Afro / indigenous / Colombian / Canadian / punk / folklorist / traditionalist / transgressive / diva / angel. There are so many layers to Canadian-Colombian singer Lido Pimienta’s identity that you might get lost in them. But if you did, you’d be missing the point.
The Colombian-born, Toronto-based global beats trailblazer recorded her latest album Miss Colombia, the anticipated follow-up to La Papessa, in her home studio, with some additional recording done in the historic Colombian town of San Basilio de Palenque. Miss Colombia boasts 11 new and original songs that boldly celebrate Lido’s ecstatic musical hybridity of electronic meets cumbia, and is at once defiant and delicate, exploratory and confrontational. All of the songs were written and arranged by Lido, and she co-produced the album with Matt Smith aka Prince Nifty.
