Episode 50: Colombia

This week we bring very special invitadx DJ Alex DB to get into some of the musical traditions of Colombia. We leave behind more well-known paisas - your J Balvins and Malumas - in favor of digging into vallenatos, sextetos, and AfroColombian musical traditions from what was probably the first free black community in the Americas. There is no way to cover the nuances and diversity of music of Colombia in six songs, pero we hope that this selection encourages you to search for más y más! Featuring music by El Combo De Las Estrellas, Genio El Del Canto Bello, Adassa, Alejo Duran, Sexteto Tabalá, and Kombilesa Mi.

You can find DJ Alex DB on Facebook and Instagram, and you can listen to their latest mix on soundcloud!

Other stuff we mentioned on today's episode:

• Join the National Abortion Access Bowlathon!

• Gabriel Garzón Montano's collab with Kombilesa Mi

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Music Video Adassa De Tra

Vida musical de Alejo Duran en: http://elvallenatomayor.blogspot.com Un son Vallenato de Alejo Duran, El Juglar del Vallenato, el primer rey vallenato del Festival de la Leyenda Vallenata, no porque lo quiso el jurado si no porque asi lo quiso Dios. Voz de Acordeones 24 al 26 de Agosto. Monterrey, Mexico.

The Sexteto Tabalá, is an Afro-Colombian musical format whose immediate ancestors came from a series of multi-cultural influences of Cuba from Spain and agro business processes between the two countries in the first three decades of the twentieth century.

Kombilesa Mi agrupación de San Basilio de palenque nace en el 2011, como una propuesta musical que fusiona el Hip Hop con ritmos tradicionales como el sexteto, el pavo, el bullerengue y la chalusonga, entre otros) salvaguardando la lengua palenquera y utilizando instrumentos típicos de Palenque, produciendo nuevas sonoridades para la música del Caribe Colombiano.