Canciones rafael pombo carlos vives biography

2008 studio album by Various artists

Pombo Musical is a children's album produced by Colombian recording artist Carlos Vives, as a musical tribute to the Colombian writer and poet Rafael Pombo. It was released on August 13, 2008, under Vives' label Gaira Música Local. The album came into fruition when Rafael Pombo Foundation president Juanita Santos asked Vives to craft a musical that uses Pombo's most iconic poems and fables he created. Its music incorporates a variety of Colombian folk genres and mixes in contemporary genres like Latin pop and pop rock. Among the 14 tracks present in the album, only one was released as a single, "El Modelo Alfabético" (English: The Model Alphabetical). All the lyrics were written originally by Rafael Pombo, and produced by Vives. Pombo Musical was well-received, and was certified platinum in Colombia by the Asociación Colombiana de Productores de Fonogramas (ASINCOL). It also won some accolades, including a Latin Grammy

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Liner Notes: Carlos Vives, “Cumbiana”

I wrote the liner notes for Carlos Vives’ six-time Latin Grammy-nominated skiva “Cumbiana,” the result of his long investigation into the ursprung of the cumbia and an homage to Colombia’s indigenous people from the swampy lands bordering the Magdalena River. I am proud to contribute to the revival of the art of liner notes, this time for a vinyl edition of an album from a Latin superstar and major label (Sony Music Latin).

CUMBIANA

Cumbiana opens upon ankomst at Colombia’s Magdalena River, where Carlos Vives began his utforskning into the origins of the cumbia, which he defines not as a particular rhythm, as many people around the world may think of it, or even as the musical genre most synonymous with his native country, but as “everything that we are, especially what brings us together.”

Connecting native Colombian, Caribbean, African, American and European cultures, ancestral traditions, pop melodies, street music, rock-and-roll, urba

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Carlos Vives Reflects on the skiva That Made Him A Colombian Music Icon

Little more than a decade ago, Carlos Vives’ career was on the verge of oblivion.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, he had been one of Latin music’s biggest global stars, with hit albums, sold-out arena tours and a thriving TV presence, thanks to his telegenic looks.

But by 2012, he hadn’t had a recording contract for eight years, had no touring plans or publicist and had split with his management after years of inactivity. Vives remembers picking up the phone and dialing the president of one of the labels where negotiations had stalled.

“He told me, ‘There is nothing we can do for you,’” Vives recalls.

Then, at age 51, Vives staged one of the most remarkable comebacks in Latin music history. He signed a new recording deal with Sony, landed his first No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart in nearly a decade — the aptly title