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Bomba Estéreo Releases 'Ayo': 21st-Century Cumbia For The Temple of Dance

On its new album, Colombian band Bomba Estereo continues to redefine contemporary Latin music.
Bomba Estereo's Liliana Saumet and Kike Egurrola on the last day of Glastonbury on June 29, 2014. The group's latest album, Ayo, was released Aug. 11, 2017. / LEON NEAL / Getty Images

About eight years ago, in a small club in Copenhagen, a then-unknown band named Bomba Estéreo grabbed us by the musical jugular. Singer Liliana Saumet strode across the stage as the group wrapped her incendiary vocals in a startlingly fresh mix of Colombian roots, propelled by a punk-psychedelic sensibility.

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