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La Cumbiamba eNeYé performs in a variety of formats, including an 11-piece band, the traditional Gaitas y Tambores sextet, and a Marching band quartet/quintet.
La Cumbiamba's concerts are a lively latin/world dance party. Performing genres from all over Colombia in a traditional and contemporary ways, the band delivers an exciting,eclectic, non-stop music and dance experience.
Throughout the years, La Cumbiamba eNeYé has performed shows and taught master classes on Colombian Music in some of the most renowned venues and institutions in the US, such as Summer Stage at Central Park, Lincoln Center Out Doors, Princeton University and Columbia University. They have also collaborated with artists such as Marc Ribot, Dan Zanes, Lucia Pulido and Marta Gomez. Some of these new sounds have been documented in their newest CD,"La Palma," which will be release in February 2010 in the US and Colombia.
La Cumbiamba eNeYé performs concerts and workshops with traditional instruments from both the Indigenous cultures and the European and African Diasporas as well as the Mestizo culture of Colombia. All of which are blended together to create the traditional musical styles that developed throughout the colonial era and continue to evolve.
“These are a bunch of young guys from Colombia that are now living in Brooklyn - from the first time I heard them, I continue to think they're one of the hardest rocking bands in New York, period.” - Marc Ribot for Billboard.com
“The Players in La Cumbiamba eNeYé are from Colombia, but the band’s Martini-glass-eye view of traditional Colombian music proves that it has made peace with settling in Gotham” - TimeOut New York
“Multiple styles of Colombian cumbia - porro with wooden flutes, brassy, big-band cumbia - have been happily transplanted to New York by La Cumbiamba eNeYé.” - Jon Pareles, The New York Times
“The ensemble’s artistry and verve energized the inauguration of this year’s Latin American and Caribbean programming at Princeton, and set a new standard for PLAS cultural events.” - Deborah Yashar, Director, Program in Latin American Studies, Princeton University
“The big band grabbed the audience from the outset, moving hearts - and, ore importantly, feet - throughout the night. Layers of vocals, bongos, snares, brass and bass filled Webster Hall with joy. There was a lot of dancing and smiling, to say the least.” - Bob Boilen, NPR Music
