Colombian marimba live with Nidia Góngora
Kathryn Tickell presents an extract from Nidia Góngora’s set at the Barbican and picks music from Mauritania, Slovakia and the Estonian island of Ruhnu.
Kathryn Tickell shares an excerpt of a recent live performance of Colombian singer-songwriter Nidia Góngora recorded at Barbican as part of La Linea, London’s Latin Music Festival. Nidia is known for being the lead singer of Canalón de Timbiquí, a traditional group heading from the Pacific coast of Colombia; in 2025 she released her latest solo album Pacífico Maravilla.
Elsewhere in the show, Kathryn plays the new single from Estonian band Runö, a track from a vocal sextet from Slovakia called Neha!, and Mauritanian pop by Yassine Nana.
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