Cumbancha is a record label, booking agency and music publisher (popular music), music publisher based in Charlotte, Vermont, Charlotte, Vermont. 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 (2014 film), Boyhood'', ''Grey's Anatomy'', and ''High Maintenance.'' 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 International Jazz Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center, City Parks Foundation, Central Park SummerStage, and Austin City Limits Music Festival, Austin City Limits. Artists on the label include Idan Raichel, The Idan Raichel Project, Habib Koité, 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.
Awards
Cumbancha was awarded the Top Label Award by WOMEX in 2008.
Location
Cumbancha headquarters is located in Charlotte, Vermont, in a refurbished, solar-powered barn, which also contains the Putumayo World Music Archive. Sharing the property is Lane Gibson, Lane Gibson Recording & Mastering.
Releases
See also
* List of record labels
* Putumayo World Music
References
External links
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American record labels
Record labels established in 2006
2006 establishments in Vermont
Buildings and structures in Charlotte, Vermont
World music record labels
Companies based in Vermont