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Peregoyo Y Su Combo Vacaná

After more than five centuries of neglect, the Pacific coast of Colombia, is gradually beginning to shed its isolation and obscurity. This region is a "New Africa": 95% of its inhabitants are of African origin, brought there to work in the gold mines and plantations during the age of Spanish colonization. The remaining 5% are made up of various indigenous Indian tribes such as the Buscaja, Calimas, Emberas, Katios, Noanamas, Urabaes, and Tamanaes. After their arrival in this region, the Blacks enriched their own cultural baggage by integrating various aspects of Indian cosmology into their own, including shamanistic traditions and the knowledge of indigenous inhabitants. The descendants of quite a few West African tribes came to settle the region's tropical rain forests including the Mandinga, Ashanti, Akan, Yoruba, and Congo. From folk melodies of the Pacific coast to the indigenous rhythms of country's Afro-Colombian lands, Combo Vacana is considered as the local version of the Buena Vista Social Club. The band is composed by Peregoyo (composer, sax player), the other sax player Luis Murillo, the trumpetter composer and arranger Francisco â "Pachoâ" Peña, the timbales player Anibal López, the guitar player Luis Diuza and one of the Pacific region's best vocalists, the great Pablo Emilio Redin. Some of the original group members have passed away, such as vocalist Ramón Sanchez, and been replaced by new musicians.