FLAWA talks to flamboyant Colombian-Canadian artist Lido Pimienta about her new album ‘Miss Colombia’. Join us in Zoom or for the FB live stream on Thursday 11 June at 7PM UK time / 2PM EST Canada / 1PM Colombia.

We are joined by the celebrated, controversial, Colombian-Canadian artist and Polaris-Prize winner, Lido Pimienta, who explores identity, motherhood, and gender in her polyrhythmic sound. Her new album Miss Colombia analyses her complex relationship to her birth country through different Colombian rhythms and urban sounds and specifically explores Afro-Colombian palenque music.

Podcast: Rhythm Passport Presents… #8

Another Rhythm Passport Presents flight is ready to take off from RTM.FM and guide you through a two-hour journey around the world. In the eighth episode of our show, Rhythm Passport will travel from New Zealand to Brazil. Get ready for some of the freshest cumbia, reggae, funk then a…

Artists: Arif Mirbaghi , Ayala , Bedouin Burger , Cosmic Analog Ensemble , Criolo , Dele Sosimi , Faizal Mostrixx , Gaoulé Mizik , Geylang Electric Phin Band , He-Man Stradivarius , Islandman , Jally Kebba Susso , Kikagaku Moyo , Lalalar , Lido Pimienta , Madalitso Band , Medlar , Nu Genea , Otoboke Beaver , Rita Morar , Sababa 5 , Saltpond City Band , Shabaka Hutchings , The Black Seeds , The Bongo Hop , The Shaolin Afronauts , Tiki Taka

Album Review: Lido Pimienta – Miss Colombia [ANTI-; April 2020]

What if Frida Kahlo did Instagram? Or if Sun Ra gave cumbia the astral treatment? Well it would probably look and sound like Lido Pimienta and her grower of a new album, Miss Colombia. The title is a reference to the super awkward Miss Universe moment of 2015, when the…

Artists: Lido Pimienta