Ottawa, 3 jul (PL) El festival canadiense Sunfest 2014 se celebra desde hoy y hasta el próximo domingo en el céntrico Victoria Park de London, provincia de Ontario, con la participación más de 35 grupos musicales del mundo.
Cinco escenarios y más de 275 exponentes de la gastronomía internacional abrirán el apetito a todos los asistentes que se deleitarán con las delicias del lugar, informaron los organizadores.
Entre las agrupaciones invitadas se cuentan Beto Jamaica (Colombia), Conjunto Chappottin y sus estrellas (Cuba), El gremio (Chile) y Plena libre (Puerto Rico) Ricardo Lemvo, Makina loca y Tumbao bravo (Estados Unidos).
El Sunfest es considerado por la crítica uno de los festivales más importantes del verano en Canadá, donde se presentan diversos espectáculos de música, danza, artes visuales, gastronomía y artesanía.
Beto Jamaica Rey Vallenato
Friday – TD Bandshell / Saturday – South Stage / Sunday – Galaxie Stage
July 4, 2014 – 7:30pm July 5, 2014 – 5:45pm July 6, 2014 – 8:30pm
Bio
If you’re Colombian, then you already know that the most popular and dynamic folk rhythm around is called vallenato. Native to the Caribbean Coast, its defining characteristics are its unbridled enthusiasm and the lead role played by the accordion, which is usually accompanied by caja vallenata (a small goat leather drum), guacharaca (a tube-shaped percussion instrument), bass, and vocals.
TD Sunfest 2014 headliner Alberto Beto Jamaica is one of of Colombia’s most renowned vallenato and cumbia musicians with a 25-year career in the music business and more than 50 professional recordings. Since winning the prestigious Leyenda Vallenata Festival in 2006, he has become known as Rey Vallenato Colombia (The Vallenato King’ of Colombia).
Rey Vallenato’s music is a vibrant mix of cumbia, paseo and porro all wrapped into his infectious accordion-driven vallenato. He contemporizes the tradition by adding electric bass, congas and timbales to the conventional instrumentation, while never losing sight of the music’s roots with its deep cultural meaning for the Colombian people, reflecting the way they live, think, act and feel.
Beto Jamaica’s debut release in North America, Rey de mi Folclor features 14 tracks and is a testament to Rey Vallenato’s commitment to both the tradition and future development of vallenato music. A star in Colombia with two Top 5 hits, Beto has performed in more than 50 musical productions, and toured Europe, the Americas, the Caribbean and Asia. As he once again sets his sights on this continent, the summer of 2014 will see the Vallenato King performing in the US and Canada, including his much-anticipated return to TD Sunfest as part of “Salsa in the Sun ‘14”.
By sunfest.on.ca
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