Cumbancha
Cumbancha is a record label, booking agency and music publisher based in Charlotte, Vermont, United States. The company was founded by ethnomusicologist and music producer Jacob Edgar in 2006. In 2007, Cumbancha Music Publishing was established to expand opportunities for artists, helping them license songs to various movies, television programs, and advertisements, including Boyhood, Grey's Anatomy, and High Maintenance.
Cumbancha
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- Cumbancha
- Founded
- 2006
- Headquarters
- Charlotte
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Cumbancha is a record label, booking agency and music publisher based in Charlotte, Vermont, United States. The company was founded by ethnomusicologist and music producer Jacob Edgar in 2006. In 2007, Cumbancha Music Publishing was established to expand opportunities for artists, helping them license songs to various movies, television programs, and advertisements, including Boyhood, Grey's Anatomy, and High Maintenance.
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Overview
Overview
Cumbancha Booking was founded in 2010 to book tours for artists on and off the label, bringing them to venues such as Hollywood Bowl, Montreal Jazz Festival, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Lincoln Center, Central Park SummerStage, and Austin City Limits. Artists on the label include The Idan Raichel Project, Habib Koité and Bamada, Rupa & the April Fishes, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, The Touré-Raichel Collective, and Lakou Mizik, among many others. The name "Cumbancha" derives from the Cuban word of West African derivation meaning an impromptu musical gathering or party.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Cumbancha • Founded — 2006 • Founder — Jacob Edgar • Country — United States • Location — Charlotte, Vermont • Url — cumbancha.com
Location
Location
Cumbancha headquarters is located in Charlotte, Vermont, in a refurbished, solar-powered barn, which also contains the Putumayo World Music Archive.
Identity and overview
Identity and overview
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Institutional history
Dated record
Institutional history
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2006
Cumbancha established.
2006
Cumbancha is recorded from 2006.
2006
Cumbancha was established or created in 2006.
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Catalogued output
Publications and programmes
The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Recorded as record label. Situated in United States. Recorded at coordinates 44.3404, -73.1858. Cumbancha has its headquarters at Charlotte.
Releases
• Artist — Album — Release Date — Catalog Number • |Ska Cubano — |¡Ay Caramba! (discontinued) — |July 11, 2006 — |CMB-CD-1 • Idan Raichel Project — The Idan Raichel Project — November 7, 2006 — CMB-CD-2 • |Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective — |Wátina (discontinued) — |February 27, 2007 — |CMB-CD-3 • |Dobet Gnahore — |Na Afriki — |June 26, 2007 — |CMB-CD-4 • |Habib Koité — |Afriki — |September 25, 2007 — |CMB-CD-5 • |Umalali — |The Garifuna Women's Project (discontinued) — |March 18, 2008 — |CMB-CD-6 • |Rupa & the April Fishes — |eXtraOrdinary rendition — |April 15, 2008 — |CMB-CD-7 • |Chiwoniso Maraire — |Rebel Woman — |August 26, 2008 — |CMB-CD-8 • |Novalima — |Coba Coba — |October 14, 2008 — |CMB-CD-9 • |The Idan Raichel Project — |Within My Walls — |February 24, 2009 — |CMB-CD-10 • |Novalima — |Coba Coba Remixed — |June 16, 2009 — |CMB-CD-11 • Kimi Djabate — Karem — July 28, 2009 — CMB-CD-12 • |Sarazino — |Ya Foy! — |August 25, 2009 — |CMB-CD-13 • |Kailash Kher and Kailasa — |Yatra (discontinued) — |September 29, 2009 — |CMB-CD-14 • |Rupa & the April Fishes — |Este mundo — |October 27, 2009 — |CMB-CD-15 • Razia Said — Zebu Nation — February 23, 2010 — CMB-CD-16 • |Luísa Maita — |Lero-Lero — |July 27, 2010 — |CMB-CD-17 • Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars — Rise & Shine — March 23, 2010 — CMB-CD-18 • |Sergent Garcia — |Una y Otra Vez — |March 22, 2011 — |CMB-CD-19 • |Bombino — |Agadez — |April 19, 2011 — |CMB-CD-20 • |The Touré-Raichel Collective — |The Tel Aviv Session — |March 27, 2012 — |CMB-CD-22 • |Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars — |Radio Salone — |April 24, 2012 — |CMB-CD-23 • |Sarazino — |Everyday Salama — |May 22, 2012 — |CMB-CD-24 • Kobo Town — Jumbie in the Jukebox (discontinued) — April 23, 2013 — CMB-CD-25 • Idan Raichel — Quarter to Six — June 2, 2013 — CMB-CD-26 • The Garifuna Collective — Ayó (discontinued) — July 2, 2013 — CMB-CD-27 • Danny Michel with The Garifuna Collective — Black Birds Are Dancing Over Me (discontinued) — July 2, 2013 — CMB-CD-28 • Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate — Faya — February 18, 2014 — CMB-CD-29 • Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars — Libation — March 18, 2014 — CMB-CD-30 • Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca — La Rumba SoYo — June 24, 2014 — CMB-CD-31 • The Touré-Raichel Collective — The Paris Session — September 30, 2014 — CMB-CD-32 • Razia Said — Akory (discontinued) — November 10, 2014 — CMB-CD-33 • Rocky Dawuni — Branches of the Same Tree — March 31, 2015 — CMB-CD-34 • Daby Touré — Amonafi — September 18, 2015 — CMB-CD-35 • Francesca Blanchard — deux visions — October 2, 2015 — VAV-CD-60 • Idan Raichel — At the Edge of the Beginning — January 22, 2016 — CMB-CD-36 • Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate — Monistic Theory — May 13, 2016 — CMB-CD-37 • Lakou Mizik — Wa Di Yo — April 1, 2016 — CMB-CD-38 • Luísa Maita — Fio da Memória — September 23, 2016 — CMB-CD-39 • Idan Raichel — Idan Raichel – Piano – Songs — September 22, 2017 — CMB-CD-40 • |Luísa Maita — |Maita Remixed — |November 9, 2010 — |CMB-CD-87 • Various — Hear Globally: A Cumbancha Collection — April 7, 2009 — CMB-CD-91 • Sarazino — Mama Funny Day — September 28, 2018 — CMB-CD-117 • Idan Raichel — And If You Will Come To Me — January 31, 2019 — CMB-CD-119 • Lakou Mizik — HaitiaNola — October 25, 2019 — CMB-CD-122 • Dobet Gnahoré — Couleur — June 4, 2021 — CMB-CD-145 • Sangit — Studio Sessions — November 19, 2021 — CMB-DIG-151 • Kolonien — Till Skogen — April 22, 2022 — CMB-CD-155 • Mista Savona Presents: Havana Meets Kingston — Havana Meets Kingston Part 2 — June 3, 2022 — CMB-CD-156 • Wesli — Tradisyon — October 21, 2022 — CMB-CD-163
Primary material
Context
The circumstances in which Cumbancha stands. Recorded as music publisher.
Awards
Cumbancha was awarded the Top Label Award by WOMEX in 2008.
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1858: Cumbancha is recorded at coordinates 44.3404, -73.1858. 2006: Cumbancha established. 2006: Cumbancha is recorded from 2006. 2006: Cumbancha was established or created in 2006.
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