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Conversation and concert with La Pambelé

Cartagena 2026, 

Various members of the La Pambelé band will take part in this musical event, to talk about music and activism. This ensemble is heir to the salsa brava of Willie Colón and Héctor Lavoe, the salsa of the street, a protest salsa, that, instead of singing about love became about the life of the neighbourhood, with all its uprootedness, pride, pain and resistance. La Pambelé mingle conversations about their music and influences with performance, for the listening pleasure of those attending.