Colombia

A 29-minute instrumental journey across Colombia in one continuous arc, from the Carnival cumbia dawn of Barranquilla to the sunset coastal cumbia of Santa Marta. No vocals; pure instrumental storytelling.

Each track is composed from the music of its place: the tri-ethnic gaita flutes and Carnival drums of Barranquilla, cumbia's capital; the gritty Afro-Atlantic champeta of walled Cartagena; the accordion storytelling of Valledupar, the vallenato homeland; the Pacific-coast currulao and marimba de chonta of Buenaventura; the sacred bullerengue of San Basilio de Palenque, the first free African town in the Americas; and the athletic salsa caleña of Cali, the world's salsa epicenter.