MARTINA CAMARGO IS ONE OF COLOMBIA\u2019S LEADING CANTADORAS AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FIGURES IN TAMBORA, THE AFRO-COLOMBIAN MUSICAL TRADITION OF THE MAGDALENA RIVER. BORN IN SAN MART\u00cdN DE LOBA, SHE HAS CARRIED THIS REPERTOIRE ACROSS THE AMERICAS, EUROPE, AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES. HER ALBUM CANTO Y R\u00cdO EARNED A 2024 LATIN GRAMMY NOMINATION, AND IN 2026 SHE RECEIVED CARTAGENA\u2019S MEDALLA DE LA ORDEN PEDRO ROMERO IN RECOGNITION OF HER ARTISTIC TRAJECTORY AND PRESERVATION OF AFRO-COLOMBIAN CULTURE. BUILT AROUND POWERFUL LEAD VOCALS, CALL-AND-RESPONSE SINGING AND TRADITIONAL PERCUSSION, MARTINA\u2019S MUSIC PRESERVES THE STORIES AND RHYTHMS OF HER COMMUNITIES WHILE SPEAKING TO WOMEN\u2019S EMPOWERMENT, DISPLACEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND CULTURAL RESISTANCE. A NEW GLOBAL GENERATION HAS DISCOVERED HER VOICE THROUGH ELECTRONIC REMIXES GENERATING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF STREAMS. IN BRUSSELS, THIS IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE MARTINA IN AN INTIMATE SETTING THROUGH CONVERSATION, A LIVE CONCERT AND A RUEDA DE TAMBORA, JOINED BY SPECIAL GUESTS LOS GAITEROS DE BRUSELAS AND AMALAYA, IN COLLABORATION WITH RUEDA.BXL AND SOUNDS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MARTINA CAMARGO IS ONE OF COLOMBIA\u2019S LEADING CANTADORAS AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FIGURES IN TAMBORA, THE AFRO-COLOMBIAN MUSICAL TRADITION OF THE MAGDALENA RIVER. BORN IN SAN MART\u00cdN DE LOBA, SHE HAS CARRIED THIS REPERTOIRE ACROSS THE AMERICAS, EUROPE, AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES. HER ALBUM CANTO Y R\u00cdO […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2018634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"closed","template":"","acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n