La Cumbiamba eNeYe

La Cumbiamba eneye performs concerts and workshops with traditional instruments from the African Diaspora in Colombia, and with indigenous and European instruments as well. These elements are blended together in the traditional music that developed through the colonial era and continues to evolve. Eneye has the versatility to perform from a quintet format, for reduced space events, up to a 10-piece band format for large events. La Cumbiamba Eneye was created in the summer of 2000 by a group of musicians of caliber who share an enthusiasm for investigating, performing and advancing musical expressions emanating from the mix of African, Native Indian and European cultural contributions in the Americas. The band adopted its denomination of "Cumbiamba" from the cultural vocabulary of the north western Caribbean coast in South America. In Colombia, "Cumbiamba" is a familiar word that denotes an outdoors celebration with live cumbia music, or the bands that perform in such events. La Cumbiamba Eneye evokes this lively athmosphere with every performance, spreading it to multiple cultural venues troughout the city and beyond.