Category Archives: Cumbia

SONG OF THE DAY Hugo Blanco – Cumbia Con Arpa

Posted on January 30, 2023 by The Listening Post Blog

Hugo César Blanco Manzo, better known as Hugo Blanco, was a Venezuelan musician, composer, producer and arranger whose musical style earned him worldwide recognition. Combining a sizzling fusion of Cuban music, salsa, merengue and joropo (a musical style resembling the … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY La Sonora Dinamita – Ritmo Tropical

Posted on January 19, 2023 by The Listening Post Blog

If there was one record I was determined to own, it was La Sonora Dinamita’s Ritmo! ….and find it I did!! All the way from Mexico it came and I was soooooooooooooooo chuffed when it turned up!! What I didn’t … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Compay Quinto – El Diablo

Posted on January 18, 2023 by The Listening Post Blog

Whoa!! What a little sizzler this is! Sometimes you don’t know what you need until you find it and today’s song was just the thing! This little beauty has taken me down a very nice avenue of Latin delights!! Founded … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Ranil – La Tuctuructia

Posted on January 2, 2023 by The Listening Post Blog

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!  I’d like to open today’s post with all the best wishes for 2023 and a song that I could’ve sworn I’d featured before…but I haven’t!!! In fact, I was convinced I’d shared this album before too, but … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou – Ecoute Ma Melodie

Posted on November 7, 2022 by The Listening Post Blog

“Take funk, soul, psychedelia and rumba, mix it up with a thick dose of heavy local rhythms and throw everything in a Benin grinder. The brew is then mixed up with hypnotic Farfisa solos, gritty guitar riffs, distorted bass lines, … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Abraxas – Mañana

Posted on September 11, 2022 by The Listening Post Blog

Danny Lee Blackwell (of the Night Beats) has embarked on a new project. Teaming up with ex-Los Bitchos instrumentalist, Carolina Faruolo, the duo – known as Abraxas – are to release their collaborative debut LP, Monte Carlo, this October via … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Sonora Dinamita – Eco en Stereo

Posted on September 9, 2022 by The Listening Post Blog

Ahhhh…..this is so good!! Recently, I’ve been trying to get a copy of the LP  that today’s song comes from, but its not looking too easy and there are definitely no copies in the UK! I will find one though!! … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Abraxas – Sunrise State (Of Mind)

Posted on August 20, 2022 by The Listening Post Blog

I love it when artists twist, bend and reinvent themselves in many sonic ways, always evolving, yet always maintaining that solid root that gives them their edge; such is the case with today’s band. With a sound that resides in … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Los Sirios – Cuarto Oscuro

Posted on August 14, 2022 by The Listening Post Blog

If Los Sirios had gone on to record more music, I’d like to think that it would have sounded as psychtastically heady and groove-orientated as this (the percussion is fantastic!!!!). Cuarto Oscuro (translating as Dark Room?) was issued as a … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Los Kintos – Idioma Criollo

Posted on July 21, 2022 by The Listening Post Blog

I press play, this song starts and I swear everything turns technicolour and the stress just fades away!! Replaced by rainbows and sunbeams, Los Kintos are bringers of joy!! I welcome these moments! Forming sometime in the late 1960’s, Los … Continue reading →

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