Cimarrón is a Colombian musical group of festive dance music joropo from the plains of the

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. This Grammy-nominated band makes Latin music with Andalusian, Indigenous American native and African roots. Their music includes four-stringed

cuatro Cuatro, Spanish (and other Romance languages) for the 4, number 4, may refer to: * Cuatro (instrument), a family of Latin American string instruments, including: ** Cuatro (Venezuela) ** Puerto Rican cuatro * Cuatro (TV channel), a Spanish free-to ...

harp The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing or sitting, and in orchestras or ...

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s, and also Peruvian-flamenco cajón, Brazilian surdo, afro-Colombian tambora, a stomp dance as a percussion component and tribal indigenous whistles.

History

Singer Ana Veydó and harpist Carlos "Cuco" Rojas founded Cimarón in Colombia. Rojas was part of a delegation of Colombian musicians that played for the Colombian writer

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during the awarding of

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1982 in

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, Sweden. Cimarrón started to promote their work in international folk and world music festivals such as

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, WOMEX Festival,

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Newport Folk Festival The Newport Folk Festival is an annual American folk-oriented music festival in Newport, Rhode Island, which began in 1959 as a counterpart to the Newport Jazz Festival. The festival was founded by music promoter and Jazz Festival founder Geor ...

, China National Center for the Performing Arts,

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, Glatt & Verkehrt,

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, Festival Rio Loco, Festival Mawazine, Rajasthan International Folk Festival, Førde International Folk Music Festival, Sfinks Mixed, Flamenco Biennale Nederland, Lotus World Music & Arts Festival, National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Utah Arts Festival, San Francisco International Arts Festival, Globalquerque, Festival International de Lousiane, Festival Nuit du Suds, Zomer van Antwerpen, Abu Dhabi Culture & Heritage, Festival México Centro Histórico and other stages across Europe, the United States, Asia, America and the Middle East. Their 2004 album, '' Sí soy llanero'' (

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), was a Best Traditional World Music Album nominee in the

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. They were nominated for a

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in 2019 for Best Folk Album with their release,

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. In 2007, Cimarrón worked on a live album with the Official Harpist to the Prince of Wales, Catrin Finch, and they also toured all over the United Kingdom.

also released Cimarrón's 2011 album, ''¡Cimarrón! Joropo Music from the plains of Venezuela'' In those years, Cimarrón presented their Orinoco performance. They were Best Latin Album winner in the 2012 Independent Music Awards and a Best Traditional Music Show nominee in the 2014 Premios Lunas del Auditorio de Mexico. Cimarrón has performed in the United States, Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Norway,England, Czech Republic, Austria, Slovenia, Scotland, Croatia, Wales, Morocco, Arab Emirates, India, China, Japan, Malaysia, Rajasthan, Lebanon, Algeria, Mexico, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica, El Salvador, República Dominicana, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina, Chile y Uruguay.

Discography

Awards and nominations

Features

Cimarron have some guest appearances in other Colombian music records from artists such as

Aterciopelados Aterciopelados (), also known as Los Aterciopelados, is a rock band from Colombia, led by Andrea Echeverri and Héctor Buitrago. Their music fuses rock with a variety of Colombian and Latin American musical traditions. Aterciopelados have reco ...

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and

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. In 1996, the band was guest by

to play the harp and cuatro for their song ''La culpable'', written by

Andrea Echeverri Andrea Echeverri Arias (born September 13, 1965) is a Colombian rock/ pop singer and guitarist. She holds a degree in Fine Arts from University of Los Andes and was a ceramist before becoming a musician. She is the lead singer in Aterciopelado ...

and Héctor Buitrago, and included in the album ''

La Pipa de la Paz ''La Pipa de la Paz'' is the third studio album by Colombian band Aterciopelados. Produced by Phil Manzanera in London with this project they became the first Colombian artist to be nominated for a Grammy in the Best Latin Rock/Alternative Perf ...

''. This album was Grammy nominated for Best Latin/Alternative Album. Cimarrón also played the music for the song ''Dios y el alma'' in children's album ''Pombo musical'', produced in 2008 by

. This record, winner of the Latin Grammy for Best Children's Album, includes another guest appearances from Colombian artists such as

Juanes Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez (born 9 August 1972), known professionally as Juanes, is a Colombian musician who was a member of the Rock music, rock band Ekhymosis and is now a solo artist. Since releasing his solo debut album ''Fíjate B ...

, Cabas and Fonseca. In 2017, Cimarrón performed a song with Colombian popular musician

on his album ''El Orisha de la Rosa'', which was the winner of a Latin Grammy for Best Packaging Design.

References

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