MAGUARÉ : Cumbia Fever from Belgium

MAGUARÉ : Fiebre de Cumbia desde Bélgica By Latinos in London Radio Show Entrevista a Paola Marquez 10/11/11 By Carlos Nino - www.latinosinlondon.com/music info@latinosinlondon.com / Monday 6pm @ www.aculcoradio.com/envivo www.zephyrusvzw.be www.myspace.com/maguarecumbia The Colombian Singer Paola Marquez, graduated from the music conservatory of Ghent in Belgium she decided to go back to the roots of Afro-Colombian music focusing on cumbia and other afro-colombian rhythms. The rhythm section of Maguaré consists of traditional percussion using the tambora, tambor alegre, llamador, maracas, ... Backed up by a section of five horns, double bass, accordion, piano and organ, Maguaré brings to the table, under the title of retro cumbia, an explosive mix of Afro-Colombian beats in the style of Lucho Bermudez and Lito Barrientos. They play the best cumbia songs of all times with all the passion and strength of the genre.