Day 2: Big Band Cumbia with Rufo Garrido

Around the 50’s and 60’s saw the dawn of big band cumbia, working its way from the countryside of Colombia into the urban middle classes. With that came  a less rural, more textured sound, which was usually accompanied by the clarinet (swapping the flauto de millo). This new form of cumbia, for the most part, would stay true to the original spirit of the rural Cumbia. However, the big band […]