Los Bajeros de la Montaña New Album, Carmelita Adiós.

Gaiteros Freddy Arrieta y Jorge Luis Aguilar entered a recording studio in Bristol, England, with 4 compañeros and recorded this album Carmelita Adiós. It was in 2001 and these musicians were touring and performing with Totó la Momposina. Some 21 years later it is our pleasure to release these tracks.

For 3 decades Los Bajeros de la Montaña has specialised in representing the traditional music of gaitas and tambores from the Montes de María region on the Caribbean coast of Colombia and more especially from the villages of San Juan Nepomuceno and San Jacinto (Bolivar).

They have taken up the legacy of the old masters ‘Toño’ Fernandez, Manuel Serpa, Manuel de Jesús Mendoza, Juan Lara, José Lara, José Tobías ‘Ñomono’, Federico Luna and Antonio Rodríguez amongst many others and seek faithfully to follow the pathway of this mestizo music.

The group is the fourth generation of professional gaiteros and inspired by Teófilo Mendoza, a legendary gaitero from the town of San Jacinto.