos , Lia de Itamaraca , Mark Eliyahu , Ngulmiya , Pedro Joia , Pilani Bubu , Poil , Sara Correia , Savan , Selma Uamusse , Sheila Patricia , Son Rompe Pera , Startijenn , Tęgie Chłopy , The Dizzy Brains , Tito Paris , Windborne

Mixes: Groovalizacion Radio Best Albums 2017

Last year Groovalizacion Radio selected monthly the best albums for you. What better way to celebrate the new year than looking back at these fine albums from 2017? Out of our selections, we distilled a top 20 from the past year. The higher the album is ranked, the more it is supported by our…

Artists: Bargou 08 , Blay Ambolley , Dem Juju Poets , Doña Onete , Eddie Palmieri , Groovalizacion Radio , La Mambanegra , Lagartijeando , Magin Diaz , Msafiri Zawose , Nidia Gongora , Oghene Kologbo , Orchestra Baobab , Orchestre Mangelepa , Oumou Sangaré , Quantic , Rio Mira , Sibusile Xaba , Son Palenque , They Must Be Crazy , TootArd

Event Review: Love Supreme Festival (Glynde Place, 30th June to 2nd July 2017)

The concept of an outdoor jazz festival hardly conjures images of glitter-filled Glastonbury excitement, a young hip crowd and dance-fuelled elation. However, previously exclusive jazz appears to be undergoing a fashion revolution and the grounds of Glynde Place hinted at this. Love Supreme, the UK’s only three-day greenfield jazz festival…

Artists: Camilla George Quartet , George Benson , Herbie Hancock , Hot 8 Brass Band , Kansas Smitty’s House Band , La Mambanegra , Lauran Mvula , Miles Mosely , Nubiyan Twist , Shabaka and the Ancestors , Shabaka Hutchings , Sons Of Kemet , The Comet Is Coming , The Jacksons , The West Coast Getdown , TriForce

Event Review: La Mambanegra @ Pavilion Terrace (Manchester, 14th July 2017)

A grey, dank Friday evening welcomed Colombia’s La Mambanegra as guests of the Biennial Manchester International Festival. The tent interior was wrapped in black and fans gathered, sitting cross-legged, waiting for the band. Hailing from Cali, the nine-piece La Mambanegra (The Black Mamba) take to the stage, safe in the…

Artists: La Mambanegra

Album Review: La Mambanegra – El Callegüeso Y Su Mala Maña [Movimientos Records, 3rd March 2017]

With his characteristic hat and sunglasses comes El Callegüeso (Jacobo Vélez) and his ‘Colombian Break Salsa’. This new release further advances La Mambanegra’s style, featuring a diverse range of artists, along with Colombian orchestral support. A mixture of elements (Latin jazz, rap, bomba style, choruses, solos, tumbaos and ballad) combine…

Artists: La Mambanegra

WOMAD 2016 Highlights: Friday

[chimpy_form forms=”5″] Our top 5 discoveries for Womad festival’s first full day, Friday, showcase the rich and varied styles that WOMAD 2016 has on offer. In our pick there is music from Spain, Lebanon, Mali, Scotland and Colombia – you can’t get more diverse than that! La Mambanegra got us…

Artists: Bamba Wassoulou Groove , Buika , Grit Orchestra , Ibrahim Maalouf , La Mambanegra

Album Review: La Mambanegra – La Galeria [Afropicks, 21st January 2016]

La Mambanegra, the excellent Colombian dance orchestra is on a mission to, “bring a new concept of salsa and Latin music to the world.” Colombia is the birthplace of the now infamous cumbia that made its way up the Magdalena River to receive an almost mythical status as a musical…

Artists: La Mambanegra