Grupo Naidy

Grupo Naidy, based in Cali, Colombia, play a marimba and drum music known as currulao, a strikingly African-inflected style that has flourished on the Pacific coast of southern Colombia and northern Ecuador (the group's repertoire also embraces juga, arrulo, salve, bunde, alabao, and canto de boga pieces). Led by percussionist Irlando "Maky" Lopez, Grupo Naidy include marimba virtuosos Jose Antonio Torres and Budilo Cauma Renteria and cantaora singer Juana Maria Angulo. Grupo Naidy had just finished recording their first album in 2004 (Arriba Suena Marimba: Currulao Marimba Mu...