“It’s a music of unity, delight, and a way of belonging to Santa Marta,” mentioned Vives
Bomba Estéreo and Carlos Vives are paying homage to the fantastic thing about Santa Marta, Colombia’s beloved Caribbean metropolis. On Thursday, Vives and Li Saumet launched “La Samaria,” accompanied by a vibrant video celebrating the five hundredth anniversary of Santa Marta and its wealthy cultural heritage.
“This music means lots to me as a result of it’s a music from my homeland—the place I grew up, the place I used to be born and raised, and the place I grew to become the individual I’m,” Li Saumet mentioned in a press launch. “It’s the place I discovered to attach with the Sierra, with the individuals, with the cultures of my land. It’s a sacred place, so it’s essential for me to have the ability to provide that vitality in a music.”
Saumet mentioned she chosen Vives, a vallenato icon, to affix her for the music as a result of “he’s that Samarian determine” in music. “It needed to be him,” she mentioned. “He has that very same love for the land and that very same reference to the Sierra.”
The video reveals Vives and Saumet dancing by the seashore and singing by means of the colourful streets of the city as they commerce lyrics about how there’s “no spring or winter” in Santa Marta. Backed by conventional devices, they honor the town’s magnificence: “Right here all disappointment leaves with the waves,” Vives sings.
Vives produced the music with Bomba Estéro members José Castillo, Andrés Leal, and Casta. It marks Saumet’s first launch since releasing music as Astropical alongside Rawayana, and comes just a few weeks after Vives made his grand return to NPR’s Tiny Desk.
“Sharing this music that celebrates the Samarian spirit with Bomba Estéreo fills me with pleasure,” Carlos Vives mentioned. “It’s a music of unity, delight, and a way of belonging to Santa Marta, reflecting the nostalgia that Li and I really feel each time we return to our house.”
