Interactive musical map of Colombia

The excellent Soundway Records label continues its musical exploration of Colombia with another huge compilation, The Original Sound of Cumbia. To promote the release, they've created a really fantastic interactive "Musical Map of Colombia." Browsing the map is a fascinating experience whether or not you intend to buy the new compilation. That said, I'd wager that after a few minutes playing with the map, you'll be inclined to own some of this music. It's available on CD but I'm inclined to go for the two volume, triple (!) vinyl with free MP3 download once it's in-stock at the US distributor Forced Exposure.

CD: "The Original Sound of Cumbia (The History of Colombian Cumbia & Porro As Told By The Phonograph 1948-79)" (Forced Exposure)

• [Jesseham]

  This is excellent.  One of my secret life goals (don’t tell anyone) is to have a jukebox filled with cumbia.  Looks like they’ve given me a bit of a boost here.

  • [HP LatinoVoices]

    Yes! I love this. Thank you, Boing Boing!

• [ssll]

  Try chicha – psych cumbia from peru: http://www.barbesrecords.com/rootsofchicha.html

  • [MEandMy_Monkey]

    Xeni mentioned that compilation a while back while talking about her trip to Amoeba Records http://boingboing.net/2010/03/08/xeni-in-amoeba-recor.html  It’s a fantastic album and genre though, and you could never promote it too much.

• [Lupelu]

  Epic!! Specially now, this is holiday music at our house.

• [ivandgp@roge…]

  love it like this we learn the best from such a beutiful country

• [Natalia Fajardo]

  cool map! one critique though: i dont think it’s geographically accurate. Lucho Bermudez shows up in the coffee region (manizales area), but he’s from the atlantic coast (bolivar).  hugo racedo y su conjunto’s song is called cumbia de magdalena,  the dot points to bolivar, a different departamento.