cumbia (colombia)

songlines magazine said this about this south american rhythm
cantering basslines, lurching percussion, spiralling clarinets and punchy trombone choruses
that's colombian cumbia
the racing 2/4 rhythm of a bamboo guacharaca (scraper)
and rumbling , cone-shaped tambora drums
drives dancers into flirtatious moves
descended from the slaves in ports like cartagena
cumbia remained low-class and largely black until the early 20th century
and the 50's and 60's society big bands like
lucho bermudez's and los corraleros de majagual spread it nationally
today's salsa-influenced modernists co-exist with roots accordian groups
whose singers yodel like cowboys
most of the youtube clips i found for this style
seemed mostly focused on the obvious sex appeal of the music
or at least the supposed sex appeal of the young and beautiful performers
with presumably a loose connection to the original style
but heavily updated with modern recording techniques and instrumentation
the clip linked here seems to lean more to the traditional
and contains many of the elements mentioned in the songlines text
including the scraper, trombones, accordian and (almost) yodelling
so i suspect a good example of this style
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