Paz en la tierra

"On this latest record Meridean Brothers and Conjunto Media Luna prove that touching the traditional doesn't have to weigh down your creativity. It can provide the energy and fuel for producing an album that is really quite unique".

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"Top of the world" - "Colombia's traditional music has always been a huge part of Álvarez's output, but so often he would delight in playing with convention, last year's Cumbia Siglo XXI, a delirious reconfiguration of cumbia being a prime example. It was cumbia, but never quite cumbia as we know it. On this collaboration with Bogotá's in-demand accordion player, Iván Medellín of Conjunto Media Luna, he has made the closest to a traditional album he surely will ever make. Recalling golden-age vallenato or the cumbia campesina of Andrés Landero, Medellín's strident accordion is showcased perfectly, as are Álvarez's vocals. This format allows his words to shine better than ever before; these songs feel like modern-day vallenatos in the troubadour tradition".