Lucho Y Su Orquesta Bermudez The Coastal Invasion: Cumbia, Porro, Gaita & Mapalé from Colombia’s Caribbean Coast (1946-1961) 03/02/1987 While Shrimp Boats was an

While Shrimp Boats was an instrumental reimagining of the popular 1951 song by American singer Jo Stafford

This is a record no one should be without

but rather writing about the way his own limited experience and perspective of the band’s place can lift the veils of false narratives

Lucinda Williams

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Lucho Y Su Orquesta Bermudez The Coastal Invasion: Cumbia, Porro, Gaita & Mapalé from Colombia’s Caribbean Coast (1946-1961) 03/02/1987 While Shrimp Boats was an'The Coastal Invasion highlights the golden age of big band cumbia and the maestro who is often seen as Colombias most influential composer, Lucho Bermudez. Bermudez was a key figure who modernised the tropical music of Colombia's Caribbean coast. At the beginning of the 20th century, this music was largely looked down on. Bermudez changed all that by injecting a modern, jazzy big band sound to the Afro Colombian sounds from his native region. The