Maguaré @ Festival d’Art (Huy)

 

On Monday, August 20, we decided to end another hot summer day with a tropical concert. Festival of Art in the pleasant town of Huy (Huy), where I’ll get it. It was on stage in Saint-Mengold, a distrusted church, located in the place verte, a picturesque square hidden behind the Great Place. Maguaré is a Belgian group that has been causing sensation throughout the summer at small and large festivals (e.g., Sfinks) with exciting cumbia (retro) from Colombia, the native country of singer Paola Márquez . The collective is also made up of four Colombians (percussion and bass) and six Belgians (organ, accordion and wind instruments).We were curious to know what sound this set of 11 members would create, because last year Paola Márquez surprised us with her other group The South in Art Base (see report) He then performed wonderfully several songs from the Latin American tradition of the New Song. The young woman Mercedes Sosa The concert ended up occupying a prominent place in me. Staff end list of year-end With Maguaré, Paola herself opens other records. People should celebrate and do so here. During the instrumental premiere we already feel that a first-class concert is coming. What an explosive sound. Especially the incredibly well-greased metal section is international class. Immediately imagine yourself in the studios of the legendaries Discs Fuentes, where in the 1960s and 1970s there was cumbia, porn, gaita and other exceptionally strong Afro-Colombian music. We have already written extensively on this blog about the walks of Will Quantic, Holland Thanks to whoever that old-fashioned cumb is fashionable again. Just think of the success of Ondatropica,The Míticos of Rhythm and the great compilations of Soundway Records like The original sound of cumbia and Colombia: the golden age of Discos Fuentes We are proud that in Belgium,I’ll get it. Let us have strong gender ambassadors who are in no way inferior to the best international examples. Paola Márquez They also feature a singer with a wonderfully agile voice and an energetic appearance on stage. All the performance oscillates nonstop, occasionally the pace slows slightly, resulting in an even more sensual effect.

We recognize classics of the Discos Fuentes como Prende la Vela de Lucho Bermudez , Christmas Negra de José Barros y Cumbia en do menor de Lito Barrientos (also found in the collection of soundtracks Colombia: the golden age of Discos Fuentes ). After the break, Paola is accompanied only by percussion, to the Toto la Momposina. The audience behaves surprisingly meekly for most of the concert (how for the heat?), but wakes up when the Belgian world hit Dominique appears in a totally unexpected way. A cumbia pastiche that pays homage to the wonder of the success Soeur Sourire. Listen here to Maguaré’s version during his performance in Deurne a few weeks ago. Of course, Jungle Fever shouldn’t miss in the round bis, now available as a single. Did you know this sexy melody is also made in Belgium? It was a worldwide success for the Chakachas in 1972. Later, Afrosound’s Colombians Afrosoundreleased a version that sounds even hotter. Judge yourself where you can place Maguaré’s interpretation.