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Born along the Orinoco River plains of eastern Colombia and western Venezuela is the region’s crown jewel: joropo. Cimarrón is a Joropo music ensemble led by Ana Veydó, a virtuous voice that defies the male-centric traditions from the cattle ranches of Los Llanos.
Cimarrón is considered by Forbes magazine as “the band that takes the music from the Orinoco River Plains across the world”. The New York Times high praised Ana Veydó as “a rare female artist testing the limits of joropo".
This Grammy-nominated six-piece (Best Traditional World Music Album) brings together a raw and profound ethnic experience, celebrating their Indigenous and African heritage.
Their untamed music introduces the strong voice of a woman accompanied by young master instrumentalists and their fast-paced footwork dance. A magnificent display of freedom with a harp, maracas, drums, folk guitars and deer-skull whistles.
Cimarrón soul-shaking futurist vision of folklore has been ovationated in 42 countries of 5 continents in folk and global music festivals such as Colours of Ostrava in Czech Republic, Mawazine Festival in Morocco, Malaysia Rainforest World Music Festival, Switzerland Paléo Festival, Rajasthan International Folk Festival, Rudolstadt Festival in Germany, Abu Dhabi Culture & Heritage Festival, Førde Festival in Norway, Flamenco Biennale Nederland, Newport Folk Festival, and worldwide renowned performing art centers such as Japan Musashino Concert Hall and China National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing.
Cimarrón was Latin Grammy nominated for Best Folk Album (Orinoco, 2019), and also earned 2020 Songlines Music Awards as Best Group in the UK after their fourth tour alongside the acclaimed Welsh classical harpist Catrin Finch, which included a concert in the legendary Maida Vale Studios (BBC, London). The band has also won Independent Music Awards (Best Instrumental, 2019), Transglobal World Music Chart (Best Album of South America, 2019).
Their latest album La Recia is considered one of the 10 best folk music albums of 2022 by Financial Times in the UK.
