UK Mande jazz meets Afro-Colombian marimba in transatlantic conversation. Balimaya Project link with Colombia's Discos Pacifico All Stars, 15 musicians threading West African jazz and Pacific coast marimba traditions into a single pulse. Guided by Jazz re:freshed and Colombia-based Llorona Records, the collaboration weaves djembe, balafon, kora, and talking drums with marimba, bombo, and cununo.
Calima's namesake - a Saharan dust cloud fertilising Latin American landscapes - inheres through soothing songs like 'Yo Te Vi' and 'A Life Worth Living', billowing through valleys of chill and duning folk solemnity.