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The term marimba refers to both the traditional version of this instrument and its modern form. Its first documented use in the English language dates back to 1704. [1] The term is of Bantu origin, deriving from the prefix ma-meaning 'many' and -rimba meaning 'xylophone'. The term is akin to Kikongo and Swahili marimba or malimba. [2]
Towns also have wind and percussion bands that play during the lent and Easter-week processions as well as on other occasions. The marimba is an important instrument in Guatemalan traditional songs. The oldest documented use of marimba in the Americas dates to 1680 during celebrations at Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala.
Their influences include Colombian cumbia legend Andrés Landero, Mexican marimba groups such as Marimba Cuquita , Chicano music as Lalo Guerrero, whose song "Los chucos suaves" they perform, as well as American and British rock bands such as Green Day, the Misfits, The Clash, and Mexican rock bands like Belafonte Sensacional.
Well known band of Maya Pax music was La Banda de San Jose. [6] One of the popular contemporary marimba bands is the Benque Marimba Youth Academy. [ 7 ] In the villages of northern Belize you will also find Maya Pax bands which mostly play for traditional Maya dances like the Hoghead dance like La banda de San Jose in Orange Walk district.
Popular Mexican Cumbia composers and interpreters include Rigo Tovar y su Costa Azul, Celso Piña, Pilar Montenegro, Ninel Conde, Los Caminantes, and Selena. Los Ángeles Azules play the cumbia sonidera genre, which is a cumbia subgenre using the accordion and synthesizers.
Chuy Lizarraga y su Banda Tierra Sinaloense 2011: 1 "Corazón Sin Cara" ‡ Prince Royce: 2011: 2 "Taboo" Don Omar: 2011: 3 "Me Encantaria" Fidel Rueda 2011: 4 "Danza Kuduro" Don Omar featuring Lucenzo: 2011: 5 "Give Me Everything" Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack, and Nayer: 2011: 6 "Te Amo y Te Amo" La Adictiva Banda San Jose de Mesillas ...
The Baja Marimba Band was an American musical group led by marimba player Julius Wechter. Formed by producer Herb Alpert after his own Tijuana Brass, [ 1 ] the Baja Marimba Band outlasted the Tijuana Brass by several years in part due to TV producer Chuck Barris , who included the group's music on his game shows in the 1970s.
"Amores" is a merengue with elements of Afropop and "Cancioncita de Amor" is a Salsa song. "Sabia Manera" is a son song. "La llave de mi corazon" is a track with elements of tropical music mixed with merengue, mambo, funk, hip hop, blues and rock and is about a woman who met in a website and how she had the key of heart because he fell in love ...