Review: La Bodega by Totó La Momposina

By Keith Goetzman
Published on December 15, 2009

Do not be fooled by the sultry, smoky opening notes of the first song on La Bodega–once the earth-pounding Afro-Colombian drums kick in, they set the tone for the rest of this dance-inducing album. Totó excavates the deep African roots of Colombia’s Caribbean coast, carrying forth the sounds she heard as a youth from the singers called cantadoras. Packed with flutes, guitars, horns, and those drums, this is music meant to move you–literally.

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